2024
Assessing 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
2019
F0-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
2016
Comparing measurement errors for formants in synthetic and natural vowelsa)
Shadle C, Nam H, Whalen D. Comparing measurement errors for formants in synthetic and natural vowelsa). The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2016, 139: 713-727. PMID: 26936555, PMCID: PMC4752539, DOI: 10.1121/1.4940665.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 toolsContextual
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 levelDifferentiation of speech and nonspeech processing within primary auditory cortexa)
Whalen DH, Benson RR, Richardson M, Swainson B, Clark VP, Lai S, Mencl WE, Fulbright RK, Constable RT, Liberman AM. Differentiation of speech and nonspeech processing within primary auditory cortexa). The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2006, 119: 575-581. PMID: 16454311, DOI: 10.1121/1.2139627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly cortical levelsPrimary auditory cortexHeschl's gyrusDifferent brain activation patternsAssociation cortexBrain activation patternsFunctional magnetic resonanceAuditory association cortexCortical levelNonspeech processingSpeech perceptionSpeech stimuliNonspeechSpeech systemAuditory cortexActivation patternsSpeechCortexGyrusLevel of complexitySpecialized systemsStimuliPerceptionSeparate sourcesDifferent levels
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
1992
Information for Mandarin Tones in the Amplitude Contour and in Brief Segments
Whalen D, Xu Y. Information for Mandarin Tones in the Amplitude Contour and in Brief Segments. Phonetica 1992, 49: 25-47. PMID: 1603839, DOI: 10.1159/000261901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAttentionFemaleHumansLanguageMalePhoneticsPitch PerceptionSound SpectrographySpeech AcousticsSpeech Perception
1991
Perception of the English /s/-/integral of/ distinction relies on fricative noises and transitions, not on brief spectral slices.
Whalen D. Perception of the English /s/-/integral of/ distinction relies on fricative noises and transitions, not on brief spectral slices. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1991, 90: 1776-85. PMID: 1960273, DOI: 10.1121/1.401658.Peer-Reviewed Original Research