2024
The effect of native language and bilingualism on multimodal perception in speech: A study of audio-aerotactile integrationa)
Saito H, Tiede M, Whalen D, Ménard L. The effect of native language and bilingualism on multimodal perception in speech: A study of audio-aerotactile integrationa). The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2024, 155: 2209-2220. PMID: 38526052, PMCID: PMC10965246, DOI: 10.1121/10.0025381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrench listenersNative languageEffect of native languageVoice onset time continuumStudy of speech perceptionPerception of stop consonantsFrench monolingualsBilingual speakersNative language(sBilingual listenersLinguistic experienceSyllable onsetsPhoneme perceptionSpeech perceptionListenersAir puffEnglishLanguageBilingualsMonolingualsIdentification taskSpeechTime continuumMultisensory integrationLanguage(sAssessing accuracy of resonances obtained with reassigned spectrograms from the “ground truth” of physical vocal tract models
Shadle C, Fulop S, Chen W, Whalen D. Assessing accuracy of resonances obtained with reassigned spectrograms from the “ground truth” of physical vocal tract models. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2024, 155: 1253-1263. PMID: 38341748, PMCID: PMC10858790, DOI: 10.1121/10.0024548.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Neural Changes in Children With Residual Speech Sound Disorder After Ultrasound Biofeedback Speech Therapy.
Spencer C, Vannest J, Preston J, Maas E, Sizemore E, McAllister T, Whalen D, Maloney T, Boyce S. Neural Changes in Children With Residual Speech Sound Disorder After Ultrasound Biofeedback Speech Therapy. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2023, 66: 3223-3241. PMID: 37524116, PMCID: PMC10558148, DOI: 10.1044/2023_jslhr-22-00430.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual speech sound disorderFunctional magnetic resonance imagingSpeech sound disordersUltrasound visual feedbackSpeech therapy programSound disordersTD groupSpeech productionFunctional connectivityLeft visual association cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imaging experimentSeed-to-voxel approachRegion-of-interest approachSpeech therapySyllable repetition taskVisual association cortexTherapy programLongitudinal changesPatterns of activitySpeech motorWord probesNeural differencesLeft insulaNeural changesConnectivity differences
2022
Health effects of Indigenous language use and revitalization: a realist review
Whalen D, Lewis M, Gillson S, McBeath B, Alexander B, Nyhan K. Health effects of Indigenous language use and revitalization: a realist review. International Journal For Equity In Health 2022, 21: 169. PMID: 36437457, PMCID: PMC9703682, DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01782-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research“New” sounds detract attention from “similar” sounds: “New” and “similar” L2 sounds for English speakers learning French
Lombardo D, Whalen D. “New” sounds detract attention from “similar” sounds: “New” and “similar” L2 sounds for English speakers learning French. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2022, 152: a264-a264. DOI: 10.1121/10.0016222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmerican EnglishVoicing of stopsAE speakersL2 accentVoiceless stopsForeign languageFrench utterancesCorrect pronunciationArticulatory gesturesLearners' attentionAdult learnersSpeech literatureCognitive mechanismsPronunciationUtterancesLearnersL2FrenchSoundAccentArticulatoryEnglishSpeakersLanguageVOTRetention of devoiced vowels in Tokyo Japanese: Evidence from lip articulation
Iwasaki R, Roon K, Shaw J, Tiede M, Whalen D. Retention of devoiced vowels in Tokyo Japanese: Evidence from lip articulation. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2022, 152: a287-a287. DOI: 10.1121/10.0016299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDevoiced vowelsTokyo JapaneseLip apertureNative speakers of Tokyo JapaneseLip articulationNative speakersVoiceless obstruentsVowel qualityVowel gesturesArticulatory gesturesLingual gesturesVowel /i/VowelsWord pairsVoice environmentJapaneseGesturesVoiceObstruentsMoraNonceArticulationTokyoControversiesA cross-linguistic study of audio-aerotactile perceptual integration using voicing continua
Saito H, Ménard L, Tiede M, Whalen D. A cross-linguistic study of audio-aerotactile perceptual integration using voicing continua. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2022, 152: a172-a172. DOI: 10.1121/10.0015925.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLinguistic experiencePerception of speech soundsCross-linguistic studiesEnglish listenersBilingual listenersBilingual speakersEnglish monolingualsFrench listenersSyllable onsetsEnglish stimuliNative languagePhoneme perceptionSpeech soundsVoicing continuumSpeech perceptionListenersEnglishIdentification taskMultisensory integrationPerceptual integrationAir puffComplex relationshipPerceptionMonolingualsSpeakersBaseline Stimulability Predicts Patterns of Response to Traditional and Ultrasound Biofeedback Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorder.
McAllister T, Eads A, Kabakoff H, Scott M, Boyce S, Whalen D, Preston J. Baseline Stimulability Predicts Patterns of Response to Traditional and Ultrasound Biofeedback Treatment for Residual Speech Sound Disorder. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2022, 65: 2860-2880. PMID: 35944047, PMCID: PMC9911120, DOI: 10.1044/2022_jslhr-22-00161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual speech sound disorderSpeech sound disordersCourse of treatmentSound disordersUltrasound biofeedbackPredictors of response to treatmentResponse to traditional treatmentClinically significant responseBiofeedback treatmentTraditional treatmentResponse to treatmentSensory acuityModel-based cluster analysisAcoustic measurementsPhase of treatmentIndividuals aged 9Individual interventionsBiofeedback phasesTraditional interventionsBaseline stimulationAcuityTreatment phaseSomatosensory domainAged 9Clinical intuitionFormants are easy to measure; resonances, not so much: Lessons from Klatt (1986)a)
Whalen D, Chen W, Shadle C, Fulop S. Formants are easy to measure; resonances, not so much: Lessons from Klatt (1986)a). The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2022, 152: 933-941. PMID: 36050157, PMCID: PMC9374483, DOI: 10.1121/10.0013410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCongruent aero-tactile stimuli bias perception of voicing continua
Goldenberg D, Tiede M, Bennett R, Whalen D. Congruent aero-tactile stimuli bias perception of voicing continua. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2022, 16: 879981. PMID: 35911601, PMCID: PMC9334670, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.879981.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharacterizing sensorimotor profiles in children with residual speech sound disorder: a pilot study
Kabakoff H, Gritsyk O, Harel D, Tiede M, Preston J, Whalen D, McAllister T. Characterizing sensorimotor profiles in children with residual speech sound disorder: a pilot study. Journal Of Communication Disorders 2022, 99: 106230. PMID: 35728449, PMCID: PMC9464712, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with lower accuracySpeech productionMotor skillsModels of speech productionResidual speech sound disorderSpeech sound disordersPredictor of accuracySomatosensory acuityPost-treatmentSound disordersSpeech errorsSpeech accuracyPilot studySensorimotor profileMotor planningReduced motor skillsProduction accuracySensorimotor measuresPredictive relationshipAuditory acuityStimulation taskSpeechLifelong challengesPre-treatmentSpeech outcomesAcoustic effects of syllable position of English /s/: Is there a “dark” [s]?
Lombardo D, Whalen D, Chen W, Shadle C. Acoustic effects of syllable position of English /s/: Is there a “dark” [s]? Proceedings Of Meetings On Acoustics 2022, 46: 060005. DOI: 10.1121/2.0001725.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDynamic evidence for the vowel gesture retention of devoiced high vowels in Tokyo Japanese
Iwasaki R, Roon K, Shaw J, Tiede M, Whalen D. Dynamic evidence for the vowel gesture retention of devoiced high vowels in Tokyo Japanese. Proceedings Of Meetings On Acoustics 2022, 46: 060004. DOI: 10.1121/2.0001691.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTokyo JapaneseVowel gesturesDevoiced vowelsVowel contextsNative speakers of Tokyo JapaneseTongue contoursNative speakersVoiceless obstruentsHigh vowelsVowel contrastLingual gesturesLingual articulationVowelsTongue shapeVocal tractJapaneseGesturesSeries of phasesVoiceTongueObstruentsContextArticulationTokyoControversiesAn ultrasound study of high vowel devoicing in Tokyo Japanese: Evidence for the vowel gesture retention
Iwasaki R, Roon K, Shaw J, Tiede M, Whalen D. An ultrasound study of high vowel devoicing in Tokyo Japanese: Evidence for the vowel gesture retention. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2022, 151: a63-a63. DOI: 10.1121/10.0010666.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTokyo JapaneseVowel contextsVowel devoicingNative speakers of Tokyo JapaneseTongue shapeHigh vowel devoicingNative speakersVoiceless obstruentsVowel contrastVowel gesturesDevoiced vowelsLingual articulationTongue surface contourRelease burstVowelsVoice environmentDevoicingJapaneseTongueContextObstruentsArticulationVoiceGesturesTokyoComparing 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 sizeSkillsPhonemeInflectionThe effect of gap duration on the perception of fluent versus disfluent speech
Warner H, Whalen D, Harel D, Jackson E. The effect of gap duration on the perception of fluent versus disfluent speech. Journal Of Fluency Disorders 2022, 71: 105896. PMID: 35032922, PMCID: PMC8925352, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2022.105896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComparison of auto-contouring and hand-contouring of ultrasound images of the tongue surface
Roon K, Chen W, Iwasaki R, Kang J, Kim B, Shejaeya G, Tiede M, Whalen D. Comparison of auto-contouring and hand-contouring of ultrasound images of the tongue surface. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 2022, 36: 1112-1131. PMID: 34974782, PMCID: PMC9250540, DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2021.1998633.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 approachesA dual mechanism for intrinsic f0
Chen W, Whalen D, Tiede M. A dual mechanism for intrinsic f0. Journal Of Phonetics 2021, 87: 101063. PMID: 34012182, PMCID: PMC8128133, DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2021.101063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerception of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English
Grover V, Shafer V, Campanelli L, Whalen D, Levy E. Perception of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English. Journal Of Second Language Pronunciation 2021, 7: 370-407. DOI: 10.1075/jslp.20033.gro.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHindi listenersAmerican EnglishHindi speakersLate L2 learnersAmerican English consonantsHindi-English bilingualsL2 learnersConsonant contrastsL2 environmentEnglish consonantsNonsense wordsHindiListenersAE controlExposure to AeEnglish abstractEnglishModulate perceptionBilingualsConsonantsSpeakersPerceptionLanguageLearnersL2