This proposal requests continued support for a broad program of empirical research dealing with speech perception, analysis and synthesis. The major goal of the proposed work is to seek a better understanding of the earliest stages of speech processing, particularly in terms of how the initial sensory-based acoustic-phonetic information in the speech signal interacts with other sources of knowledge to support spoken language understanding. The project is entering its eighth year. The proposed work will be carried out with both natural and synthetic speech stimuli in the hope of gaining a better understanding of the perceptual and cognitive processes used by human listeners in perceiving phonemes, words, sentences and passages of connected fluent speech. The proposed work is divided into four major projects that include: (1) acoustic analysis and perception of speech sounds; (2) spoken word recognition and lexical access; (3) processing fluent speech, and (4) perception of synthetic speech. From the projects we hope to learn more about how speech signals are processed by the nervous system and how the earliest stages of speech perception are linked to some of the more abstract linguistic and cognitive processes involved in spoken language understanding. The findings have implications for problems concerning aids for the handicapped, computer-assisted instruction and voice-response devices used for man-machine communication.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01NS012179-09
Application #
3394748
Study Section
Communication Sciences and Disorders (CMS)
Project Start
1975-06-01
Project End
1987-11-30
Budget Start
1984-12-01
Budget End
1985-11-30
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
1985
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Indiana University Bloomington
Department
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
006046700
City
Bloomington
State
IN
Country
United States
Zip Code
47402
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