DOCUMENT RESUME ED 417 451 CS 509 793 AUTHOR Pisoni, David B. TITLE Research on Spoken Language Processing. Progress Report No. 21 (1996-1997). INSTITUTION Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Dept. of Psychology. SPONS AGENCY National Institutes of Health (DHHS), Bethesda, MD. PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 637p. CONTRACT DC-00111; DC-00012 PUB TYPE Collected Works General (020) Reports - Research (143) EDRS PRICE MF03/PC26 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Deafness; Error Analysis (Language); Higher Education; *Language Processing; Memory; *Speech Communication; Word Recognition IDENTIFIERS Cochlear Implants; *Indiana University Bloomington; *Speech Perception; Speech Research ABSTRACT This 21st annual progress report summarizes research activities on speech perception and spoken language processing carried out in the Speech Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Indiana University in Bloomington. As with previous reports, the goal is to summarize accomplishments during 1996 and 1997 and make them readily available. Some papers in the report are extended manuscripts unau have been prepared &- formal publication, others are short reports of research. The extended manuscripts are: "Speech Perception"(R. Wright and others); "Looking at Lhe 'Stars': A First Report on the Intercorrelations among Measures of Speech Perception, Intelligibility and Language Development in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users" (D.B. Pisoni and others); "Measures of Phonological Memory Span for Sounds Differing in Discriminability: Some Preliminary Findings" (M. Cleary); "Static vs. Dynamic Faces as Retrieval Cues in Recognition of Spoken Words"(L. Lachs); "Some Observations on Working Memory Tasks and Issues in Cognitive Psychology" (W.D. Goh); "Familiarity, Similarity and Memory for Speech Events" (S.M. Sheffert and R.M. Shiffrin); "Improvements in Speech Perception in Prelingually-Deafened Children: Effects of Device, Communication Mode, and Chronological Age" (T.A. Meyer and others); "Predicting Open-Set Spoken Word Recognition Performance from Feature Identification Scores in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users: A Preliminary Analysis" (S. Frisch and D.B. Pisoni); "Lexical Competition in Spoken English Words" (S. Amano); and "Some Computational Analyses of the PBK Test: Effects of Frequency and Lexical Density on Spoken Word Recognition" (T.A. Meyer and D.B. Pisoni). Among the short reports are "Cognitive Factors and Cochlear Implants: An Overview of the Role of Perception Attention, Learning and Memory in Speech Perception" (D.B. Pisoni); "Performance of Normal-Hearing Children on Open-Set Speech Perception Tests"(M. Kluck and others); "Effects of Talker, Rate and Amplitude Variation on Recognition Memory for Spoken Words" (A.R. Bradlow and others); "Acoustic, Psychometric and Lexical Neighborhood Properties of the Spondaic Words: A Computational Analysis of Speech Discrimination Scores" (T.A. Meyer and others); "Effects of Alcohol on the Production of Words in Context: A First Report" (S.B. Chin and others); "Intelligibility of Normal Speech II: Analysis of Transcription Errors" (A.T. Neel and others); "Some Observations on Neighborhood Statistics of Spoken English Words" (S. Amano); "Sensory Aid and Word Position Effects on +++++ ED417451 Has Multi-page SFR---Level=1 +++++ Consonant Feature Production by Children with Profound Hearing Impairment" (S.B. Chin and others); "Lexical Competition and Reduction in Speech: A Preliminary Report"(R. Wright); "A Preliminary Acoustic Study of Errors in Speech Production"(S. Frisch and R. Wright); "Experience with Sinewave Speech and the Recognition of Sinewave Voices" (S.M. Sheffert and others); "Some Factors Affecting Recognition of Spoken Words by Normal Hearing Adults" (A.R. Bradlow and others); and "The Hoosier Audiovisual Multi-Talker Database" (S. Sheffert and others). Contains references, data tables, and a publications list. (RS) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** RESEARCH ON W SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING Progress Report No. 21 (1996-1997) Speech Research Laboratory Department of Psychology Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 4 7405 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1241-:isdocument has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent Supported by: official OERI position or policy. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Public Health Service National Institutes of Health Research Grant No. DC-00111 and National Institutes of Health Training Grant No. DC-00012 BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2 RESEARCH ON SPOKENLANGUAGE PROCESSING Progress Report No. 21 (1996-1997) David B. Pisoni, Ph.D. Principal Investigator Speech Research Laboratory Department of Psychology Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1301 Research Supported by: Department of Health and HumanServices U.S. Public Health Service National Institutes of Health Research Grant No. DC-00111 and National Institutes of Health Training Grant No. DC-00012 1997 Indiana University 5 RESEARCH ON SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING Progress Report No. 21 (1996-1997) Table of Contents Introduction vii Speech Research Laboratory Faculty, Staff, and Technical Personnel viii I. Extended Manuscripts xi Speech Perception Richard Wright, Stefan Frisch, and David B. Pisoni 1 Looking at the "Stars": A First Report on the IntercorrelationsAmong Measures of Speech Perception, Intelligibility and Language Development in PediatricCochlear Implant Users David B. Pisoni, Mario Svirsky, Karen L Kirk, and Richard T. Miyamoto 51 Measures of Phonological Memory Span for Sounds Differing inDiscriminability: Some Preliminary Findings Miranda Cleary 93 Static vs. Dynamic Faces as Retrieval Cues in Recognition ofSpoken Words Lorin Lachs 141 Some Observations on Working Memory Tasks and Issues inCognitive Psychology Winston D. Goh 179 Familiarity, Similarity and Memory for Speech Events Sonya M Sheffert and Richard M Shijfrin 201 Improvements in Speech Perception in Prelingually-Deafened Children: Effects of Device, Communication Mode, and Chronological Age Ted A. Meyer, Mario A. Svirsky, Karen I. Kirk, and Richard 7'.Miyamoto 235 Predicting Open-Set Spoken Word Recognition Performance fromFeature Identification Scores in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users: A PreliminaryAnalysis Stefan Frisch and David B. Pisoni 261 Lexical Competition in Spoken English Words Shigeaki Amano 289 Some Computational Analyses of the PBK Test: Effects ofFrequency and Lexical Density on Spoken Word Recognition Ted A. Meyer and David B. Pisoni 315 II. Short Reports and Work-in Progress 333 Cognitive Factors and Cochlear Implants: An Overview of the Role of Perception Attention, Learning and Memory in Speech Perception David B. Pisoni 335 Performance of Normal-Hearing Children on Open-Set Speech Perception Tests Melissa Kluck, David B. Pisoni, and Karen Iler Kirk 349 Effects of Talker, Rate and Amplitude Variation on Recognition Memory for Spoken Words Ann R. Bradlow, Lynne C. Nygaard, and David B. Pisoni 367 Acoustic, Psychometric and Lexical Neighborhood Properties of the Spondaic Words: A Computational Analysis of Speech Discrimination Scores Ted A. Meyer, David B. Pisoni, Paul A. Luce, and Robert C. Bilger 385 Effects of Alcohol on the Production of Words in Context: A First Report Steven B. Chin, Nathan R. Large, and David B. Pisoni 403 Intelligibility of Normal Speech II: Analysis of Transcription Errors Amy T. Neel, Ann R. Bradlow, and David B. Pisoni 421 Some Observations on Neighborhood Statistics of Spoken English Words Shigeaki Amano 439 Sensory Aid and Word Position Effects on Consonant Feature Production by Children with Profound Hearing Impairment Steven B. Chin, Karen Iler Kirk, and Mario A. Svirsky 455 Lexical Competition and Reduction in Speech: A Preliminary Report Richard Wright 471 Training Japanese Listeners to Identify English In and /1/: Long-Term Retention of Learning in Perception and Production Ann R Bradlow, Reiko Akahane-Yamada, David B. Pisoni, and Yoh'ichi Tohkura 487 A Preliminary Acoustic Study of Errors in Speech Production Stefan Frisch and Richard Wright 503 Experimental Evidence for Abstract Phonotactic Constraints Stefan Frisch and Bushra Zawaydeh 517 Experience with Sinewave Speech and the Recognition of Sinewave Voices Sonya M Sheffert, David B. Pisoni, Nathan R Large, Jennifer M Fellowes, and Robert E. Remez 531 iv Tongue Twisters Reveal Neighborhood Density Effects in Speech Production Michael S. Vitevitch 545 Some Factors Affecting Recognition of Spoken Words by Normal Hearing Adults Ann R. Brad low, Gina M Torretta, and David B. Pisoni 557 Audio-Visual Speech Perception Without Traditional Speech Cues: A Second Report Robert E. Remez, Jennifer M Fellowes, David B. Pisoni, Winston D. Goh, and Philip E. Rubin 567 III. Instrumentation and Software 575 The Hoosier Audiovisual Multi-Talker Database Sonya Sheffert, Lorin Lachs, and Luis Hernandez 577 IV. Publications: 1996-1997 585 INTRODUCTION This is the twenty-first annual progress report summarizing research activities on speech perception and spoken language processing carried out in the Speech Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Indiana