Speech Motor Control Group

Dr. Joseph Perkell

Publications

Papers in Refereed Journals (In reverse chronological order)

Perkell, J.S. (in press). Movement goals and feedback and feedforward control mechanisms in speech production. Journal of Neurolinguistics.
Brunner, J., Ghosh, S.S., Hoole, P., Matthies, M., Tiede, M. & Perkell, J. (2011). The influence of auditory acuity on acoustic variability and the use of motor equivalence during adaptation to a perturbation. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 54(3), 727-739.
Ghosh, S.S., Matthies, M.L. Maas, E. Hanson, A. Tiede, M. Ménard, L. Guenther, F.H., Lane, H and Perkell J.S. (2010). An investigation of the relation between sibilant production and somatosensory and auditory acuity. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128(5), 3079-3087.
Cai, S., Ghosh. S.S., Guenther, F.H., and Perkell J.S. (2010). Adaptive auditory feedback control of the production of the formant trajectories in the Mandarin triphthong /iau/ and its patterns of generalization. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128(4), 2033-2048.
Matthies, M.L, Guenther, F. H., Denny, M., Perkell, J. S., Burton, E., Vick, J., Lane, H., Tiede, M. And Zandipour, M. (2008) Perception and production of /r/ allophones improve with hearing from a cochlear implant. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124, 3191-3202.
Villacorta, V., Perkell, J.S. and Guenther, F.H. (2007). Sensorimotor adaptation to feedback perturbations of vowel acoustics and its relation to perception, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122, 2306-3219.
Ménard , L., Polak, M., Denny, M., Lane, H., Matthies, M.L., Perkell, J.S., Burton, E., Marrone, N., Tiede, M. and Vick, J. (2007). Interactions of speaking condition and auditory feedback on vowel production in postlingually deaf adults with cochlear implants. J. Acoust. Soc. Am, 121, 3790-3801.
Lane, H., Denny, M., Guenther, F. H., Matthies, M., Perkell, J. S., Stockmann, E., Tiede, M., Vick, J. and Zandipour, M. (2007). On the structure of phoneme categories in listeners with cochlear implants. J.Speech, Language and Hearing Res. 50, 2-14. [PDF]
Lane, H., Matthies, M, Denny, M., Guenther, F., Perkell, J.S., Stockmann, E., Tiede, M. , Vick, J. and Zandipour, M. (2007). Effects of short- and long-term changes in auditory feedback on vowel and sibilant contrasts. J. Speech, Language and Hearing Res.h 50, 913-927.
Perkell, J.S., Lane, H., Denny, M., Matthies, M.L., Tiede, M., Zandipour, M., Vick, J., & Burton, E. (2007). Time course of speech changes in response to short-term changes in hearing state. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121, 505-518.
Perkell, J.S., Denny, M., Lane, H., Guenther, F.H., Matthies, M.L., Tiede, M., Vick, J., Zandipour, M. & Burton, E. (2007). Effects of masking noise on vowel and sibilant contrasts in normal-hearing speakers and postlingually deafened cochlear implant users. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121, 505-514.
Lane, H. & Perkell, J.S. (2005). Control of voice-onset time in the absence of hearing: A review, J. Speech Lang. Hear. Res.48, 1334-43.
Lane, H., Denny, M., Guenther, F.H., Matthies, M.L., Menard, L., Perkell, J.S., Stockmann, E., Tiede, M., Vick, J. & Zandipour, M. (2005). Effects of bite blocks and hearing status on vowel production. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 118, 1636-1646.
Nieto-Castanon, A., Guenther, F.H., Perkell, J.S., and Curtin, H. (2005). A modeling investigation of articulatory variability and acoustic stability during American English /r/ production, J. Acoust Soc Am. 117, 3196-3212.
Perkell J.S., Matthies, M.L., Tiede, M., Lane, H., Zandipour, M., Marrone, N., Stockmann, E. and Guenther, F.H. (2004). The Distinctness of Speakers' /s/—/S/ Contrast is related to their auditory discrimination and use of an articulatory saturation effect, J. Speech, Language and Hearing Res. 47, 1259-69.
Perkell J.S., Guenther F.H., Lane, H., Matthies, M.L., Stockmann, E., Tiede, M., Zandipour, M. (2004). The distinctness of speakers' productions of vowel contrasts is related to their discrimination of the contrasts. J. Acoust. Soc Am. 116, 2338-44.
Perrier P, Payan Y, Zandipour M, Perkell J. (2003). Influences of tongue biomechanics on speech movements during the production of velar stop consonants: a modeling study. J Acoust. Soc. Am. 114, 1582-99.
Holmberg, E.B., Doyle, P., Perkell, J.S., Hammarberg, B. & Hillman R.E. (2003) Aerodynamic and acoustic voice measurements of patients with vocal nodules: Variation in baseline and changes across voice therapy. J. Voice 17, 262-282.
Perkell, J., and Zandipour, M. (2002). Economy of effort in different speaking conditions. II. Kinematic performance spaces for cyclical and speech movements. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 1642-51.
Perkell, J., Zandipour, M., Matthies, M. and Lane, H. (2002). Economy of effort in different speaking conditions. I. A preliminary study of intersubject differences and modeling issues. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 1627-41.
Vick, J., Lane, H., Perkell, J., Matthies, M., Gould, J., and Zandipour, M. (2001). Speech perception, production and intelligibility improvements in vowel-pair contrasts in adults who receive cochlear implants. J. Speech, Language and Hearing Res., 44, 1257-68.
Perkell, J., Numa, W., Vick, J., Lane, H., Balkany, T. and Gould, J. (2001). Language-specific, hearing-related changes in vowel spaces: A preliminary study of English- and Spanish-speaking cochlear implant users. Ear and Hearing, 22: 461-470.
Lane, H., Matthies, M., Perkell, J., Vick, J., and Zandipour, M. (2001). The effects of changes in hearing status in cochlear implant users on the acoustic vowel space and coarticulation. J. Speech, Language and Hearing Res. 44, 552-63.
Gould, J., Lane, H., Perkell, J., Vick, J., Matthies, M., and Zandipour, M. (2001). Changes in speech intelligibility of postlingually deaf adults after cochlear implantation. Ear and Hearing, 22: 453-60.
Matthies, M., Perrier, P., Perkell, J. and Zandipour, M. (2001). Variation in anticipatory coarticulation with changes in clarity and rate, J. Speech, Language and Hearing Res. 44, 552-563.
Perkell, J.S., Guenther, F.H., Lane, H., Matthies, M.L., Perrier, P., Vick, J., Wilhelms-Tricarico, R. and Zandipour, M. (2000). A theory of speech motor control and supporting data from speakers with normal hearing and with profound hearing loss, J. Phonetics, 28, 233-372.
Guenther, F., Espy-Wilson, C., Boyce, S., Matthies, M., Zandipour, M. and Perkell, J. (1999). Articulatory tradeoffs reduce acoustic variability during American English /r/ production. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 105, 2854-2865.
Lane, H., Perkell, J., Wozniak, J., Manzella, J., Guiod, P., Matthies, M., MacCollin, M. and Vick, J. (1998). The effect of changes in hearing status on speech sound level and speech breathing: A study conducted with cochlear implant users and NF-2 patients. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 104, 3059-3069.
Perkell, J.S., Matthies, M.L., Lane, H., Guenther, F.H., Wilhelms-Tricarico, R., Wozniak, J. and Guiod, P. (1997). Speech motor control: Acoustic goals, saturation effects, auditory feedback and internal models. Speech Communication 22, 227-250.
Lane, H., Wozniak, J., Matthies, M.L., Svirsky, M.A., Perkell, J.S., O'Connell, M. and Manzella, J. (1997). Changes in sound pressure and fundamental frequency contours following changes in hearing status. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 2244-2252.
Svirsky, M.A., Stevens, K.N., Matthies, M.L., Manzella, J., Perkell, J.S. and Wilhelms-Tricarico, R. (1997). Tongue surface displacement during bilabiel stops. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 562-571.
Lane, H., Wozniak, J., Matthies, M.L., Svirsky, M.A., Perkell, J.S., O'Connell, M. and Manzella, J. (1997). Changes in sound pressure and fundamental frequency contours following changes in hearing status. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 2244-2252.
Perkell, J.S. (1996). Properties of the tongue help to define vowel categories: Hypotheses based on physiologically-oriented modeling, Journal of Phonetics, 24, 3-22.
Matthies, M.L., Svirsky, M.A., Perkell, J.S. and Lane, H. (1996). Acoustic and articulatory measures of sibilant production with and without auditory feedback from a cochlear implant. J. Speech and Hearing Res. 39, pp. 936-946.
Lane, H., Wozniak, J., Matthies, M.L., Svirsky, M.A. and Perkell, J.S. (1995). Phonemic resetting vs. postural adjustments in the speech of cochlear implant users: an exploration of voice onset time. J. Acoust. Soc. Am 98, 3096-3106.
Holmberg, E.B., Hillman, R.E., Perkell, J.S. and Goldman, S. (1995). Comparisons among aerodynamic, electroglottographic, and acoustic spectrum measures of female voices. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research 38, 1212-1223.
Perkell, J.S., Matthies, M.L., Svirsky, M.A. and Jordan, M.I. (1995). Goal-based speech motor control: A theoretical framework and some preliminary data, Journal of Phonetics, 23, 23-35. Also in Disorders of Motor Speech: Assessment, Treatment, and Clinical Characterization, Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes, pp. 27-42.
Matthies, M.L., Svirsky, M.A., Lane, H., and Perkell, J.S. (1994). A preliminary study of the effects of cochlear implants on the production of sibilants. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 1367-1373.
Lane, H., Wozniak, J. and Perkell, J.S. (1994). Changes in voice-onset time in speakers with cochlear implants, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 56-64.
Sperry, E., Hillman, R. and Perkell, J. (1994). Use of inductance plethysmography to assess respiratory function in a patient with vocal nodules. J. Medical Speech-Language Pathology 2, 137-145.
Holmberg, E., Hillman, R., Perkell, J. and Gress, C. (1994). Relationships between intra-speaker variation in aerodynamic measures of voice production and variation in SPL across repeated recordings. J. Speech Hear. Res. 37, 484-495.
Perkell, J., Hillman, R. and Holmberg, E. (1994). Group differences in measures of voice production and revised values of maximum airflow declination rate. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 695-698.
Holmberg, E., Perkell, J., Hillman, R. and Gress, C. (1994). Individual variation in measures of voice, Phonetica 51, 30-37.
Perkell, J.S., Matthies, M.L., Svirsky, M.A. and Jordan, M.I. (1993). Trading relations between tongue-body raising and lip rounding in production of the vowel /u/: A pilot motor equivalence study. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93, 2948-2961
Perkell, J., Cohen, M., Svirsky, M., Matthies, M., Garabieta, I., and Jackson, M. (1992). Electro-magnetic midsagittal articulometer (EMMA) systems for transducing speech articulatory movements. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92, 3078-3096.
Svirsky, M., Lane, H., Perkell, J., and Webster, J. (1992). Speech of cochlear implant patients: Results of a short-term auditory deprivation study. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92, 1284-1300.
Perkell, J., Lane, H., Svirsky, M. and Webster, J. (1992). Speech of cochlear implant patients: A longitudinal study of vowel production. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 91, 2961-2979.
Perkell, J.S. and Matthies, M.L. (1992). Temporal measures of anticipatory labial coarticulation for the vowel /u/: Within- and cross-subject variability. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 91, 2911-2925.
Lane, H., Perkell, J., Svirsky, M., and Webster, J. (1991). Changes in speech breathing following cochlear implant in postlingually deafened adults. J. Speech Hear. Res. 34, 526-533.
Perkell, J.S., Holmberg, E.B. and Hillman, R.E. (1991). A system for signal processing and data extraction from aerodynamic, acoustic, and electroglottographic signals in the study of voice production. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 89, 1777-1781.
Hillman, R.E., Holmberg, E., Perkell, J.S., Walsh, M. and Vaughan, C. (1990). Phonatory function associated with hyperfunctionally-related vocal fold lesions. J. Voice 4, 52-63.
Holmberg, E.B, Hillman, R.E., Perkell, J.S. (1989). Glottal air flow and transglottal pressure measurements for male and female speakers in low, normal and high pitch. J. Voice 3, 294-305.
Hillman, R.E., Holmberg, E., Perkell, J.S., Walsh, M. and Vaughan, C. (1989). Objective assessment of vocal hyperfunction: A theoretical framework and preliminary results. J. Speech and Hearing Res. 32, 373-392.
Perkell, J.S. and Cohen, M.H. (1989). An indirect test of the quantal nature of speech in the production of the vowels /i/, /a/ and /u/. J. Phonetics 17, 123-133.
Holmberg, E., Hillman, R.E. and Perkell, J.S. (1988). Glottal air flow and transglottal pressure measurements for male and female speakers in soft, normal and loud voice. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 84, pp. 511-529.
Perkell, J.S. (1986). Coarticulation strategies: Preliminary implications of a detailed analysis of lower lip movements. Speech Communication 5, No. 2, 47-68.
Perkell, J.S. and Nelson, W.L. (1985). Variability in production of the vowels /i/ and /a/. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 77, 1889-1895.
Nelson, W.L., Perkell, J.S. and Westbury, J.R. (1984). Mandible movements during increasingly rapid articulations of single syllables: Preliminary observations, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 75, pp. 945-951.

Books

Perkell, J.S. and Klatt, D. (eds.) (1986). Invariance and Variability of Speech Processes, Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., Hillsdale, NJ. (Proceedings of an international conference organized by J. Perkell and D. Klatt at MIT with support from NIH and NSF)
Perkell, J.S. (1969). Physiology of Speech Production: Results and Implications of a Quantitative Cineradiographic Study. Research Monograph No. 53, The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA.

Other Major Publications

Guenther, F. and Perkell, J. (2004). A Neural Model of Speech Production and its Application to Studies of the Role of Auditory Feedback in Speech, in Speech Motor Control in Normal and Disordered Speech, Eds: B. Maassen, R. Kent, H.F.M. Peters, P. Van Lieshout & W. Hulstijn, Oxford University Press, 29-50.
Perkell, J.S. and Cohen, M.H. (1997). Token-to-token variation of tongue-body vowel targets: The effect of context, in S. Kiritani, H. Hirose & H. Fujisaki (Eds.), Speech Production and Language: In Honor of Osamu Fujimura, pp. 229-249, New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Perkell, J.S. (1997). Articulatory Processes, in W. Hardcastle and J. Laver (eds.) The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences, Blackwell, pp. 333-370.
Wilhelms-Tricarico, R. and Perkell, J.S. (1996). Biomechanical and physiologically-based speech modeling, in Progress in Speech Synthesis, J.P.H. van Santen, R.W. Sproat, J.P. Olive and J. Hirshberg (eds.), Springer, New York, pp. 221-234.
Perkell, J.S. (1980). Phonetic features and the physiology of speech production, in Language Production, B. Butterworth (ed.), Academic Press, New York.
Perkell, J.S., Boyce, S.E. & Stevens, K.N. (1979). Articulatory and acoustic correlates of the [s-sh] distinction, Speech Communication Papers, 97th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, J.J. Wolf and D.H. Klatt (eds.), 109-113.
Perkell, J.S. (1979). On the nature of distinctive features: Implications of a preliminary vowel production study, in Frontiers of Speech Communication Research, B. Lindblom and S. Öhman (eds.), Academic Press, London.
Stevens, K.N. and J.S. Perkell (1977). Speech physiology and phonetic features, in Dynamic Aspects of Speech Production, M. Sawashima and F. Cooper (eds.), University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo.
Perkell, J.S. (1977). Articulatory Modeling, phonetic features and speech production strategies, In Articulatory Modeling and Phonetics, R. Carre, R. Descout, and M. Wajskop (eds.), Groupe de la Communication Parlee.
Perkell, J.S. (1990). Testing theories of speech production: Implications of some detailed analyses of variable articulatory data, in Speech Production and Speech Modeling, edited by W.J. Hardcastle and A. Marchal, 263-288 (Kluwer, Dordrecht).
Perkell, J.S. (1981). On the use of feedback in speech production, in The Cognitive Representation of Speech, T. Myers, J. Laver and J. Anderson (eds.), North Holland, New York.

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