2024
What R Mandarin Chinese /ɹ/s? – acoustic and articulatory features of Mandarin Chinese rhotics
Chen S, Whalen D, Mok P. What R Mandarin Chinese /ɹ/s? – acoustic and articulatory features of Mandarin Chinese rhotics. Phonetica 2024, 81: 509-552. PMID: 39279469, PMCID: PMC11449382, DOI: 10.1515/phon-2023-0023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTongue shapeRhotic soundsSyllable positionEffect of syllable positionPhonetic variationPhonetic featuresVowel contextsHigher F2Speech productionArticulatory featuresFricative noiseRhoticsAcoustic differencesMandarinAcoustic featuresPrevocalicLanguageTonguePostvocalicRetroflexVowelsArticulatorySpeakersSoundSpeech
2022
Dynamic 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 sizeSkillsPhonemeInflection
2020
Articulatory activity of the tongue, jaw, and lips during the second passaggio acoustic transition of female singers
Lissemore R, Shadle C, Roon K, Whalen D. Articulatory activity of the tongue, jaw, and lips during the second passaggio acoustic transition of female singers. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2020, 148: 2700-2700. DOI: 10.1121/1.5147480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEffects 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
Lingual articulatory configurations of Japanese devoiced vowels
Iwasaki R, Whalen D, Roon K, Shaw J. Lingual articulatory configurations of Japanese devoiced vowels. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2019, 146: 3083-3084. DOI: 10.1121/1.5137710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTongue configurationWhispered vowelsTokyo JapaneseDevoiced vowelsNative speakers of Tokyo JapaneseWord-initial positionConsonant clustersJapanese phonologyVoiceless obstruentsVowel deletionHigh vowelsNative speakersVoice realizationVoiced counterpartsVoiced vowelsVowelsTongue contoursWord pairsWhispered speechTongueJapaneseDevoicingObstruentsPhonotacticsPhonology
2018
Tongue shapes for rhotics in school-age children with and without residual speech errors
Preston J, McCabe P, Tiede M, Whalen D. Tongue shapes for rhotics in school-age children with and without residual speech errors. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 2018, 33: 334-348. PMID: 30199271, PMCID: PMC6409154, DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2018.1517190.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Ultrasound Images of the Tongue: A Tutorial for Assessment and Remediation of Speech Sound Errors.
Preston J, McAllister Byun T, Boyce S, Hamilton S, Tiede M, Phillips E, Rivera-Campos A, Whalen D. Ultrasound Images of the Tongue: A Tutorial for Assessment and Remediation of Speech Sound Errors. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2017 PMID: 28117824, PMCID: PMC5351819, DOI: 10.3791/55123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech sound errorsSpeech soundsSound errorsTongue shapeProduction of speech soundsClinical populationsSpeech-language pathologistsArticulatory natureIncorrect productionsError soundsSpeechSource of feedbackUltrasound feedbackSpeech therapyLingual soundsTongueExtended exampleSoundSpeakersClinical contextVisual feedbackIllustrative modelPathologistsContextClinicians
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
2014
Ultrasound evidence for place of articulation of the mora nasal /ɴ/ in Japanese
Mizoguchi A, Whalen D. Ultrasound evidence for place of articulation of the mora nasal /ɴ/ in Japanese. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2014, 136: 2103-2103. DOI: 10.1121/1.4899565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecondary gestures for consonants: An electromagnetic articulometer study of troughs
Nam H, Shadle C, Tiede M, Saltzman E, Whalen D. Secondary gestures for consonants: An electromagnetic articulometer study of troughs. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2014, 135: 2196-2196. DOI: 10.1121/1.4877159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTongue bodyVowel contextsIntraoral air pressureConsonant lengthArticulatory PhonologyVowel targetsAnticipatory coarticulationTrained phoneticiansNon-wordsReal wordsArticulation activitiesVowelsHypothesis 2GesturesHypothesis 1TongueContextPhonologyCoarticulationConsonantsPhoneticiansLabialsVCVWordsArticulation
2013
Computational simulation of CV combination preferences in babbling
Nam H, Goldstein L, Giulivi S, Levitt A, Whalen D. Computational simulation of CV combination preferences in babbling. Journal Of Phonetics 2013, 41: 63-77. PMID: 24496111, PMCID: PMC3564651, DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2012.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Response to MacNeilage and Davis and to Oller
Whalen D, Giulivi S, Goldstein L, Nam H, Levitt A. Response to MacNeilage and Davis and to Oller. Language Learning And Development 2011, 7: 243-249. PMID: 23825933, PMCID: PMC3697154, DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2011.578547.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Locus 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
2008
Digital acquisition of ultrasound imaging of the tongue
Noiray A, Iskarous K, Whalen D. Digital acquisition of ultrasound imaging of the tongue. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2008, 123: 3885-3885. DOI: 10.1121/1.2935812.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Intrinsic F0 and tongue depth in ATR languages
Whalen D, Gick B. Intrinsic F0 and tongue depth in ATR languages. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2001, 110: 2761-2761. DOI: 10.1121/1.4777643.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1997
Parsing the contribution of lip and tongue position to fricative noise frequency
Whalen D, Gick B. Parsing the contribution of lip and tongue position to fricative noise frequency. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1997, 102: 3164-3164. DOI: 10.1121/1.420763.Peer-Reviewed Original Research