Adjunct Faculty
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Adjunct rank detailsDouglas Whalen
Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Child Study CenterAbout
Research
Publications
2026
Vibrotactile signals can aid recognition of spectrally degraded speech signals
Nittrouer S, Whalen D, Chen W. Vibrotactile signals can aid recognition of spectrally degraded speech signals. JASA Express Letters 2026, 6: 014402. PMID: 41504603, DOI: 10.1121/10.0042196.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English
Grover V, Shafer V, Campanelli L, Whalen D, Kakadelis S, Levy E. Production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English. Journal Of Second Language Pronunciation 2025, 11: 174-212. DOI: 10.1075/jslp.24031.gro.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPlanning competing values of a single phonological feature vs. planning values for multiple features
Roon K, Whalen D. Planning competing values of a single phonological feature vs. planning values for multiple features. Journal Of Memory And Language 2025, 143: 104642. PMID: 40385987, PMCID: PMC12083845, DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2025.104642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLexical Stress in Mandarin Second-Language Speakers of English: An Electromagnetic Articulography Study.
Kim B, Bishop J, Whalen D. Lexical Stress in Mandarin Second-Language Speakers of English: An Electromagnetic Articulography Study. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2025, 68: 839-852. PMID: 39937688, DOI: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-24-00491.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Talker variability versus variability of vowel context in training naïve learners on an unfamiliar class of foreign language contrasts
Shejaeya G, Roon K, Whalen D. Talker variability versus variability of vowel context in training naïve learners on an unfamiliar class of foreign language contrasts. Journal Of Phonetics 2024, 107: 101369. DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2024.101369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhat 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 ResearchAssessing ultrasound probe stabilization for quantifying speech production contrasts using the Adjustable Laboratory Probe Holder for UltraSound (ALPHUS)
Chen W, Stern M, Whalen D, Derrick D, Carignan C, Best C, Tiede M. Assessing ultrasound probe stabilization for quantifying speech production contrasts using the Adjustable Laboratory Probe Holder for UltraSound (ALPHUS). Journal Of Phonetics 2024, 105: 101339. PMID: 39071095, PMCID: PMC11280337, DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2024.101339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProduction of the English /ɹ/ by Mandarin–English Bilingual Speakers
Chen S, Whalen D, Mok P. Production of the English /ɹ/ by Mandarin–English Bilingual Speakers. Language And Speech 2024, 68: 794-831. PMID: 38462718, DOI: 10.1177/00238309241230895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe 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 ResearchDirect neural coding of speech: Reconsideration of Whalen et al. (2006) (L)
Whalen D. Direct neural coding of speech: Reconsideration of Whalen et al. (2006) (L). The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2024, 155: 1704-1706. PMID: 38426833, PMCID: PMC10908555, DOI: 10.1121/10.0025125.Peer-Reviewed Original Research