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My academic training is in linguistics and cognitive psychology. My research
focuses on selective attention in speech perception, examining the effects
of experience, context and expectation on the relative weighting of acoustic
cues for phonetic categorization and talker identification. This research is
relevant to understanding how listeners can (or can't) develop native-like
perception and production of foreign languages; how listeners with hearing
impairment adapt to using hearing aids and/or cochlear implants, and how
global attentional and working memory deficits (e.g. associated with brain
injury or normal aging) affect speech processing. I am also interested in
the perception, production, and acquisition of lexical tone contrasts by
speakers of tone languages (especially Cantonese Chinese) and non-tone
languages (especially American English), and in the interaction between
speech perception and speech production.
You can read more about my work on my personal home
page or my Community
of Science page and at the website for the Auditory
Perceptual Learning Laboratory. |
