TABLE 4.

Summary of individual listener’s responses to the request for feedback on what speech characteristics influenced their judgments of disorder in the filtered and unaltered speech conditions. The responses are categorized by major theme.

Listnr	Articulation	Speech Clarity	Fluency	Accenting
1	mispronounciation	slurring of words	fluidity and … fluctuation	appropriate flux … to accent
2		slurred words, concise pronunciation	choppy, flow, pausing at awkward times	emphasis of a word, enthusiastic
3		clarity, unclear	slower speech, streaming words, rhythm
4			steady rhythm, quickly, slowly, smoothly	stressed the right syllables, accents
5		enunciated	slower, sort of flow	up and down, placed emphasis
6	distorted “r” and “l” sounds, oddly pronounced blends
7	mispronounced words, sounds		speech rate	stress patterns
8		slurred, clearer, easier to understand	little slower, faster	enthusiasm
9			pauses between… phrases	mid-phrase inflections
10			sounded disjoint	emphasize certain points, excitement
11	lisp, “r” sounds	speak effectively	dragged their syllables out
12		muffled, extremely unclear
13	lisp, pronounciating	understand…clearly
14			natural flow, rhythm, pace of words	tone, clashy
15		clear and precise, slurred	quickly
16				disorganized tones, emphasized for no purpose