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Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab
Developmental Language Lab
Digital Sensory
Aids Lab
Speech Acoustics and Perception Lab
Hearing Science Lab
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Speech Acoustics and Perception Lab
Director: Dr. Winifred Strange
Lab Meetings:
Fridays, 3:00-5:00pm
Room 7303.02
Mission Statement
Research in this laboratory is concerned with understanding the
nature of the acoustic structure of speech and how it is perceived
by normal hearing adults. A central emphasis of this research is the
investigation of speech materials that more closely resemble
"real world" utterances, i.e., continuous speech
utterances in which phonetic segments are co articulated within a
prosodic structure. Another theme is the investigation of
cross-language differences in speech production (as examined by
acoustical analysis) and speech perception. A major project, funded
by NIDCD, investigates the cross-language differences in production
and perception of vowels of American English, Danish, German,
French, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. Other projects examine
perception and production patterns of adult second-language learners
of English (native speakers of Japanese, Russian, and Spanish).
Finally, experiments are currently underway which examine
similarities and differences in perception of speech and meaningful
(environmental) non-speech acoustic signals.
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Speech Acoustics and Perception
Laboratory
Recording and Digital Analysing of Sound
Training
Adjusting Equipment
Advising
Research
Current Projects:
Cross-language Studies of Vowel Acoustics and Perception
(NIDCD-00323) PI: Winifred Strange, Collaborators:
Ocke-Schwen Bohn, Aarhus University, Denmark; Reiko Akahane-Yamada,
ATR Human Information Processing Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan.
Research Assistants (CUNY-GC): Valeriy Shafiro, Erika Levy,
Rob Lehnhoff, Miwako Hisagi, Rocio Quesada, Yana
Gilichinskaya.
Recent Research Projects
1. Perception of word-final /t/, /k/, /s/ and /z/ by
beginning Spanish speaking learners of English - Roberta
Pikser (Linguistics): MA thesis
2. A Taxonomy of Meaningful Nonspeech Environmental
Sounds- Valeriy Shafiro (Speech and Hearing Sciences):
Dissertation
3. Effects of Language Experience and consonantal context
on perception of French Front Rounded Vowels by Adult
American English Learners of French - Erika Levy (Speech
& Hearing Sciences): Dissertation.
4. Amplitude Envelope Cues for Differentiating Speech
from Non-Speech - Robert Lehnhoff (Speech and Hearing
Sciences)
5. African American English of devoicing final consonants
- Lynda Felder (Speech & Hearing Sciences): Dissertation
6. Longitudinal Study of Spanish ESL Learners’ Vowel
Productions - Frances Gulinello - (Linguistics)
7. Japanese Temporal effect in speech perception by
American English learners of Japanese - Miwako Hisagi
(Speech & Hearing Sciences): Brown Bag (second project)
Current Grants:
2000-05 NIH-NIDCD (DC-00323) "Cross-language Studies
of Vowel Acoustics and Perception" (PI: W. Strange)
Direct Costs: $940,261.
2003-05 NIH Minority Supplement Rocio Quesada.
2003-04 NIH (F31-DC006109) Predoctoral Fellowship
Research Training Grant: "Perception of Sources of
Environmental Sounds" W. Strange (PI); Student Co-PI
– Valeriy Shafiro. $24,016.
2001-03 CUNY Collaborative Incentive Grant "Age
Differences in the Perception and Production of English
Vowels by Mandarin Monolingual and Mandarin-English
Bilingual Children" (Co-PIs, W. Strange and Gisela
Jia) $41,292.
2003-04 NIH (F31-DC006109) Predoctoral Fellowship
Research Training Grant: "Perception of French Vowels
by Americans Learning French" W. Strange (PI);
Student Co-PI – Erika Levy. $24,016.
Recent Publications:
Strange, W. (ed.) (1995). Speech perception and
linguistic experience: Issues in cross-language speech
research. Timonium, MD: York Press.
Strange, W. (1995). Cross-language studies of speech
perception: A historical review. In Strange, W. (ed.) Speech
perception and linguistic experience: Issues in
cross-language speech research. Timonium, MD: York Press
(pp 3-45).
Strange, W., Akahane-Yamada, R., Kubo, R., Trent, S.A.,
Nishi, K., & Jenkins, J.J. (1998). Perceptual
assimilation of American English vowels by Japanese
listeners. Journal of Phonetics, 26, 311-344.
Strange, W. & Bohn, O.-S. (1998). Dynamic
specification of co articulated German vowels: Perceptual
and acoustical studies. Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America, 104, 488-504.
Pruitt, J.S., Akahane-Yamada, R., & Strange, W.
(1998). Perceptual assimilation of Hindi dental and
retroflex consonants by native speakers of Japanese and
English. Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of ASA/16th ICA,
June, 1998.
Jenkins, J.J., & Strange, W. (1999). Perception of
dynamic information for vowels in syllable onsets and
offsets. Perception & Psychophysics, 61,
1200-1210
Jenkins, J.J., Strange, W. & Trent, S.A. (1999).
Context-independent dynamic information for the perception
of co articulated vowels, Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America, 106, 438-448.
Strange, W. (1999). Chapter 11: Perception of vowels:
Dynamic constancy. In Pickett, J.M.(ed.) The acoustic of
speech communication: Fundamentals, speech perception theory
and technology. Allyn and Bacon. Pp. 153-165
Strange, W. (1999). Chapter 12: Perception of consonants;
From variance to invariance In Pickett, J.M. .(ed.) The
acoustic of speech communication: Fundamentals, speech
perception theory and technology. Allyn and Bacon. Pp.
166-182
Strange, W. (1999). Levels of abstraction in
characterizing cross-language phonetic similarity (invited
plenary lecture). Proceedings of the XIVth
International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 99).
Hisagi, M., Nishi, K. & Strange, W. (submitted)
Acoustic properties of Japanese and English vowels: effects
of speaking style and consonantal context. Proceeding of the
Japanese and Korean Linguistic.
Journal Articles
Jenkins, J.J., Strange, W. & Trent, S.A. (1999).
Context-independent dynamic information for the perception
of coarticulated vowels, Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America, 106, 438-448.
Strange, W., Akahane-Yamada, R., Kubo, R., Trent, Sonja
A., & Nishi, K. (2001) Effects of consonantal context on
perceptual assimilation of American English vowels by
Japanese listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, 109, 1691-1704.
Book Chapters
Strange, W. (2002). Speech perception and language
learning: Wode's developmental model of speech perception
revisited. In Burmeister, P, Piske, T., Rohde, A. (eds). An
integrated view of language development: Papers in honor of
Henning Wode. Trier: WVT: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag
Trier.
Presentations and Posters
Argodale, P. & Strange, W. (2002) Perception of
English final stops by native Spanish and Russian listeners.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 111,
2362.
Shah, A., & Strange, W (2002) Temporal features of
Spanish accented-English. Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America, 111, 2366.
Levy, E., & Strange, W. (2002). Effects of
consonantal context on perception of French rounded vowels
by American English adult with and without French language
experience. . Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, 111, 2361-2362.
Strange, W., Weber, A., Levy, E., Shafiro, V. &
Nishi, K. (2002). Within- and Across-language acoustic
variability of vowels spoken in different phonetic and
prosodic contexts: American English, North German, and
Parisian French. Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, 112, 2384.
Pikser, R. (2002). . Perception of word-final /t/, /k/,
/s/ and /z/ by beginning Spanish speaking learners of
English. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
Hisagi, M., Nishi, K. & Strange, W. (2003) Acoustic
properties of Japanese and English vowels: effects of
speaking style and consonantal context. Japanese and
Korean Linguistic Conference at Michigan State University.
Shafiro, V., Jenkins, J.J. & Strange, W. (2003)
Identifying the sources of Environmental Sounds with a
varying numbers of spectral channels. Acoustic Society of
America.
Shafiro, V., Jenkins, J.J. & Strange, W. (2003)
Perception of Environmental Sounds with a variable number of
frequency channels. 2003 Conference on Implantable
Auditory Prostheses at Pacific Grove, California.
Strange, W. (Invited Presentation) L2 Speech Perception
Second Language Research Forum 2003 Tucson, AZ
Masters’ Theses & Doctoral Dissertations
Amee (2002) - (Speech and Hearing Sciences) Temporal
Characteristics of Spanish-Accented English: Acoustic
Measures and Their Correlation with Accentedness Ratings.
Nassima Babaci Abdelli-Beruh (2002) - (Speech and
Hearing Sciences) The Acoustic
Correlates of the Voicing Distinction in French Cognate
Stops.
Nishi, K. (2002) – (Psychology in University of South
Florida) Perceptual Characteristics and Intelligibility of
Japanese-Accented English.
Pikser, R. (2003) – (MA thesis in Linguistics)
Perception of word-final /t/, /k/, /s/ and /z/ by beginning
Spanish speaking learners of English.
Shafiro, V. (2003) – (Speech and Hearing Sciences)
Perceiving the sources of Environmental Sounds with a
varying numbers of spectral channels.
Lab Personnel:
A. Technical/Clerical Associates
1. Bruno Tagliaferri: Computer Programmer
2. Linda Ashour: Program Coordinator
B. Adjunct Faculty
1. James J. Jenkins: Distinguished Professor Emeritus
2. Nassima Abdelli-B: Assistant Professor, Speech
Language Pathology & Audiology at New York University
3. Gisela Jia: Associate Professor, Psychology at Lehman
College
C. Post doctoral Students
D. Predoctoral Students
Erika Levy
Robert Lehnhoff
Lynda, Felder
Miwako Hisagi
Yana Gilichinskaya
Frances Gulinello
Rocio Quesada
E. Undergraduate Assistants
Celines Miranda
Teresa DeMasi
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