Mr. Akbar's nearest ear versus the Lombard reflex: a case study in forensic phonetics
Issue: Vol 5 No. 1 (1998) Forensic Linguistics: The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
Journal: International Journal of Speech Language and the Law
Subject Areas: Linguistics
Abstract:
This report describes a case where the author used a method known as the 'Lombard reflex' by which a speaker's performance on a semmingly inaccessible phonetic parameter (loudness) was assessed obliquely via his performance on another, directly assessible, parameter, (pitch).
Author: Peter French