[HTML][HTML] The nature of non-native speech sound representations

MM Baese-Berk, B Chandrasekaran… - The Journal of the …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Most current theories and models of second language speech perception are grounded in
the notion that learners acquire speech sound categories in their target language. In this …

Effortful listening despite correct responses: the cost of mental repair in sentence recognition by listeners with cochlear implants

MB Winn, KH Teece - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: Speech recognition percent correct scores fail to capture the effort of mentally
repairing the perception of speech that was initially misheard. This study measured the effort …

Cognitive factors in nonnative phonetic learning: Impacts of inhibitory control and working memory on the benefits and costs of talker variability

X Zhang, B Cheng, Y Zou, X Li, Y Zhang - Journal of Phonetics, 2023 - Elsevier
Talker variability has been reported to facilitate generalization and retention of speech
learning, but is also shown to place demands on cognitive resources. Our recent study …

Stable, flexible, common, and distinct behaviors support rule-based and information-integration category learning

CL Roark, B Chandrasekaran - npj Science of Learning, 2023 - nature.com
The ability to organize variable sensory signals into discrete categories is a fundamental
process in human cognition thought to underlie many real-world learning problems …

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation modulates performance but not pupil size during nonnative speech category learning

JR McHaney, WL Schuerman, MK Leonard… - Journal of Speech …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: Subthreshold transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS)
synchronized with behavioral training can selectively enhance nonnative speech category …

Time scales and moments of listening effort revealed in pupillometry

MB Winn - Seminars in Hearing, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
This article offers a collection of observations that highlight the value of time course data in
pupillometry and points out ways in which these observations create deeper understanding …

The effects of training variability and pitch aptitude on the overnight consolidation of lexical tones

Z Qin, R Jin, C Zhang - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: Although variability of training materials has the potential to benefit the learning of
lexical tones, the benefit is contingent on an individual's pitch aptitude. Previous studies did …

Sensory representations and pupil-indexed listening effort provide complementary contributions to multi-talker speech intelligibility

JR McHaney, KE Hancock, DB Polley… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Multi-talker speech intelligibility requires successful separation of the target speech from
background speech. Successful speech segregation relies on bottom-up neural coding …

Increased listening effort and cochlear neural degeneration underlie behavioral deficits in speech perception in noise in normal hearing middle-aged adults

ME Zink, L Zhen, JR McHaney, J Klara, K Yurasits… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Middle-age is a critical period of rapid changes in brain function that presents an opportunity
for early diagnostics and intervention for neurodegenerative conditions later in life. Hearing …

[HTML][HTML] How do headphone checks impact perception data?

C Sanker - Laboratory Phonology, 2023 - journal-labphon.org
Headphone checks have rapidly become an assumed part of best practices in online
perception studies. Do they actually improve our ability to find phonological patterns? They …