OBJECTIVE To compare P1-N1-P2-N2 response latencies and amplitudes evoked by voiced and unvoiced consonant-vowel syllables (CVS) /bi/-/pi/ and /di/-/ti/ by analyzing how the cortical responses to consonants and vowels interact during the formation of a syllable-evoked response. MATERIALS AND METHODS Auditory late latency responses were recorded from 12 healthy individuals between the ages of ...

The timing of consonant clusters in Swedish has been studied intensively. However, from a phonological perspective coda-internal timing with regards to quantity has not yet successfully been studied. This study intends to provide more data on the duration of Swedish consonant clusters: (a) sonorant-sonorant clusters and (b) sonorant-obstruent clusters. In addition consonant clusters illegal in ...

OBJECTIVE Scores on consonant-recognition tests are widely used as an index of speech-perception ability in cochlear implant (CI) users. The consonant stimuli in these tests are typically presented in the /alpha/ vowel context, even though consonants in conversational speech occur in many other contexts. For this reason, it would be useful to know whether vowel context has any systematic effect...