In tonal languages, which are spoken by nearly one-third of the world's population, speakers
precisely control the tension of vocal folds in the larynx to modulate pitch in order to …

This study investigated changes in brain function that occurred over a 7-day behavioral
intervention for adults who stutter (AWS). Thirteen AWS received the intervention (AWS+) …

Vocal pitch is used as an important communicative device by humans, as found in the
melodic dimension of both speech and song. Vocal pitch is determined by the degree of …

Neural control of rising and falling tones in Mandarin people who stutter (PWS) was
examined by comparing with that which occurs in fluent speakers [Howell, Jiang, Peng, and …

Speech processing was studied by looking at brain processes underlying speech perception
and production. Existing models of speech and empirical data propose that producing …

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between stuttering loci and lexical
tone in Mandarin-speaking preschoolers. Conversational samples from 20 Taiwanese …

The current study employed behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) measures to
investigate brain plasticity associated with second-language (L2) phonetic learning based …

Human voice is an identity feature which each person possess as unique characteristic and
it gives information about the state or personality. It changes during lifespan and according …