• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2017

This study attempts to determine the extent to which late talkers are at the risk of delayed phonological development, in order to identify groups at risk and to find factors affecting delayed phonological development. A group of 1,452 children (51% boys, 49% girls) were recruited from the nationwide Panel Study on Korean Children. The current study collected data from 418 children who were previously identified as late-talkers (LT) at their age of three on average (Time 1: expressive vocabulary test) and three years later (Time 2: phonological test). Their phonological outcomes of the Time 2 were analyzed and then compared to those of a group of 1,056 children with typical language development (NLT: no late-talkers) at the age of three in terms of the number of incorrect consonants, and the speech sound disorders rating scores. LT showed a lower articulation score than NLT, and boys showed a lower score than girls. These findings indicate that the late onset of speech and the gender of young children could be potential risk factors of speech sound disorders.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.291-305
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• 2020

Purpose : The duration of speech segments reflects children's speech motor development. The purpose of this study was to determine whether segmental sound and word duration varies by age among preschool children. Methods : A total of 60 children aged 4~5 years participated in this study. Participants took the picture-naming test to produce single-word speech data. The duration of the consonant at the initial position of the word and the final position of the word, the voice onset time of plosive, the duration of the vowel following the initial consonant, and the duration of the word were measured. Results : As age increased, the duration of the initial consonant, the duration of the word, and the voice onset time decreased significantly. The main effects of age, manner of articulation, and place of articulation on the duration of the initial consonant were significant. The duration of consonants in the nasal sound and plosives and the duration of bilabial and alveolar sound differed significantly between groups. The main effects of age and vocal type on voice onset time were significant. The main effect of age on the duration of the consonant in the final position of word and on the duration of the vowel were not statistically significant. Conclusion : The results of this study showed that the duration of segmental sound and the word were associated with speech development between 4 and 5 years old. Accordingly, duration of the segmental sound and the word may serve as an acoustic cue as they reflect speech development and speech motor control maturity.

• 음성과학
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.33-52
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• 2001

A bilingual sound dictionary in Korean and English has been created for a broad range of sound reference to cross-linguistic, dialectal, native language (L1)-transferred biological and allophonic variations. The paper demonstrates that the pronunciation dictionary of the lexicon is inadequate for sound reference due to the preponderance of unmarked sounds. The audio registry consists of the three-way comparison of 1) English speech from native English speakers, 2) Korean speech from Korean speakers, and 3) English speech from Korean speakers. Several sub-dictionaries have been created as the foundation research for independent development. They are 1) a pronunciation dictionary of the Korean lexicon in a keyboard-compatible phonetic transcription, 2) a sound dictionary of L1-interfered language, and 3) an audible dictionary of Korean sounds. The dictionary was designed to facilitate the exchange of the speech signal and its corresponding text data on various media particularly on CD-ROM. The methodology and findings of the construction are discussed.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2024

본 연구는 4세 아동에 대한 말소리발달 평가를 위해 세 문장 따라말하기 선별검사를 개발하고 또래와 비교할 수 있는 규준을 제공하기 위한 것이다. 이를 위해 4세 전반과 후반 각각 24명씩 총 48명의 아동에게 선별검사를 실시하였다. 선별검사 결과는 기존의 말소리장애 평가 검사 결과와 .7의 상관을 보였다. 선별검사를 통해 구한 음운발달 지표와 오류패턴에서 4세 전반과 후반으로 나눈 두 집단에 차이가 있는지 비교하였다. 후반 아동의 발달지표가 높은 것으로 나왔지만 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다. 모든 분석은 한국어말소리분석도구(Korean Speech Sound Analysis Tool, KSAT)를 사용하였으며, 자동분석 결과와 임상가의 수동분석 내용을 비교하였다. 자동분석과 수동분석의 오류패턴분석 일치도는 93.63%였다. 본 연구의 의의는 유도 문장수준에서 세 문장 따라말하기 선별검사의 4세 아동의 말소리 규준을 제시했다는 것과 KSAT의 임상과 연구 현장에서 적용 가능성을 검토하였다는 것이다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.645-654
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• 2009

In this study, we present an efficient ambulatory speech audiometric system to detect one's hearing problems at an earlier stage as possible without his or her visit to the audiometric testing facility such in a hospital or a clinic. To estimate a person's hearing threshold level in terms of speech sound response in his or her local environment, a digital assistant(PDA) device is used to generate the speech sound with implementing audiometric Graphic User Interface(GUI) system. Furthermore, a supra-aural earphone is used to measure a subject's hearing threshold level in terms of speech sound by the compensating the transducer's gain by adopting speech sound calibration system.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2015

This study was aim to compare the phonological error patterns and PCC(Percentage of Correct Consonants) derived from the single word and spontaneous speech contexts of the speech sound disorders with unknown origin(SSD). The present study suggest that the development phonological error patterns and non-developmental error patterns of the target children, in according to speech context. The subjects were 15 children with SSD up to the age of 5 from 3 years of age. This research use 37 words of APAC(Assessment of Phonology & Articulation for Children) in the single word context and 100 eojeol in the spontaneous speech context. There was no difference of PCC between the single word and the spontaneous speech contexts. Significantly different developmental phonological error patterns between the single word and the spontaneous speech contexts were syllable deletion, word-medial onset deletion, liquid deletion, gliding, affrication, fricative other error, tensing, regressive assimilation. Significantly different non-developmental phonological error patterns were backing, addtion of phoneme, aspirating. The study showed that there was no difference of PCC between elicited single word and spontaneous conversational context. And there were some different phonological error patterns derived from the two contexts of the speech sound disorders. The more important interventions target is the error patterns of the spontaneous speech contexts for the immediate generalization and rising overall intelligibility.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2018

본 연구는 단어 및 자발화 평가를 통해 학령전 아동의 말소리 산출 특성과 평가 관련 양상을 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 3-5세 일반아동 72명(연령별 각각 24명)을 대상으로 아동용발음검사(APAC)를 실시하고, 연령과 성별에 따른 자음정확도와 명료도의 차이, 자음정확도와 명료도 간 상관관계, 자음 위치 및 조음 방법에 따른 말소리 오류 패턴을 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 자음정확도와 명료도는 연령에 따라 증가하였으나 성별에 따른 차이는 없었고, 상관관계는 5세 집단에서 통계적으로 유의했으며, 말소리 오류 패턴 또한 두 평가에서 다르게 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 아동의 말소리 산출이 언어단위에 따라 다르게 나타나기에, 이들의 말소리 능력을 적절히 파악하려면 단어뿐 아니라 자발화 평가가 병행되어야 함을 보여주었다. 이는 단어에 대한 자음정확도만으로 언어장애 등급을 판정하는 현재 기준에 대한 재검토와 추가적인 연구가 필요함을 시사한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.834-839
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• 2010

Purpose: This study investigates Korean speech sound development, including articulatory error patterns, among the Japanese-Korean children whose mothers are Japanese immigrants to Korea. Methods: The subjects were 28 Japanese-Korean children with normal development born to Japanese women immigrants who lived in Jeonbuk province, Korea. They were assessed through Computerized Speech Lab 4500. The control group consisted of 15 Korean children who lived in the same area. Results: The values of the voice onset time of consonants /$p^h$/, /t/, /$t^h$/, and/$k^*$/ among the children were prolonged. The children replaced the lenis sounds with aspirated or fortis sounds rather than replacing the fortis sounds with lenis or aspirated sounds, which are typical among Japanese immigrants. The children showed numerous articulatory errors for /c/ and /I/ sounds (similar to Koreans) rather than errors on /p/ sounds, which are more frequent among Japanese immigrants. The vowel formants of the children showed a significantly prolonged vowel /o/ as compared to that of Korean children ($P$<0.05). The Japanese immigrants and their children showed a similar substitution /n/ for /ɧ/ [Japanese immigrants (62.5%) vs Japanese-Korean children (14.3%)], which is rarely seen among Koreans. Conclusion: The findings suggest that Korean speech sound development among Japanese-Korean children is influenced not only by the Korean language environment but also by their maternal language. Therefore, appropriate language education programs may be warranted not only or immigrant women but also for their children.

• 음성과학
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.17-28
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• 2008

In many practical applications of robots, finding the location of an incoming sound is an important issue for the development of efficient human robot interface. Most sound source localization algorithms make use of only those microphones that are acoustically visible from the sound source or do not take into account the effect of sound diffraction, thereby degrading the sound source localization performance. This paper proposes a new sound source localization method that can utilize those microphones that are acoustically shadowed from the sound source. The experiment results show that use of the acoustically shadowed microphones, which receive higher signal-to-noise ratio signals than the others and are closer to the sound source, improves the performance of sound source localization.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2021

난타는 북과 같은 타악기를 이용한 "두드리기"라는 뜻으로 한국 전통 음악인 사물놀이의 리듬이다. 말소리 산출이 제한된 아이들을 위해 난타 프로그램이 개발되어 적용되었다. 또한, 이 연구는 언어 리듬을 이용한 난타 프로그램의 효과에 대한 증거를 제공한다. 난타 음성 리듬 중재 프로그램은 말리듬을 이용하여 개발되었다. 난타 프로그램은 청각 자극, 다양한 소리와 박자, 리듬을 제공했으며, 리듬과 함께 호흡, 발성, 조음의 세 단계로 구성되어 있다. 말소리 목록이 제한된 6명의 아이들이 이 연구에 참여했다. 아동들에게 소리와 박자를 탐색하고 소리와 박자를 자유롭게 표현하도록 하였다. 또한, 리듬과 함께 단어를 모방하고 모방하는 단어에서 음절의 길이를 늘림으로써 다양한 말소리를 산출하도록 격려하였다. 매 회당 40분 동안 주 2회씩 총 15회의 세션이 실시되었다. 중재 효과를 조사하기 위해 치료 전후 취학전 아동의 수용언어 및 표현언어 발달척도(PRES)와 수용-표현 어휘력 검사(REVT) 점수를 비교하였다. Wilcoxon rank test 결과, 중재 후 PRES에서 수용언어 점수(p=.027)와 표현언어 점수(p=.024) 및 수용어휘력(p=.028)과 표현어휘력 (p=.028) 점수가 유의하게 향상되었음을 보여주었다. 난타 리듬 컨트롤 프로그램은 수용적이고 표현적인 어휘와 언어 발달에 상당한 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 이러한 발견들은 리듬 컨트롤 프로그램이 제한된 음성 소리 생성을 가진 어린이들의 언어 발달과 어휘 향상에 유용할 수 있다는 것을 암시한다.