2022
Baseline 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 intuition
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
2010
Perception 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