Contributions of Auditory and Somatosensory Feedback to Vocal Motor Control.

ABSTRACT: Purpose To better define the contributions of somatosensory and auditory feedback in vocal motor control, a laryngeal perturbation experiment was conducted with and without masking of auditory feedback. Method Eighteen native speakers of English produced a sustained vowel while their larynx was physically and externally displaced on a subset of trials. For the condition with auditory masking, speech-shaped noise was played via earphones at 90 dB SPL. Responses to the laryngeal perturbation were compared to responses by the same participants to an auditory perturbation experiment that involved a 100-cent downward shift in fundamental frequency (f _o). Responses were also examined in relation to a measure of auditory acuity. Results Compensatory responses to the laryngeal pe

SUBMITTER: Smith DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7838841 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature