Mandarin speech perception by ear and eye follows a universal principle.

Running Head: MANDARIN SPEECH PERCEPTION The Relationship between Unimodal and Bimodal Speech Perception of Mandarin Speakers: A Universal Principle

Hemispheric Asymmetry in Processing Low - and High - pass Filtered

In auditory perception, a right hemisphere (RH)/left ear advantage for low-pass filtered stimuli and a left hemisphere (LH)/right ear advantage for high-pass filtered stimuli have been reported. Here we investigated how tonal language experience modulates this hemispheric asymmetry. We recruited Cantonese, Mandarin (tonal languages), and English (non-tonal language) speakers, and asked them to ...

Pronunciation training: the role of eye and ear

For speech perception and production of a new language, we examined whether 1) they would be more easily learned by ear and eye relative to by ear alone, and 2) whether viewing the tongue, palate, and velum during production is more beneficial for learning than a standard frontal view of the speaker. In addition, we determine whether differences in learning under these conditions are due to enh...

Development of the Mandarin early speech perception test: children with normal hearing and the effects of dialect exposure.

OBJECTIVES The first objective of this study was to create a recorded Mandarin Early Speech Perception (MESP) test based on the English Early Speech Perception test (), a closed-set assessment tool for evaluation of early speech perception abilities in children. The second objective was to determine whether each of the MESP subtests is appropriate for children with these abilities. The third ob...

A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Examining Factors Influencing Outcomes with Cochlear Implant in Mandarin-Speaking Children

OBJECTIVE To examine the direct and indirect effects of demographical factors on speech perception and vocabulary outcomes of Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs). METHODS 115 participants implanted before the age of 5 and who had used CI before 1 to 3 years were evaluated using a battery of speech perception and vocabulary tests. Structural equation modeling was used to te...