"Could i have a word?": Effects of robot's whisper

Using the ‘Whisper Test’ to Identify Hearing Loss in Young Children

A hearing impediment or loss can have profoundly negative effects on a child's personal, social and academic growth if it is not identified at an early age. This study used a bio-ecological model of development with an asset-based approach to assessment. The focus was on identifying the strengths of learners and assets in the environment with a view to providing appropriate intervention. During...

Adaptation for soft whisper recognition using a throat microphone

This paper describes various adaptation methods applied to recognizing soft whisper recorded with a throat microphone. Since the amount of adaptation data is small and the testing data is very different from the training data, a series of adaptation methods is necessary. The adaptation methods include: maximum likelihood linear regression, feature-space adaptation, and re-training with downsamp...

You Say Periklute, I Say Paraclete: Towards a Reconciliation Between the Bible and the Quran

The Quranic statement that Jesus predicted Muhammad by name is examined in light of the expectation of what the “kingdom of God” was. The concept of the kingdom of God as being the light or fire of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is contrasted with the Sufi concept of the “Light of Muhammad.” Pentecost could be the Light of Muhammad coming upon the apostles of Christ; the Light is the same, but kn...

Compensatory Strategies for Voicing of Initial and Medial Plosives and Fricatives in Whispered Speech in Dutch

In this study, the compensatory strategies speakers adopt for conveying the voiced-voiceless distinction of consonants in whispered speech were investigated. Of 8 native Dutch speaking subjects each, 26 Dutch minimal word pairs containing voiced and voiceless obstruents, were recorded. Acoustic analysis with the software Praat revealed that both in whisper and in normal speech (1) preceding vow...

Oral Criticism/ Review of the book Form the Whisper of Tradition to the Charm of the Pop: An Investigation in Contemporary Iranian Music by Alireza Miralinaghi and Arvin SedaghatKish