speech rate plays a crucial role Management of speech rate speech rate plays a crucial role in intelligibility, efficiency, and comprehensibility speech rate is variable based on task and communication setting normal paragrap

speech rate plays a crucial role Management
of speech rate




speech rate plays a crucial role in
intelligibility, efficiency, and comprehensibility




speech rate is variable based on
task and communication setting




normal paragraph reading speech rate
160-170 wmp




normal sentence speech rate
190 wpm

,why does speech rate increase at the sentence level
less cognitive resources needed to organize thoughts at this level
compared to paragraph so speech rate increases




normal conversational speech rate
variable, 150-250 wpm




reasons the speech rate at the conversational level is variable
depends on the cognitive load of the task
pauses and syntax




Pauses can take up to __________ of reading
30%, less cognitive load used




pauses can take up to _____________ of spontaneous speech
50%

, Articulatory movement rates
= 4.4-5.9 syllables per second




cognitive strides
speaker perspective
pauses to give ourselves time to organize and structure what we want
to say




Garden path effect
listener perspective
- where the pauses are can change meaning to the listener




Speech rate key characteristics for dysarthria
atypical, slow rate




what rate of speech do those with hypo kinetic dysarthria usually have