Paper Info
Title
The potential for compressed speech in medical education
Abstract
New technical information was presented to a medical school class divided into five groups. Group I served as controls and took the pretest before having any input. Groups II - V listened to slide-tapes presented at varying rates of speed from 114 (natural) to 250 words per minute (WPM). Comprehension was retained up to 207 WPM (83% compression) but tapered significantly at 119% compression using our technique. Subsequent rapid speaking computer compression trials enabled 200% compression (60 minutes reduced to 20 minutes) with clarity at 300 WPM. Speech compression can be employed when transmitting new technical information but is even better suited for review purposes. Students showed a 2:1 preference for compressed tapes when reviewing for exams at least in part because of a 45--67% savings in time. The applicability for continuing education programs is apparent and has been successful on a modest scale.
Year
DOI
Venue
1977
10.1145/1795396.1795465
ACM-SE 15 Proceedings of the 15th annual Southeast regional conference
Keywords
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Citations 
modest scale,groups ii,medical education,review purpose,varying rate,subsequent rapid speaking computer,new technical information,speech compression,medical school class,compression trial,education program,corrective maintenance,systems life cycle,maintainability,reliability,software engineering,capability,preventive maintenance,availability
Conference
0
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Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alden W. Dudley, Jr.100.34
Henry F. Winterfeldt200.34