2000
Consonants and vowels behave differently in silent center syllables
Kang A, Whalen D. Consonants and vowels behave differently in silent center syllables. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2000, 107: 2855-2856. DOI: 10.1121/1.429243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSteady-state vowelsSilent centersVowel discriminationVowel identificationConsonant discriminationActivate different brain regionsConsonantal contextVowel gesturesConsonant gesturesGesture theoryVowelsSyllablesRight ear advantageConsonantsCategorical perceptionAcoustic informationBrain regionsPerceptual mechanismsEar advantageAuditory explanationsGesturesConsonant/vowelDiscrimination
1987
Qualitative separateness in children's speech
Nittrouer S, Whalen D. Qualitative separateness in children's speech. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1987, 82: s84-s84. DOI: 10.1121/1.2025025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildren's speechVowel contextsFricative noiseAdult speechChild speakersPhonetic unitsFricative identificationAcoustic differencesF2 frequenciesAdult listenersAcoustic analysisListenersSpeechGross spectrumPerceptual segmentationAcoustic informationSyllablesYoung childrenAdultsChildrenAllophonesVowelsSpeakersContextHypothesis