nonspeech
- noun
- /ˈnɒnˌspiːtʃ/
- Adults have poorer recall of nonsense syllables in the presence of nonspeech noise relative to quiet (Surprenant, 1999).
- nonspeech task
- nonspeech maneuvers
- nonspeech noise
Examples
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SLPs indicated that they used nonspeech oral motor exercises more than in a previous survey (Lof & Watson, 2008).
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Tasks were ordered as listed, with all participants beginning with static nonspeech maneuvers and ending with hyperfunctional voice tasks.
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However, differences between groups were less extreme during speech than nonspeech tasks.
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High NIBcoh during speech compared with static nonspeech tasks.
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However, recall of items with low predictability may be less impervious to interference from nonspeech noise.
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Static nonspeech tasks consisted of tongue retraction and a constant resisted force.
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Although we did not find a statistically significant difference, we unexpectedly found that static nonspeech tasks showed a trend of decreased NIBcoh relative to speech production.
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One possible cause for the lack of NIBcoh for static nonspeech tasks could be the dependence of the NIBcoh measurement on overall available sEMG activity, which could be reduced in static conditions relative to active speech tasks.
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Muscle contraction without movement (static nonspeech maneuvers) was hypothesized to increase NIBcoh, given the previous findings in the upper limb (Kilner et al., 1999).
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The teacher used nonspeech cues, like hand gestures and facial expressions, to help the students understand the lesson.
Synonyms
The way a person moves their face, hands, and body to show feelings without words
Using gestures or movements to give information without words
A way of communicating without spoken or written words, using gestures, facial expressions, images and sounds
Antonyms
How Speech-Like
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonspeech comes from the parts non- 'not' and speech 'spoken words'. As a noun, it means the actions, sounds, or facial movements that are 'not' words but still show meaning.