Speech prosody, the melodic and rhythmic properties of a language, plays a critical role in
our everyday communication. Researchers have identified unique patterns of prosody that …

Different talkers speak differently, even within the same homogeneous group. These
differences lead to acoustic variability in speech, causing challenges for correct perception …

Perception of word stress is an important aspect of recognizing speech, guiding the listener
toward candidate words based on the perceived stress pattern. Cochlear implant (CI) signal …

When recognizing spoken words, listeners are confronted by variability in the speech signal
caused by talker differences. Previous research has focused on segmental talker variability; …

This paper explores the problem of differentiation of human speech and language systems.
On the basis of contemporary perspectives in speech psychology, speech studies, and …

Many different prosodic cues can help listeners predict upcoming speech. However, no
research to date has assessed listeners' processing of preceding prosody from different …

Producing lexical stress leads to visible changes on the face, such as longer duration and
greater size of the opening of the mouth. Research suggests that these visual cues alone …

When recognizing spoken words, listeners are confronted by variability in the speech signal
caused by talker differences. Previous research has focused on segmental talker variability; …

Listeners engage social knowledge and attitudes about speakers in processes of speech
perception (Niedzielski 1999; Drager 2011; Levon 2014), and correspondingly construct and …

During speech perception listeners receive both linguistic information about the speech
content as well as information regarding the identity of the talker. While these two aspects …