Contemporary Issues in Experimental Phonetics

Contemporary Issues in Experimental Phonetics provides comprehensive coverage of a number of research topics on experimental phonetics.

This book is divided into four parts. Part I describes the instrumentation systems employed in the study of speech acoustics and speech physiology. The models, aerodynamic principles, and peripheral physiological mechanisms of speech production are discussed in Part II. Part III explains the problems in the specifications of the acoustic characteristics of speech sounds and suprasegmental features of speech. The speech perception process, speaker recognition, theories on the nature of the dichotic right ear advantage, and errors in auditory perception are elaborated in the last chapter.

This text likewise covers the measurement of temporal processing in speech perception and interrelationship of speech, hearing, and language in an understanding of the total human communication process.

This publication is valuable to speech and hearing scientists, speech pathologists, audiologists, psychologists, linguists, and graduate students researching on experimental phonetics.

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List of Contributors
Preface
Part I Research Techniques
Chapter 1 Instrumentation for the Study of Speech Acoustics
Introduction
Speech Model and Parameters
Speech Analysis
Speech Synthesis
References
Chapter 2 Instrumentation for the Study of Speech Physiology
The Physiological Events of Speech Production
Electrical Activity of the Speech Muscles
Structural Movement during Speech Production
Fundamental Instrumentation Requirements for Speech Physiology
References
Ppart II Speech Production
Chapter 3 Models of Speech Production
Introduction
Basic Control Strategies in Skilled Motor Behavior
The Problem of Seriation
The Problem of Articulatory Representation
Conclusions and Suggestions
References
Chapter 4 Aerodynamics of Speech Production
Generation of Driving Pressures
Methodological Aspects
Lower Airway Dynamics
Upper Airway Dynamics
Research Implications
References
Chapter 5 Peripheral Mechanisms of Speech Motor Control
Peripheral Mechanical Properties
Afferent Feedback Mechanisms
Implications of Peripheral Properties for an Understanding of Speech Production
References
Part III The Speech Signal
Chapter 6 Acoustic Characteristics of Speech Sounds
Relating Speech Physiology and Speech Acoustics
Sound Units and Their Properties
Practical Aspects in the Acoustical Study of Speech Sounds
Summary
References
Chapter 7 Suprasegmental Features of Speech
Introduction
Duration and Quantity
Tone and Intonation
Stress and Emphasis
Summary and Outlook
References
Part V Speech Perception
Chapter 8 Speech Perception
Introduction
Levels of Processing
The Acoustic Cues
The Phonetic Percept
Models of Phonetic Perception
The Processing of Consonants and Vowels
Specialized Neural Processes
References
Chapter 9 Speaker Recognition
Introduction
Speaker Recognition by Listening: Procedural Effects
Speaker Recognition by Listening: Experimental Findings
Other Speaker Recognition Methods
Outlook
References
Chapter 10 Dichotic Listening
Introduction and Orientation
Why is There a Dichotic Right Ear Advantage?
Tabular Literature Summary
Our Basic Dichotic Paradigm
Simple Dichotic Listening to Words and Syllables with Intensity and Time of Onset Held Constant
Test-Retest Reliability of the Right Ear Advantage
Variations with Age
Effects of Varying Intensity
Effects of Varying Signal-to-Noise Ratio
The Effects of Varying Frequency Bandwidth
Effects of Varying Onset Time
Pathological Cases
Comparing Dichotic Studies
Discussion
Future Research Directions
References
Chapter 11 Auditory Illusions and Perceptual Processes
Illusory Changes in Repeated Auditory Patterns
Illusory Continuity of Interrupted Auditory Patterns: Phonemic Restorations and Auditory Induction
Perception and Confusions of Temporal Order
Summary
References
Chapter 12 Time- and Frequency-Altered Speech
Time-Altered Speech
Frequency-Altered Speech
References
Chapter 13 Perceptual Psychophysics: Speech and Hearing
Hearing Science and Pitch
Speech Science and Pitch
A Return to the Issue
References
Subject Index