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Perception
Different types of speech perception
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Undergraduate 2
04/28/2009

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Phonemes
Definition
The sound code for particular language, can change the meaning of a word by changing a phoneme
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Minimal Pairs
Definition
"bat" and "cat"
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Phonemes
Definition
Are sounds not letters
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869
Definition
How many possible phonemes there are
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52
Definition
American english phonemes
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English Vowels
Definition
Distinguished by front versus back for tongue and high versus low for jaw
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Tongue
Definition
Front versus back
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Jaw
Definition
High versus low
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Tubular Configuration
Definition
Lips, Oral Cavity, Pharynx, Epi-Larynx, Glottis
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Vowel Space
Definition
First formant frequency (x) and second formant frequency (y)
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Cues
Definition
The frequency of the first and second formant are .... to the identity of the phoneme
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Cues
Definition
Acoustic properties used by the listener to determind what the phoneme is
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Place of Articulation
Definition
Where the major narrowing of the vocal tract is
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Voicing
Definition
Are the vocal folds vibrating during consonant or not
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Stop
Definition
Complete blocking of air flow
b, d, g, p , t, k
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Fricatives
Definition
Tight narrowing that leads to noise
s, z, f
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Affricates
Definition
Combination of stop and fricative
ch, j
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Nasals
Definition
Block oral cavity, open nassal cavity
m, n, ng
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Semivowels and Liquids
Definition
Less narrow constriction
w, y, r, l
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Manner
Definition
What kind of narrowing is used
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F3
Definition
The cue that can distinguish d from g, starting frequencies differ.
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F3
Definition
A cue for distinguishing between l and r
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The Following Vowel
Definition
Actual F3 values vary because of speaker and ...
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Perceptual Data
Definition
Create speech sounds varying in F2 and F3 and ask what English phoneme it is
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F3
Definition
English speakers are listening for differences in this
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F2
Definition
Japanese are listening for differences in this
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Cue Weighting
Definition
Which cues we are listening for when deciding on the identity of a phoneme
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Discriminate
Definition
Tell apart differences in sounds that are important for meaning in their language, between two phonemes
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Generalize
Definition
Ignore differences in sounds that are not important for meaning, between two different examples of the same phoneme, man and woman
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Baseline
Definition
Measures normal sucks-per-minute for child
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Familiarization
Definition
Sucks result in a sound being played, suck rate increases
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Habituation
Definition
Suck rate decreases as child becomes bored with new auditory toy
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Testing
Definition
Sound changes, if infant notices the change they will increase sucking
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Birth to Six Months
Definition
High amplitude sucking is testing around what age
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5 Months and Older
Definition
Head turning is tested at what age?
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Training in Head Turning
Definition
Child is reinforced for turning their head when they hear a change in a stream of sounds
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Testing in Head Turning
Definition
Use changes in phonemes as test stimuli
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Heart Rate
Definition
A fetus can tell apart different vowels by measuring
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Below 500 Hz
Definition
Speech audible within the womb
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F0 and its Harmonics
Definition
Generated by the source, or vocal fold vibration
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Formants
Definition
Peaks in the spectral envelope
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Formants
Definition
Resonances of the vocal tract cavity
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Formants
Definition
Determine the distribution of the harmonic amplitudes
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8-10 Months
Definition
At what age do children start ignoring differences that cannot change word meaning in their language?
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Amplitude Envelope
Definition
Provides information about rhythm and the timing of syllables
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Fine Structure Spectrum
Definition
Harmonics, provides information about source, such as fundamental frequency
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Spectral Envelope
Definition
Provides information about where formants are located to identify phonemes (filter)
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Noice Vocoded Speech
Definition
Preserves the amplitude envelope
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Noise Vocoded Speech
Definition
Degrades the spectral envelope
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Noise Vocoded Speech
Definition
Gets rid of fine spectral structure, harmonics
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Sine Wave Speech
Definition
Replace formants with tones varying in frequency
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Sine Wave Speech
Definition
Harmonics will be completely gone
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Harmonics
Definition
Can get speech without
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Peak Clipping
Definition
If the dynamic range of a system is exceeded, this will occur in the acoustic waveform
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The McGurk Effect
Definition
Visual information about mouth movements can influence perception of speech sound
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Coarticulation
Definition
During speech, each phoneme is not produced seperately, the before and after phoneme influence the shape of our mouths
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Coarticulation
Definition
Placement of tongue changes
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Compensation for Coarticulation
Definition
Not learned
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Melting Time
Definition
Influence of local time reversals on speech perception
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