Voice Confrontation in Individuals with Normal and Defective Speech Patterns

Abstract

3 groups of Ss were used to study the effect of listening to one's own voice. One group, of 10 male and 10 female Ss without speech defects, heard themselves and responded by marking equivalent forms of a semantic differential inventory. The second group, characterized by speech or voice defects, followed the same procedure. A third group, without speech problems, marked the semantic differential inventory without hearing themselves. Analysis of covariance indicated that Ss with speech defects show a greater reaction to hearing themselves than do Ss without speech defects. Also, women with and without speech defects show a significantly greater semantic differential reaction to hearing their own voices than did the control group.