Subject: Re: Word Ilntilitgelibiy wtih Pnoheme Cufisonon From: Mitchell Sommers <msommers@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:46:18 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_04B7_01CFBAD1.A51965B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but there is work by Diane-Kewley-Port and Dan Fogerty on intelligibility changes following masking of vowels versus masking of consonants. I think that Jont Allen = also has some work on this, that reaches somewhat different conclusions than = the Kewley-Port work.=20 =20 =20 Mitchell S. Sommers, PhD Professor Dept. of Psychology Washington University Campus Box 1125 Saint Louis, MO 63130 =20 Email: <mailto:Msommers@xxxxxxxx> Msommers@xxxxxxxx Phone: 314-935-6561 Fax: 314-935-7588 =20 From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of David Jackson Morris Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 9:49 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Wrod Ilntilitgelibiy wtih Pnoheme Cufisonon =20 Dear Dviad,=20 =20 I don't have a precise reference for you but it might be interesting for = you to look through the publications of Valerie Hazan. Some of her work has investigated the perceptual consequences of switching out initial consonants. In considering vowel categories it may also be interesting = to check out the article below and the recent book, 'Vowel inherent = spectral change' (Eds Morrison & Assman). =20 =20 You've probably heard it before, but be careful - studies in vowel perception are not for the feint-hearted. =20 All the best Dvaid =20 =20 =20 Thyer NJ; Hickson LM; Dodd BJ (2000) The Perceptual Magnet Effect in Australian English Vowels. Perception & Psychophysics, 61 (1). =20 =20 David Morris Postdoc Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics University of Copenhagen Njalsgade 120 2300 K=F8benhavn S =20 <http://inss.ku.dk/ansatte/beskrivelse/?id=3D398661> http://inss.ku.dk/ansatte/beskrivelse/?id=3D398661 _____ =20 From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception = [AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx on behalf of David Klein [kleinsound@xxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 6:59 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx>=20 Subject: Word Ilntilitgelibiy wtih Pnoheme Cufisonon Hi All, I am seeking references on the subject of human speech intelligibility = as a function of individual phoneme distortions. I can't seem to find what = I'm looking for. Can anybody help point me in the right direction? I'd specifically like to know how word intelligibility holds up when distortions of a particular phoneme class would cause members of that = class to be highly confusable when presented in isolation. More generally, I wonder how well humans can do when consonants are relatively clear but vowels are highly ambiguous. I suppose two ways this might have been studied would have been using, = on the one hand, noise or channel distortions specifically targeted to distorting certain phoneme classes; or, on the other hand, manipulating = the signal by switching certain phonemes to other perceptually nearby = phonemes. Cheers, Dvaid ;) ------=_NextPart_000_04B7_01CFBAD1.A51965B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word = 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* = {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style><![endif]--><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Helvetica; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @xxxxxxxx {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @xxxxxxxx WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>Not sure = if this is what you are looking for, but there is work by = Diane-Kewley-Port and Dan Fogerty on intelligibility changes following = masking of vowels versus masking of consonants. I think that Jont Allen = also has some work on this, that reaches somewhat different conclusions = than the Kewley-Port work. <o:p></o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Mitchell S. = Sommers, PhD<br>Professor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Dept. of = Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Washington = University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Campus Box = 1125<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Saint Louis, MO = 63130<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Email: <a href=3D"mailto:Msommers@xxxxxxxx"><span = style=3D'color:#0563C1'>Msommers@xxxxxxxx</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Phone: 314-935-6561<o:p></o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Fax: 314-935-7588<o:p></o:p></p></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in = 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span= ></b><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> AUDITORY = - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx = <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Jackson Morris<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August = 15, 2014 9:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> = AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Wrod Ilntilitgelibiy = wtih Pnoheme Cufisonon<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= Dear Dviad, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= <o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= I don't have a precise reference for you but it might be interesting for = you to look through the publications of Valerie Hazan. Some of her = work has investigated the perceptual consequences of switching out = initial consonants. In considering vowel categories it may also be = interesting to check out the article below and the recent book, 'Vowel = inherent spectral change' (Eds Morrison & Assman). = <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= <o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= You've probably heard it before, but be careful - studies in vowel = perception are not for the = feint-hearted.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= <o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= All the best<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= Dvaid<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= <o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= <o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= <o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3D4041= ;background:white'>Thyer NJ; Hickson LM; Dodd BJ (2000) The Perceptual = Magnet Effect in Australian English Vowels. <i><span = style=3D'border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Perception & = Psychophysics</span></i>, <b><span style=3D'border:none windowtext = 1.0pt;padding:0in'>61</span></b> (1).</span><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= <o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= <o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>= David Morris</span><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'= ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>= Postdoc</span><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'= ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>= Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics</span><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'= ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>= University of Copenhagen</span><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'= ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>= Njalsgade 120</span><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'= ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>= 2300 K=F8benhavn S</span><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'= ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>= </span><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'= ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>= <a href=3D"http://inss.ku.dk/ansatte/beskrivelse/?id=3D398661" = target=3D"_blank"><span = style=3D'color:purple'>http://inss.ku.dk/ansatte/beskrivelse/?id=3D398661= </span></a></span><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'= ><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div class=3DMsoNormal = align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><span = style=3D'color:black'><hr size=3D2 width=3D"100%" = align=3Dcenter></span></div><div id=3DdivRpF721411><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= From:</span></b><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>= AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx = on behalf of David Klein [kleinsound@xxxxxxxx<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, = August 15, 2014 6:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a = href=3D"mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx">AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx</a><br>= <b>Subject:</b> Word Ilntilitgelibiy wtih Pnoheme Cufisonon</span><span = style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div = id=3Dyiv5805419883><div><div><div = id=3D"yiv5805419883yui_3_16_0_1_1408076918952_12177"><p = class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:white'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:blac= k'>Hi All,<br><br>I am seeking references on the subject of human speech = intelligibility as a function of individual phoneme distortions. I can't = seem to find what I'm looking for. Can anybody help point me in the = right direction?<br><br>I'd specifically like to know how word = intelligibility holds up when distortions of a particular phoneme class = would cause members of that class to be highly confusable when presented = in isolation.<br><br>More generally, I wonder how well humans can do = when consonants are relatively clear but vowels are highly = ambiguous.<br><br>I suppose two ways this might have been studied would = have been using, on the one hand, noise or channel distortions = specifically targeted to distorting certain phoneme classes; or, on the = other hand, manipulating the signal by switching certain phonemes to = other perceptually nearby phonemes.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Dvaid = ;)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><= /div></div></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_04B7_01CFBAD1.A51965B0--