Date of Award
2020
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Honors Thesis
Department
Communication Sciences & Disorders
First Advisor
Tonya Bergeson
Abstract
The experiment examines the gender differences in lipreading ability. We tested 25 fluent English-speaking adults with normal hearing and vision. Each participant was asked to watch four videos testing their lipreading ability with matched and nonmatched gendered speakers. The participants were asked to transcribe 40 sentences, which were scored on the number of target words correct. It was found that participants who watch the videos with matched genders perceived more target words than in the mismatched gender videos. The results could explain previous inconsistencies in earlier research of whether ability to lipread is improved by the gender of the speaker.
Recommended Citation
Richards, Emma, "The Role of Gender in the Perception of Lipreading" (2020). Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection. 522.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/ugtheses/522