2022
Comparing metrics for quantification of children’s tongue shape complexity using ultrasound imaging
Kabakoff H, Beames S, Tiede M, Whalen D, Preston J, McAllister T. Comparing metrics for quantification of children’s tongue shape complexity using ultrasound imaging. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 2022, 37: 169-195. PMID: 35243947, PMCID: PMC9440959, DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2022.2039300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTongue shapeAdult speakersSample of young childrenSpeech sound disordersVocal tract sizeMotor skillsYoung childrenSound disordersArticulatory complexityDisordered speakersSpeech soundsTongue bodySpeakersSpeech delayAssessment proceduresSpeechTongueDisordersPosterior regionDevelopment of motor skillsChildrenTract sizeSkillsPhonemeInflection
2021
Extending Ultrasound Tongue Shape Complexity Measures to Speech Development and Disorders.
Kabakoff H, Harel D, Tiede M, Whalen D, McAllister T. Extending Ultrasound Tongue Shape Complexity Measures to Speech Development and Disorders. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2021, 64: 2557-2574. PMID: 34232685, PMCID: PMC8632483, DOI: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-20-00537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech sound disordersSound disordersSkilled motor controlSpeech developmentTongue shapeChild's phonemic inventoryChildren's speech developmentMotor controlPhonological knowledgePhonemic inventoryChildren's speechSpeech structureAdult targetsArticulatory patternsSpeech patternsSpeech soundsChild sampleDiagnostic groupsTongue increaseDiagnostic classificationSpeechPhonemeMotor componentsDisordersTreatment approaches
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 ParticipantsEffects of Ultrasound Familiarization on Production and Perception of Nonnative Contrasts
Roon K, Kang J, Whalen D. Effects of Ultrasound Familiarization on Production and Perception of Nonnative Contrasts. Phonetica 2020, 77: 350-393. PMID: 32008006, PMCID: PMC9188028, DOI: 10.1159/000505298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrasound familiarityNonnative speech soundsPresence of palatalizationClasses of soundsPalatal consonantsWord-finalNonnative contrastsRussian consonantsFamiliarizing learnersLearner groupsSpeech soundsNaive learnersLearnersUltrasound learnersNovel contextsConsonantsFamiliarityContextSoundPostfamiliarizationDiscrimination taskDiscrimination trainingTongueTaskPerception
2019
Remediating Residual Rhotic Errors With Traditional and Ultrasound-Enhanced Treatment: A Single-Case Experimental Study.
Preston J, McAllister T, Phillips E, Boyce S, Tiede M, Kim J, Whalen D. Remediating Residual Rhotic Errors With Traditional and Ultrasound-Enhanced Treatment: A Single-Case Experimental Study. American Journal Of Speech-Language Pathology 2019, 28: 1167-1183. PMID: 31170355, PMCID: PMC6802922, DOI: 10.1044/2019_ajslp-18-0261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrasound visual feedbackSingle-case experimental studySpeech sound learningTreatment orderResidual rhotic errorsGroup-level studiesUntreated wordsStages of learningGroup-level comparisonsSound learningRhotic errorsNaive listenersTraditional treatmentTreatment conditionsTreatment responseAged 9SessionsVocalizationsIndividual variationMonitor progressVisual feedbackChildrenReverse treatment orderParticipantsF0-induced formant measurement errors result in biased variabilities
Chen WR, Whalen DH, Shadle CH. F0-induced formant measurement errors result in biased variabilities. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2019, 145: el360-el366. PMID: 31153348, PMCID: PMC6909981, DOI: 10.1121/1.5103195.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Treatment for Residual Rhotic Errors With High- and Low-Frequency Ultrasound Visual Feedback: A Single-Case Experimental Design
Preston J, McAllister T, Phillips E, Boyce S, Tiede M, Kim J, Whalen D. Treatment for Residual Rhotic Errors With High- and Low-Frequency Ultrasound Visual Feedback: A Single-Case Experimental Design. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2018, 61: 1-18. PMID: 30073249, PMCID: PMC6198924, DOI: 10.1044/2018_jslhr-s-17-0441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrasound visual feedbackVisual feedbackMultiple-baseline across-subjects designResidual speech errorsSpeech sound learningSpeech therapyTreatment orderAcross-subjects designTreatment conditionsResidual rhotic errorsConsistent with empirical workGroup-level analysisUntreated wordsSpeech errorsSound learningMeasure generalizationRhotic errorsSpeech targetsHF-LFTreatment phaseParticipantsSpeechLF conditionsLF-HFEmpirical work
2015
Methods for quantifying tongue shape and complexity using ultrasound imaging
Dawson K, Tiede M, Whalen D. Methods for quantifying tongue shape and complexity using ultrasound imaging. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 2015, 30: 328-344. PMID: 26587871, PMCID: PMC4914365, DOI: 10.3109/02699206.2015.1099164.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Hearing tongue loops: Perceptual sensitivity to acoustic signatures of articulatory dynamics
Nam H, Mooshammer C, Iskarous K, Whalen D. Hearing tongue loops: Perceptual sensitivity to acoustic signatures of articulatory dynamics. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2013, 134: 3808-3817. PMID: 24180790, PMCID: PMC3829900, DOI: 10.1121/1.4824161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUsing automatic alignment to analyze endangered language data: Testing the viability of untrained alignment
DiCanio C, Nam H, Whalen D, Bunnell H, Amith J, García R. Using automatic alignment to analyze endangered language data: Testing the viability of untrained alignment. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2013, 134: 2235-2246. PMID: 23967953, PMCID: PMC5392066, DOI: 10.1121/1.4816491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhonetic analysisLanguage dataForced alignmentPhone setDocument endangered languagesSpeech processing toolsEndangered languagesCorpus dataTarget languageTraining languageSmall corpusLanguageCorpusDocument corpusAutomatic alignmentProcess of segmentationSegmentation taskAlignment systemAllophonesEnglishSpeechMixtecData setsProcessing toolsContextualThe coarticulation/invariance scale: Mutual information as a measure of coarticulation resistance, motor synergy, and articulatory invariance
Iskarous K, Mooshammer C, Hoole P, Recasens D, Shadle C, Saltzman E, Whalen D. The coarticulation/invariance scale: Mutual information as a measure of coarticulation resistance, motor synergy, and articulatory invariance. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2013, 134: 1271-1282. PMID: 23927125, PMCID: PMC3745479, DOI: 10.1121/1.4812855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech productionTheory of speech productionTheories of coarticulationPhysical information flowCoarticulation resistancePhonological unitsSpeech researchArticulatory signalsAmount of physical informationCoarticulationSpeech perceptionSpeechCentral conceptsQuantitative scaleMutual informationEnglishConcept of mutual informationLanguageCatalanMutual information measurePerceptionScaleTheorizingInformation sharing
2012
Biomechanically Preferred Consonant-Vowel Combinations Fail to Appear in Adult Spoken Corpora
Whalen D, Giulivi S, Nam H, Levitt A, Hallé P, Goldstein L. Biomechanically Preferred Consonant-Vowel Combinations Fail to Appear in Adult Spoken Corpora. Language And Speech 2012, 55: 503-515. PMID: 23420980, PMCID: PMC3580796, DOI: 10.1177/0023830911434123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConsonant-vowel combinationsAdult languageCV preferencesAmbient spoken languageCombinations of consonantsSpoken corpusCentral vowelsLabial consonantsDictionary dataCV combinationsConsonant-vowelConsonant/vowelBabbling measuresSpeaking frequencyBabblingVowelsEnglishDictionaryLanguageMandarinConsonantsCorpusFrenchIndividual CTokens
2010
Identification of speaker sex from one vowel across a range of fundamental frequencies
Honorof D, Whalen D. Identification of speaker sex from one vowel across a range of fundamental frequencies. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2010, 128: 3095-3104. PMID: 21110605, PMCID: PMC3003729, DOI: 10.1121/1.3488347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLocus equations are an acoustic expression of articulator synergy
Iskarous K, Fowler C, Whalen D. Locus equations are an acoustic expression of articulator synergy. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2010, 128: 2021-2032. PMID: 20968373, PMCID: PMC2981116, DOI: 10.1121/1.3479538.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerception of articulatory dynamics from acoustic signatures
Iskarous K, Nam H, Whalen D. Perception of articulatory dynamics from acoustic signatures. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2010, 127: 3717-3728. PMID: 20550270, PMCID: PMC2896413, DOI: 10.1121/1.3409485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTongue dorsumObserved acoustic dataVowel sequencesPivot patternArticulatory synthesisArticulatory dynamicsPerceptual patternsArticulatory trajectoriesAcoustic measurementsPerception taskTongueAcoustic dataAcoustic propertiesTask resultsVowelsSpeakersTongue motionPerceptionPivotDiscrimination results
2006
Phonetic processing areas revealed by sinewave speech and acoustically similar non-speech
Benson R, Richardson M, Whalen D, Lai S. Phonetic processing areas revealed by sinewave speech and acoustically similar non-speech. NeuroImage 2006, 31: 342-353. PMID: 16530428, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain regionsBilateral superior temporal sulcusSinewave speechPhonetic areaLeft angular gyrusAuditory object recognitionSuperior temporal sulcusObject recognitionDissociation of speechNonspeech processingAngular gyrusSinewave tonesNeural substratesTemporal sulcusWord deafnessObject processingNonspeech stimuliSpeech perceptionPhonetic effectsNon-auditory areasNon-speechAuditory stimuliAcoustic differencesBaseline conditionsCortical level
2005
Perception of pitch location within a speaker’s F0 range
Honorof D, Whalen D. Perception of pitch location within a speaker’s F0 range. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2005, 117: 2193-2200. PMID: 15898660, DOI: 10.1121/1.1841751.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Posterior Pharyngeal Wall Position in the Production of Speech
Magen H, Kang A, Tiede M, Whalen D. Posterior Pharyngeal Wall Position in the Production of Speech. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2003, 46: 241-251. PMID: 12647902, DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2003/019).Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClasses of speech soundsProduction of speechAnterior pharyngeal wallVowel qualityMidsagittal widthVocal cavitySpeech soundsIsolated wordsSpeech variabilitySpeechVowelsUpper oropharynxMidsagittal magnetic resonance imagesConsonantsEnglishSentencesWordsJapanesePosterior pharyngeal wallSoundPharyngeal wall
2002
A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Language Processing and Its Cognitive Correlates in Prematurely Born Children
Peterson BS, Vohr B, Kane MJ, Whalen DH, Schneider KC, Katz KH, Zhang H, Duncan CC, Makuch R, Gore JC, Ment LR. A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Language Processing and Its Cognitive Correlates in Prematurely Born Children. Pediatrics 2002, 110: 1153-1162. PMID: 12456913, DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.6.1153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage comprehension taskFunctional magnetic resonance imagingBrain activityLanguage comprehensionComprehension taskPreterm childrenIQ scoresFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studyLower verbal IQ scoresProcessing tasksSemantic processing taskAbnormal neural processingVerbal IQ scoresPoor language comprehensionCommunity control childrenMagnetic resonance imaging studyCognitive correlatesResonance imaging studySemantic processingNeural processingScanning taskFMRI scansLanguage processingControl childrenBrain structures
2001
Parametrically Dissociating Speech and Nonspeech Perception in the Brain Using fMRI
Benson R, Whalen D, Richardson M, Swainson B, Clark V, Lai S, Liberman A. Parametrically Dissociating Speech and Nonspeech Perception in the Brain Using fMRI. Brain And Language 2001, 78: 364-396. PMID: 11703063, DOI: 10.1006/brln.2001.2484.Peer-Reviewed Original Research