In this paper, we introduce a new component of the EMU Speech Database Management System [1, 2] to improve the team workflow of handling production data (both acoustic and physiological) in phonetics and the speech sciences. It is named emuDB Manager, and it facilitates the coordination of team efforts, possibly distributed over several nations, by introducing automatic revision control (based ...

Should music be a priority in public education? One argument for teaching music in school is that private music instruction relates to enhanced language abilities and neural function. However, the directionality of this relationship is unclear and it is unknown whether school-based music training can produce these enhancements. Here we show that 2 years of group music classes in high school enh...

SPEECH FEATURE COMPUTATIONS FOR VISUAL SPEECH ARTICULATION TRAINING Stefan Auberg Old Dominion University, 1996 Director: Dr. Stephen A. Zahorian A new version of the Visual Speech Articulation Training Aid was implemented which provides real-time visual feedback for speech articulation training. This version was migrated to a Windows Multimedia PC from a previous version which used a Personal ...

Although researchers have examined barriers to implementing evidence-based practice (EBP) at the level of the individual, little is known about the effects workplaces have on speech-language pathologists' implementation of EBP. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of workplace factors on the use of EBP amongst speech-language pathologists who work with children with Autism Spectrum D...

This study focuses on the language characteristics of multilingual female teenagers in Bandung, a city with diverse ethnic population. The research is based small sample 16-18 year old students from private high school and uses descriptive-analytic method to analyze recorded conversations as primary data interviews secondary data. categorizes analyzes variations teens' speech, using theories La...