Effects of masking on speech production

[Nachum Ulanovsky <nachumu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear list,
I am intersted in the following question: Is speech production
in normal speakers affected by maskers consisting of human speech?
In particular, does such masking cause speakers to change pitch?
I have found some literature on the effects of noise maskers
on normal speakers, and on the effects of speech maskers on
stutterers -- but could not find anything on the question above.
Any comments/references on the subject will be greatly
appreciated.
        Thanks,
        Nachum Ulanovsky

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