Abstract We examined the contribution of rapid automatized naming (RAN) components (articulation time, pause and time consistency) to reading fluency, comprehension, spelling in a sample 257 German children (139 boys, 118 girls; M age = 5.60 years, SD 0.31) followed from kindergarten Grade 1. In kindergarten, were assessed on measures RAN (colors objects), phonological awareness, letter-sound k...

The origin of arthropod sound-producing morphology typically involves modification of two translating body surfaces, such as the legs and thorax. In an unusual structural rearrangement, I show that one lineage of palinurid lobsters lost an antennal joint articulation, which transformed this joint from moving with one degree of freedom into a sliding joint with multiple degrees of freedom. With ...

We develop a guideline for rating the physical impairment of otolaryngologic fields. Assessment of hearing disturbance and tinnitus required physical examination, pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry, impedance audiometry, brainstem evoked response audiometry, Bekesy audiometry, otoacoustic emission test, and imaging examination. History taking, physical examination, and radiological examina...

The precise structure of speech sound representations is still a matter of debate. In the present neurobiological study, we compared predictions about differential sensitivity to speech contrasts between models that assume full specification of all phonological information in the mental lexicon with those assuming sparse representations (only contrastive or otherwise not predictable information...

In a series of experiments, identification responses for place of articulation were obtained for synthetic stop consonants in consonant-vowel syllables with different vowels. The acoustic attributes of the consonants were systematically manipulated, the selection of stimulus characteristics being guided in part by theoretical considerations concerning the expected properties of the sound genera...

In order to better teach pronunciation to students, it is necessary to gain a better appreciation of the types of pronunciation patterns and issues that Japanese speakers encounter when attempting to speak in English. To highlight some of these issues, a sample dialogue between two Japanese learners was recorded and analyzed for segmental and suprasegmental features. The analysis revealed that ...

For the speech ability assessment of glossectomee patients, dynamic MRT was used in order to obtain real time imaging of articulatory movements. At the present state, the method is best suited for continuous consonants, but it can be used for the evaluation of any speech sound. In this study, preand postoperative consonant articulation of eight patients with cancer of the oral cavity is compere...