2020
Vowel Acoustics and Speech Intelligibility in Young Adults With Down Syndrome.
Carl M, Kent R, Levy E, Whalen D. Vowel Acoustics and Speech Intelligibility in Young Adults With Down Syndrome. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2020, 63: 674-687. PMID: 32160481, DOI: 10.1044/2019_jslhr-19-00204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorner vowelsVowel productionSingle-word productionSpeech production deficitsAcoustic measurementsIntelligence scoresYoung adultsSpeech intelligibilityDown syndromeLow vowelsVowel centralizationEnglish wordsFormant dataVowel acousticsProduction deficitsVowelsAdult listenersSpeech impairmentSpeech intelligibility scoresAcoustic findingsSpeakersReduced intelligibilitySpeechTD controlsMethod Participants
2012
Lexical effects on the perception of /l/ allophones in English
Whalen D, Beller-Marino Y, Kakadelis S, Dawson K, Best C, Irwin J. Lexical effects on the perception of /l/ allophones in English. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2012, 132: 2053-2053. DOI: 10.1121/1.4755557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnglish wordsLexical effectsMonosyllabic English wordsSyllable codaEnglish utterancesPhonotactic rulesSyllable positionLexical statusAllophonesWordsNonwordsFrequency of occurrenceItemsPronunciationPhoneticiansEnglishUtterancesPerceptionPseudowordsListenersCodaPrevious workLikert scaleVersionRepresentation