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Features that make clear speech sound angry
What is it about?
Speaking clearly is an easy way to help yourself be understood. However, "clear speech" is often reported to sound angry. This paper showed that people who raised their speaking pitch (or who spoke in a higher voice) sounded angry more often than people who spoke with their normal pitch.
Why is it important?
Speaking clearly is an important strategy for close friends and family of people who have a hearing loss. Sounding angry while communicating with people with hearing loss can put unnecessary strain on relationships. This research can help people to use the clear speech strategy without sounding angry when they are speaking to their loved ones with hearing loss.