Gidey W Gezae, Nelson V Barnett, Benjamin Parrell, Divya A Chari, Adam C Lammert
{"title":"Subject instructions for improved characterization of auditory representations using reverse correlation.","authors":"Gidey W Gezae, Nelson V Barnett, Benjamin Parrell, Divya A Chari, Adam C Lammert","doi":"10.1121/10.0037102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0037102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reverse correlation (RC) is an established method for reconstructing auditory representations and has recently emerged as a tool for characterizing the sounds experienced by tinnitus patients. Tod further optimize RC for auditory research, the present work investigated the influence of subject instructions on characterization quality of tinnitus-like sounds. A validation study was conducted in which 18 normal-hearing subjects were randomly assigned 1 of 3 candidate instruction sets, each inspired by the RC literature. Results show a significant effect of instruction set on characterization quality and reveal that instructing subjects to detect a hidden signal in the RC stimuli resulted in the best reconstruction.</p>","PeriodicalId":73538,"journal":{"name":"JASA express letters","volume":"5 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144593084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-native listener perceptual similarity ratings as a measure of L2 speech production.","authors":"Carissa A Diantoro, Melissa A Redford","doi":"10.1121/10.0037229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0037229","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the feasibility of using non-native listeners to assess non-native pronunciation of different target languages. Native English-speaking students studying university-level German and French reproduced German, French, and Indonesian sentences based on native-speaker models. Students not pursuing university-level language study did the same. Other native English-speaking students served as non-native listeners, rating the similarity of elicited sentences to native-speaker models. Similarity ratings were higher for language learners compared to non-learners across languages. Articulation rate and interval-based rhythm measures were strong predictors of similarity ratings. Results parallel findings from second-language acquisition studies, wherein native listeners typically evaluate L2 pronunciation.</p>","PeriodicalId":73538,"journal":{"name":"JASA express letters","volume":"5 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144700556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Early fiber development in human vocal folds: An in vitro pilot study.","authors":"Ingo R Titze, M Ben Christensen, Patrick A Tresco","doi":"10.1121/10.0037106","DOIUrl":"10.1121/10.0037106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When stretch and vibration are applied, human vocal folds develop from an isotropic gel-like structure to a layered structure with specific fiber direction. A human vocal fold fibroblast cell line was used to seed polyurethane foams that were cultured in media and subjected to a variety of mechanical conditioning regimens over a 3-week period. A bioreactor mimicked forces experienced by the human vocal folds to develop a vocal ligament. Fiber orientation was studied qualitatively for combinations of strain and vibration. While collagen type 1 fibers were randomly organized under static conditions, a combination of vibration and strain produced some fiber orientation.</p>","PeriodicalId":73538,"journal":{"name":"JASA express letters","volume":"5 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12247040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144593072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Durational differences between homophonous va affixes and non-morphemic va in Bora (Northwest Amazon).","authors":"Frank Seifart","doi":"10.1121/10.0037207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0037207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acoustic differences between homophonous morphemes raise concerns for mainstream models of language production. But evidence for such differences so far comes almost exclusively from word final s in English. The current study analyzes homophonous va affixes and corresponding non-morphemic syllables in a corpus of Bora, an under-resourced and morphologically complex Amazonian language. Results from a statistical model that controls for final lengthening and other factors known to influence syllable duration indicate that non-morphemic vas are on average 8.2 ms longer than va affixes. This adds urgency to reconsidering the role of morphology in language production.</p>","PeriodicalId":73538,"journal":{"name":"JASA express letters","volume":"5 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144692628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Omura's whale (Balaenoptera omurai) song features and structure in northern Australian waters.","authors":"Ciara E Browne, Christine Erbe, Robert D McCauley","doi":"10.1121/10.0037187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0037187","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper describes Omura's whale vocalizations recorded off northern Australia. Most common was a two-unit \"doublet\" (17-50 Hz, peak 25.5 Hz, duration ∼15 s). This was rhythmically repeated for extended periods of time, in typical baleen-whale song structure, suggesting it is a male breeding display. A one-unit \"singlet\" occurred in the lower-latitude locations off the northwest (13-72 Hz, peak 26.6 Hz, 8 s). In the Great Barrier Reef, similar doublets were detected, identifying a possible population of the species in the Southwest Pacific. Such geographic variation of song may benefit passive acoustic monitoring of this species for conservation management.</p>","PeriodicalId":73538,"journal":{"name":"JASA express letters","volume":"5 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144644312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert T Taylor, Megan S Ballard, Jason D Sagers, Leah Johnson, Harper Simmons
{"title":"Passive acoustic estimates of sound speed from vertical line array data in the Nordic Seas.","authors":"Robert T Taylor, Megan S Ballard, Jason D Sagers, Leah Johnson, Harper Simmons","doi":"10.1121/10.0037103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0037103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In wind-wave driven ambient sound environments, the cross-correlation of acoustic data recorded on vertically separated hydrophones can provide estimates of the average sound speed between hydrophones. Deployment of a 52-element vertical line array of hydrophones located on a 425 m deep ridge in the Nordic waters near Jan Mayen Island enabled estimates of the water column sound speed profile. Sound speed profiles were estimated for each 24-min recording, which were collected every four hours over the course of the year-long experiment, supplying a wide range of environmental conditions. Over the full experiment, estimated sound speeds had a root-median-square error of 0.79 m/s when compared to direct measurements.</p>","PeriodicalId":73538,"journal":{"name":"JASA express letters","volume":"5 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144644313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Virginia Best, Turley Duque, Defne Abur, Cara E Stepp
{"title":"Convergent evidence for a pitch deficit in hyperfunctional voice disorders.","authors":"Virginia Best, Turley Duque, Defne Abur, Cara E Stepp","doi":"10.1121/10.0037107","DOIUrl":"10.1121/10.0037107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A recent study in individuals with hyperfunctional voice disorders (HVDs) reported poorer fo discrimination compared to matched controls. In that study, fo discrimination was measured using each individual's own voice as the stimulus, which may have introduced confounds given the differences in vocal quality between the groups. Here, this paper addressed this possibility by using an fo discrimination task where participants with and without HVDs judged the same external voice. In line with the previous study, the HVD group exhibited poorer fo discrimination than controls, providing convergent evidence for a pitch-related auditory deficit in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":73538,"journal":{"name":"JASA express letters","volume":"5 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12238932/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144577144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decadal observations of deep ocean temperature change passively probed with acoustic waves.","authors":"Läslo G Evers","doi":"10.1121/10.0037200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0037200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The oceans are filled with acoustic waves, which are trapped in a low-velocity layer at about 1 km water depth. The sound speed depends on the temperature. From hydroacoustic arrays, travel times can be obtained through cross-correlating transient signals. Hydroacoustic station H10 (Ascension Island) appeared capable of measuring deep ocean temperature change. A decrease in modeled and observed travel times of -0.002 s/yr was derived between two arrays, corresponding to a warming of 0.007 °C/yr, at about 900 m water depth over two decades. As such, acoustic waves provide an independent and passively acquired measure of the temperature change in the deep ocean.</p>","PeriodicalId":73538,"journal":{"name":"JASA express letters","volume":"5 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144644311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lilian Nguyen, Gabriel Arnold, Guillaume Andéol, Vincent Isnard
{"title":"Speech intelligibility in multitalker situations with vibrotactile spatial cueing.","authors":"Lilian Nguyen, Gabriel Arnold, Guillaume Andéol, Vincent Isnard","doi":"10.1121/10.0036850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036850","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Degraded speech intelligibility in multitalker situations can be improved by spatial unmasking, using sound spatialization techniques such as binaural synthesis. However, intelligibility also depends on the ability to focus efficiently on the target. Three experimental sessions explored the benefit of an additional vibrotactile cue, spatialized around the waist, on intelligibility in different spatialized multitalker situations. Results indicate improvements in intelligibility scores and reduced listening effort specifically for an off-center target among masker talkers. Multimodality allows us to better understand the mechanisms of auditory attention and to open up new perspectives for improving speech intelligibility in multitalker situations.</p>","PeriodicalId":73538,"journal":{"name":"JASA express letters","volume":"5 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144236109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A deep-sea direct sound ranging method based on effective sound velocity estimation for turning ray.","authors":"Chiyu Cheng, Cuie Zheng, Xiaoping Hong","doi":"10.1121/10.0036833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036833","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The complexity of deep-sea acoustic ray bending is positively correlated with propagation distance, typically turning beyond 10 km. Existing ranging correction methods fail under turning conditions, limiting ranging accuracy. This letter proposes an effective sound velocity estimation method for turning ray, based on reliable acoustic path boundary to classify turning direct sound and establish a ray-tracing model for ranging correction. This method extends high-accuracy ranging from a 10 km scale to the first convergence zone. Experimental results demonstrate that the method achieves a positioning precision of 6.18 m at a horizontal distance of 34 km, validating its effectiveness.</p>","PeriodicalId":73538,"journal":{"name":"JASA express letters","volume":"5 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144200998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}