It is possible to implement help systems for diagnosis oriented to the evaluation of the fonator system using speech signal, by means of techniques based on expert systems. The application of these techniques allows the early detection of alterations in the fonator system or the temporary evaluation of patients with certain treatment, to mention some examples. The procedure of measuring the voi...

It is well-documented that children comprehend many more words than they are able to produce. Without exception, a child appears to understand various words that they do not use in their own speech. These results are used to test three different theories of speech perception. Motor theory assumes that motor processes are necessarily recruited for speech perception. A common representation theor...

U nderstanding human speech production is of great interest from engineering, linguistic, and several other research points of view. While several types of data available to speech understanding studies lead to different avenues for research, in this article we focus on real-time (RT) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as an emerging technique for studying speech production. We discuss the detail...

In cross-language speech production, nonnative consonant clusters are often modified by epenthetic or transitional vocoids. Focusing on English speakers’ productions of nonnative stop-initial clusters (e.g., /bn/, /bd/), the present study identified several acoustic characteristics that distinguish cases of epenthesis from accurate cluster realizations. Both modified and accurate productions co...

TEMS is a trademark of Ascom. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the copyright holder. The contents of this document are subject to revision without notice due to continued progress in methodology, design and manufacturing. Ascom shall have no liability for any error or damag...

Auditory and somatosensory systems play a key role in speech motor control. In the act of speaking, segmental speech movements are programmed to reach phonemic sensory goals, which in turn are used to estimate actual sensory feedback in order to further control production. The adult's tendency to automatically imitate a number of acoustic-phonetic characteristics in another speaker's speech how...