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
2020
Auditory-perceptual acuity in rhotic misarticulation: baseline characteristics and treatment response
Cialdella L, Kabakoff H, Preston J, Dugan S, Spencer C, Boyce S, Tiede M, Whalen D, McAllister T. Auditory-perceptual acuity in rhotic misarticulation: baseline characteristics and treatment response. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 2020, 35: 19-42. PMID: 32242467, PMCID: PMC7541403, DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2020.1739749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual speech errorsSpeech errorsAssociated with greater treatment responseTreatment responseProduction accuracyAssessed prior to treatmentAbilities of childrenAuditory-perceptual tasksRhotic soundsChildren aged 9Identification of itemsBiofeedback efficacyComparison groupAged 9Accurate productionCompleted treatmentPeriod of treatmentChildrenBiofeedbackVisual biofeedbackBaseline characteristicsAcuityBaselineMisarticulationsAcute perception
2019
Remediating Residual Rhotic Errors With Traditional and Ultrasound-Enhanced Treatment: A Single-Case Experimental Study.
Preston J, McAllister T, Phillips E, Boyce S, Tiede M, Kim J, Whalen D. Remediating Residual Rhotic Errors With Traditional and Ultrasound-Enhanced Treatment: A Single-Case Experimental Study. American Journal Of Speech-Language Pathology 2019, 28: 1167-1183. PMID: 31170355, PMCID: PMC6802922, DOI: 10.1044/2019_ajslp-18-0261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrasound visual feedbackSingle-case experimental studySpeech sound learningTreatment orderResidual rhotic errorsGroup-level studiesUntreated wordsStages of learningGroup-level comparisonsSound learningRhotic errorsNaive listenersTraditional treatmentTreatment conditionsTreatment responseAged 9SessionsVocalizationsIndividual variationMonitor progressVisual feedbackChildrenReverse treatment orderParticipants
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
2011
An Articulatory Phonology Account of Preferred Consonant-Vowel Combinations
Giulivi S, Whalen D, Goldstein L, Nam H, Levitt A. An Articulatory Phonology Account of Preferred Consonant-Vowel Combinations. Language Learning And Development 2011, 7: 202-225. PMID: 23505343, PMCID: PMC3596049, DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2011.564569.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArticulatory PhonologyAdult languageArticulatory controlCV preferencesArticulatory synthesisDevelopmental trendsPerception testsArticulatoryPhonologyEnglishLanguageMandarinAttribute preferencesFrenchOlder ageArticulationPreferencesBiasLesser extentChildrenBiomechanical explanationPerceptionControlled increase
1995
Intrinsic F0 of vowels in the babbling of 6-, 9-, and 12-month-old French- and English-learning infants.
Whalen D, Levitt A, Hsiao P, Smorodinsky I. Intrinsic F0 of vowels in the babbling of 6-, 9-, and 12-month-old French- and English-learning infants. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1995, 97: 2533-9. PMID: 7714271, DOI: 10.1121/1.411973.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1987
Qualitative separateness in children's speech
Nittrouer S, Whalen D. Qualitative separateness in children's speech. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1987, 82: s84-s84. DOI: 10.1121/1.2025025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildren's speechVowel contextsFricative noiseAdult speechChild speakersPhonetic unitsFricative identificationAcoustic differencesF2 frequenciesAdult listenersAcoustic analysisListenersSpeechGross spectrumPerceptual segmentationAcoustic informationSyllablesYoung childrenAdultsChildrenAllophonesVowelsSpeakersContextHypothesis