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Moore, Michelle W.; Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E.; McDonald, Taylor L. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
Recent work has shown significant sublexical effects of long-term memory in nonword repetition (NWR) using a dichotomous consonant age of acquisition (CAoA) variable (Moore, 2018; Moore, Fiez, and Tompkins, 2017). Performance consistently decreased when stimuli comprised consonants acquired later versus earlier in speech development. To address…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Age, Language Acquisition, Repetition
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Miller, Christi W.; Bernstein, Joshua G. W.; Zhang, Xuyang; Wu, Yu-Hsiang; Bentler, Ruth A.; Trembley, Kelly – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: This study evaluated whether certain spectral ripple conditions were more informative than others in predicting ecologically relevant unaided and aided speech outcomes. Method: A quasi-experimental study design was used to evaluate 67 older adult hearing aid users with bilateral, symmetrical hearing loss. Speech perception in noise was…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Auditory Perception, Predictor Variables, Speech Communication
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Drager, Katie – Language and Speech, 2011
Recent research provides evidence that individuals shift in their perception of variants depending on social characteristics attributed to the speaker. This paper reports on a speech perception experiment designed to test the degree to which the age attributed to a speaker influences the perception of vowels undergoing a chain shift. As a result…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Speech, Vowels, Social Characteristics