During face-to-face conversational speech listeners must efficiently process a rapid and
complex stream of multisensory information. Visual speech can serve as a critical …

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the recommended/required use of face masks in
public. The use of a face mask compromises communication, especially in the presence of …

Identifying speech requires that listeners make rapid use of fine-grained acoustic cues—a
process that is facilitated by being able to see the talker's face. Face masks present a …

Intelligibility measures, which assess the number of words or phonemes a listener correctly
transcribes or repeats, are commonly used metrics for speech perception research. While …

Upon hearing someone's speech, a listener can access information such as the speaker's
age, gender identity, socioeconomic status, and their linguistic background. However, an …

Though necessary, protective mask wearing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
presents communication challenges. The present study examines how signal degradation …

Despite the advent of numerous Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications, recent research
demonstrates potential side-channel vulnerabilities exploiting sensors which are used for …

Standard varieties are often perceived as morally superior compared with nonstandard
varieties. Consequently, these differences lead to ideologies that racialize nonstandard …

In noisy situations, visual information plays a critical role in the success of speech
communication: listeners are better able to understand speech when they can see the …

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate the impacts of a surgical mask and a
transparent mask on audio-only and audiovisual speech intelligibility in noise (ie, 0 dB …