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ABSTRACT A wealth of research has investigated rhythm processing in music and speech, revealing shared cognitive and neural correlates and potential transfer effects, as evidenced by shared benefits and shared processing difficulties, as well as effects of stimulation and training programs.
Barbara Tillmann +2 more
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Text as tape: On the voice in the late prose of Friederike Mayröcker
Abstract For a text to have a voice means to be caught in a paradox: the text obviously does not speak, so what is that tone rising from the pages? Taking hold of a striking ambivalence, this essay examines the relationship between text and voice in the late prose of Austrian poet Friederike Mayröcker.
Astrid Elander
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Abstract This study explores ways in which multilingual English listeners react to and rate three varieties of Asian English in three presentational modes: audio only, audiovisual and audiovisual with a face mask. Using a speech intelligibility framework, the study examines the extent to which presentational mode affects intelligibility and listener ...
Jette G. Hansen Edwards, Mary L. Zampini
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The Phonetics and Phonology of Chuxnaban Mixe
This paper presents the first detailed description of the phonetic structures of the endangered Mexican indigenous language Chuxnab?n Mixe, including a survey of the main features of the consonant system and acoustic measurements of the characteristics ...
Carmen Jany
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Acoustic-Phonetic Unit Similarities For Context Dependent Acoustic Model Portability [PDF]
This paper addresses particularly the use of acoustic-phonetic unit similarities for portability of context dependent acoustic models to new languages. Since the IPA-based method is limited to a source/target phoneme mapping table construction, an estimation method of the similarity between two phonemes is proposed in this paper. Based on these phoneme
Le, Viet-Bac +2 more
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An acoustic study on monophthongs in Central Australian Aboriginal English
Abstract We present an acoustic analysis of monophthongal vowel production in Central Australian Aboriginal English (CAAE), providing one of the first systematic examinations of this variety spoken by English‐as‐a‐first‐language (L1) speakers in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Australia.
Yizhou Wang +4 more
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Sound‐offset encoding is related to speech‐in‐noise perception at sentence level in older adults
Abstract figure legend Schematic summary of the study investigating sound‐onset and offset sensitivity in the brain of older adults. EEG responses to white‐noise bursts were recorded to examine neural encoding of sound onset and offset during passive listening and active task conditions.
Hasan Colak +6 more
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Factors Affecting Communication Outcomes for Deaf and Multilingual Learners: A Systematic Review
ABSTRACT Background Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children who are exposed to more than one spoken language can be described as deaf and multilingual learners (DMLs). Increased globalisation and technological advancements in hearing amplification mean an increasing number of children who are DHH access more than one spoken language (with and without ...
Elizabeth Kilmartin +2 more
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Listen Closely: Measuring Vocal Tone in Corporate Disclosures
ABSTRACT We examine the usefulness of machine learning approaches for measuring vocal tone in corporate disclosures. We document a substantial mismatch between the widely adopted actor‐based training data underlying these approaches and speech in corporate disclosures.
Jonas Ewertz +3 more
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Can Infants Perceive and Learn New Information from Extended Reality?
ABSTRACT As global societies increasingly embrace digital technologies, their integration into early childhood education becomes crucial for achieving United Nations sustainable developmental goals. The present study investigates whether extended reality (XR) environments effectively support infants' perception and learning capabilities. A total of 144
Liquan Liu +8 more
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