2022
Comparing 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
2016
Recurrence Quantification Analysis of Sentence-Level Speech Kinematics
Jackson E, Tiede M, Riley M, Whalen D. Recurrence Quantification Analysis of Sentence-Level Speech Kinematics. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2016, 59: 1315-1326. PMID: 27824987, PMCID: PMC5399759, DOI: 10.1044/2016_jslhr-s-16-0008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Variability in English vowels is comparable in articulation and acoustics
Noiray A, Iskarous K, Whalen D. Variability in English vowels is comparable in articulation and acoustics. Laboratory Phonology Journal Of The Association For Laboratory Phonology 2014, 5: 271-288. PMID: 25101144, PMCID: PMC4119755, DOI: 10.1515/lp-2014-0010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhonological distinctionsTongue heightEnglish front vowelsSubject of longstanding debateF1-F0 differencePatterns of articulationFront vowelsEnglish vowelsVowel heightVowel pairsAdult speakersVowel articulationVowel productionArticulatory configurationsSpeech productionArticulatory parametersVowelsPerceptual contrastLongstanding debateArticulationIdiosyncratic patternsSpeakersAcoustic dataMultiple repetitionsDistinction
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