Effects of training and using an audio-tactile sensory substitution device on speech-in-noise understanding

K Cieśla, T Wolak, A Lorens, M Mentzel… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding speech in background noise is challenging. Wearing face-masks, imposed
by the COVID19-pandemics, makes it even harder. We developed a multi-sensory setup …

The case for measuring and reporting bilingualism in developmental research

K Byers-Heinlein, AG Esposito, A Winsler… - Collabra …, 2019 - online.ucpress.edu
Many children around the world grow up bilingual, learning and using two or more
languages in everyday life. Currently, however, children's language backgrounds are not …

Rethinking the McGurk effect as a perceptual illusion

LM Getz, JC Toscano - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 2021 - Springer
Visual speech cues play an important role in speech recognition, and the McGurk effect is a
classic demonstration of this. In the original McGurk & Macdonald (Nature 264, 746–748) …

Cross-modal interaction between auditory and visual input impacts memory retrieval

V Marian, S Hayakawa, SR Schroeder - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
How we perceive and learn about our environment is influenced by our prior experiences
and existing representations of the world. Top-down cognitive processes, such as attention …

Investigation of Cross-Language and Stimulus-Dependent Effects on the McGurk Effect with Finnish and Japanese Speakers and Listeners

K Tiippana, Y Ujiie, T Peromaa, K Takahashi - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the McGurk effect, perception of a spoken consonant is altered when an auditory (A)
syllable is presented with an incongruent visual (V) syllable (eg, A/pa/V/ka/is often heard …

Predictors of language proficiency and cultural identification in heritage bilinguals

S Hayakawa, A Chung-Fat-Yim… - Frontiers in communication, 2022 - frontiersin.org
According to the 2020 US Census Bureau, more than 66 million residents over the age of 5
in the United States speak a language other than English at home. Some bilinguals become …

Perception of temporal synchrony not a prerequisite for multisensory integration

RM Jertberg, S Begeer, HM Geurts, B Chakrabarti… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Temporal alignment is often viewed as the most essential cue the brain can use to integrate
information from across sensory modalities. However, the importance of conscious …

Exploring audiovisual speech perception in monolingual and bilingual children in Uzbekistan

S Nematova, B Zinszer, KK Jasinska - Journal of Experimental Child …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the development of audiovisual speech perception in
monolingual Uzbek-speaking and bilingual Uzbek–Russian-speaking children, focusing on …

Behavioral Pattern Analysis between Bilingual and Monolingual Listeners' Natural Speech Perception on Foreign-Accented English Language Using Different …

MT Ahad, MM Ahsan, I Jahan, R Nazim, MMS Yazdan… - Technologies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Speech perception in an adverse background/noisy environment is a complex and
challenging human process, which is made even more complicated in foreign-accented …

The effect of native language and bilingualism on multimodal perception in speech: A study of audio-aerotactile integration

H Saito, M Tiede, DH Whalen, L Ménard - The Journal of the …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of native language and bilingualism on multimodal perception in speech: A study of
audio-aerotactile integrationa) | The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | AIP Publishing …