Speech perception/production
A study of dominance in speech perception and production by German-English bilinguals
... How ever, not all subjects will respond to cues in the same way: a study of the acquisition of English / $ / by G erm an learners show ed that, w hile some experienced learners w ere able to m ake use of the spectral ...
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The role of accent imitation in sensorimotor integration during processing of intelligible speech
... the speech signal allocate a prominent role to imitation ...support perception of ambiguous or noisy ...accented speech, has been found to aid effective speech ...in speech benefits ...
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Speech in speech perception, non verbal selective attention, and musical training
... beat perception and production may enhance their attentional control as ...the perception of musical beats involves a regular waxing and waning of temporal expectation over time (Large and Kolen, ...
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Speech in noise perception is linked to rhythm production skills in adult percussionists and non musicians
... that speech perception advantages in musicians may reflect an experience-based adaptation whereby language networks are increasingly engaged and strengthened with musical practice (Patel, ...
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Event Perception: Motor Theory vs. Direct Perception Theory
... of speech perception are the intended phonetic gestures of the speaker, represented in the brain as invariant motor command that call for movements of the articulators through certain linguistically ...
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The Relationship between Phoneme Production and Perception in Speech-Impaired and Typically-Developing Children
... between speech perception and production in children with speech ...the speech percep- tion of children with developmental verbal dyspraxia (which is also referred to as childhood ...
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A limit on behavioral plasticity in speech perception.
... When bilinguals’ performance is assessed in production, it is clear that the later the start of exposure to the second lan- guage, the more noticeable is the ‘foreign’ accent (Oyama, 1976). For example, a ...
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Sparseness and speech perception in noise
... of speech, either in noise or against competing speak- ers. Speech signals are a highly modulated with many silences due to physical constraints on the speech production ...for speech ...
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Annotating Speech, Attitude and Perception Reports
... ’a perception entity is annotated as such by default; only if an interpretation of direct physical perception is not possible in the given dis- course context it is annotated as an attitude knowl- edge ...
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'The obligation of newspeople is not only to give the news accurately; it is also to say it correctly' : production and perception of broadcaster speech
... all perception study sets) suggest that the important factor in training might be in helping a student gain comfort in reading a script aloud in order to avoid reading ...their speech based on perceived ...
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Assessment of Fine Structure Processing Strategies in Unilaterally Deafened Cochlear Implant Users
... The results indicated that FS4-p was rated significantly superior to FS4 in all five questions answered by the unilaterally deafened CI users. As per question 1, it appears that unilaterally deafened CI users perceived ...
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Investigating Hybrid Models Of Speech Perception
... of speech episodes; versus b) models with separate representations, where different processing paths exist from the speech signal to word and speaker ...
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Investigation of Auditory Encoding and the Use of Auditory Feedback During Speech Production
... An initial discussion of the findings regarding stimulus presentation polarity and response amplitude is important. During piloting, a previously unknown trend was discovered in our EFR results. It was noted that ...
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Evaluation of speech perception in noise in Kurd-Persian bilinguals
... were the word in noise (WIN), quick speech in noise (Q-SIN) and Bamford-Kowal-Bench (BKB-SIN). Within each group, the scores of WIN and Q-SIN tests were comparable but scores of these two tests were lower than ...
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Spin: The Effects of Acute Exercise on Speech Perception
... As hypothesized, 30 minutes of exercise on a stationary bicycle resulted in an increase in the ability of participants to identify words embedded in noise. This indicates that aerobic exercise can enhance auditory ...
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An analysis of English majors speech perception problems
... in speech perception. Secondly, in this research, speech perception errors are classified in different types and shown by tables and graphs, which can be partially used by teachers in ...
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A speech pattern processing method for Chinese listeners with profound hearing loss.
... Speech pattern element encoding is likely to be particularly appropriate for Chinese profoundly hearing impaired listeners because of the characteristics of the language. Chinese is a tone language in which four ...
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CASTLE : a computer assisted sentence stress teaching and learning environment : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand
... of speech material, tended to speed up the speech material a little or switch it back to the normal speed, when they had caught the pronunciation features in these ...natural speech with a regular ...
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Speech Recognition and a Cymatics Based Configurable Speech Perception
... The principle of suggested system is depicted with the block diagram, shown on Figure 1. It shows that the system enhances the incoming speech signal and extract its features. These features are employed to ...
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Speech perception in noise mechanisms
... training, Speech Perception, Hearing in Noise and Speech in Noise were used in order to search through the ...of speech perception in challenging environments and available solu- tions ...
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