Validation of auditory perturbation software

Real-time signal processing solutions can be used to manipulate a speaker’s voice in laboratory research settings. Researchers use this technology to understand the role of auditory feedback - the sound of our own voices - in speech motor control. I undertook this project to validate the function of a commonly-used software application that shifts children’s vowels in real time.

Presentations

Cheung, S., Thompson, K., Orlandi, S., Yunusova, Y., & Beal, D. “Preliminary steps to validate Audapter, a software application for online tracking of children’s formants.” at Madonna Conference on Motor Speech, Savannah, GA, February 2018. Download.

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada; Wildcat Graduate Scholarship; Eleanor Cate Allen Fellowship; Kimel Family Graduate Student Scholarship in Paediatric Rehabilitation