2022
The 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 Research
2018
Do Hindi speakers of English realize the acoustic cues for American English /v/ and /w/ contrast?
Grover V, Shafer V, Whalen D, Levy E, Kakadelis S. Do Hindi speakers of English realize the acoustic cues for American English /v/ and /w/ contrast? The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 143: 1756-1757. DOI: 10.1121/1.5035750.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHindi speakersAmerican EnglishLength of residenceSpeakers of EnglishAE speakersPhonological inventoryWord-initialNonsense wordsOnset frequencyFinding of no significant differenceAE groupAcoustic cuesHindiSpeakersFricativesPerception studiesEnglishWordsTokensNo significant differenceCuesOnsetInventorySignificant differenceGroupPlace of articulation effects on voice onset time and phonation bleed persist in languages with no voicing distinction
Kakadelis S, Whalen D. Place of articulation effects on voice onset time and phonation bleed persist in languages with no voicing distinction. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 143: 1968-1968. DOI: 10.1121/1.5036479.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Perception and production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English
Grover V, Shafer V, Whalen D, Levy E. Perception and production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2017, 141: 3516-3516. DOI: 10.1121/1.4987387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpeakers of EnglishHindi speakersHindi listenersAmerican EnglishLength of residenceNative Hindi speakersAmerican English consonantsEnglish listenersEnglish consonantsWord formsProduction taskEnglishSpeakersHindiSpeech perceptionListenersPerceptual learningConsonantsFindings shed lightPerceptionLanguageSpeechTraining programTaskTokens
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
2003
Perception of relative location of F0 within the speaking range
Honorof D, Whalen D. Perception of relative location of F0 within the speaking range. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2003, 114: 2393-2393. DOI: 10.1121/1.4777959.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
Perceptual normalization of synthesized vowels following natural speech and breath sounds
Sheffert S, Whalen D. Perceptual normalization of synthesized vowels following natural speech and breath sounds. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1995, 97: 3421-3421. DOI: 10.1121/1.412447.Peer-Reviewed Original Research