An ultrasound pilot study of North American English /r/ production in one typically developing english-speaking monolingual child

Authors

  • Lyra Magloughlin Department of Linguistics, University of Ottawa, 70 Laurier Ave. E., 401, Ottawa, ON KlN 6N5, Canada

Keywords:

Ultrasonic imaging, Video cameras, North American, Pilot studies, Ultrasound imaging, Video image

Abstract

A study showing an articulatory study of North American English productions of one typically developing child is presented. The current study uses ultrasound imaging to investigate the articulations of one typically-developing North American English-speaking monolingual child, aged 4:3. The experiment was conducted in a soundproof booth and consisted of one 45-minute session that included four short recordings, each approximately five minutes in length. The participant was seated on her mother's lap during recording and a hand-held transducer was placed gently under her chin to capture mid-sagitial views of the tongue during speech. Video recorded with a USB video camera, and UltraSpeech software was used to capture ultrasound and video images, at a rate of 30 fps. The participant accurately named all target items with the exception of 'crow,' which was identified as 'bird' and included as a syllabic token.

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Published

2011-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Magloughlin L. An ultrasound pilot study of North American English /r/ production in one typically developing english-speaking monolingual child. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 3];39(3):154-5. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2457

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Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada