A5031791468- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Voice and Speech Disorders
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Speech Recognition and Synthesis
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Speech and Audio Processing
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Stuttering Research and Treatment
Haskins Laboratories
1995-2014
Yale University
1995-1999
Fundamental frequency (F0) is used for many purposes in speech, but its linguistic significance based on relation to the speaker’s range, not absolute value. While it may be that listeners can gauge a specific pitch relative range by recognizing from experience, whether they do same an unfamiliar voice open question. The present experiment explored Twenty native speakers of English (10 male, 10 female) produced vowel /ɑ/ with spoken (not sung) quality at varying pitches within their own...
To identify a speaker’s sex, listeners may rely on sex-based differences in average fundamental frequency (F0), but overlap male and female F0 ranges undermines such judgments. test accuracy of sex-identification throughout the range, were asked to judge sex based audio recordings /ɑ/ spoken number overlapping steady F0s by 10 English speakers. In general, performed above chance (71.6% correct). However, near range extrema, followed an apparent bias toward hearing high as low male;...
Studies of the relationship between speech events and gesticulation have suggested that peak prosodic pitch accent serves as a target with which body gestures may be coordinated (Roth, 2002; Loehr, 2004). While previous work has relied on controlled elicitation generally restricted to nonrepresentational extension/retraction (Leonard Cummins, 2011) or iconic (Kelly et al., 2008) gestures, here we examine kinematics articulators associated head movements from pairs individuals engaged in...
(2003). Reference Vowels and Lexical Sets in Accent Acquisition. Voice Speech Review: Vol. 3, Film, Broadcast Electronic Media Coaching, pp. 106-122.
In the past, much articulatory movement data have been obtained using x-ray microbeam. Currently, however, magnetometer systems such as EMMA are becoming predominant. A unique set, addressing concerns of consistency between these instruments is reported. single speaker was recorded with both reading same utterances: ‘‘It’s a [pV’CVp] again.’’ Data from two microbeam (XRMB) runs were collected on day (pellets re-placed for second run); 27 months later parallel collected. Vertical lower lip,...
Reliability and validity of evaluation methods for assessing the degree severity spasmodic dysphonia (SD) symptoms have become a matter concern voice specialists. With syllable method [M. Kumada et al. (1997)], overall is represented by proportion impaired syllables. This has shown promise English, though it appears to work better evaluating prose read aloud than recitation sequences cardinal numbers, because inappropriate pauses are more easily identified in prose. The present study aims...
It has been argued that intrinsic fundamental frequency (IF0) is an automatic consequence of vowel production [Whalen et al., J. Phon. 27, 125–142 (1999)], yet speakers do not adjust F0 so as to overcome IF0. may be adjusting would distort information about range–information important the interpretation F0. Therefore, a speech production/perception experiment was designed determine whether listeners can perceive position within speaker-specific range on basis isolated tokens. Ten male and...
The symptoms of spasmodic dysphonia (SD) are caused by the hyperadduction or hyperabduction vocal folds, but its mechanism is unknown. purpose this study to locate dysfunctional regions in brains SD patients functional MRI (fMRI) and identify disorder. extrapyramidal system works normally as a stabilizer muscle activities. This hypothesis that dysfunction (especially basal ganglia brainstem) causes instability activity vocalis which induces (voice break, etc.). data for four normal subjects...