2020
Vowel Acoustics and Speech Intelligibility in Young Adults With Down Syndrome.
Carl M, Kent R, Levy E, Whalen D. Vowel Acoustics and Speech Intelligibility in Young Adults With Down Syndrome. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2020, 63: 674-687. PMID: 32160481, DOI: 10.1044/2019_jslhr-19-00204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcousticsDown SyndromeHumansPhoneticsSpeech AcousticsSpeech IntelligibilitySpeech PerceptionSpeech Production MeasurementYoung AdultConceptsCorner vowelsVowel productionSingle-word productionSpeech production deficitsAcoustic measurementsIntelligence scoresYoung adultsSpeech intelligibilityDown syndromeLow vowelsVowel centralizationEnglish wordsFormant dataVowel acousticsProduction deficitsVowelsAdult listenersSpeech impairmentSpeech intelligibility scoresAcoustic findingsSpeakersReduced intelligibilitySpeechTD controlsMethod Participants
2013
The coarticulation/invariance scale: Mutual information as a measure of coarticulation resistance, motor synergy, and articulatory invariance
Iskarous K, Mooshammer C, Hoole P, Recasens D, Shadle C, Saltzman E, Whalen D. The coarticulation/invariance scale: Mutual information as a measure of coarticulation resistance, motor synergy, and articulatory invariance. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2013, 134: 1271-1282. PMID: 23927125, PMCID: PMC3745479, DOI: 10.1121/1.4812855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech productionTheory of speech productionTheories of coarticulationPhysical information flowCoarticulation resistancePhonological unitsSpeech researchArticulatory signalsAmount of physical informationCoarticulationSpeech perceptionSpeechCentral conceptsQuantitative scaleMutual informationEnglishConcept of mutual informationLanguageCatalanMutual information measurePerceptionScaleTheorizingInformation sharing