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A review of data collection practices using electromagnetic articulography
This paper reviews data collection practices in electromagnetic articulography (EMA) studies, with a focus on sensor placement. It consists of three parts: in the first part, we introduce electromagnetic articulography as a method. In the second part, we focus on existing data collection practices. Our overview is based on a literature review of 905 publications from a large variety of journals and conferences, identified through a systematic keyword search in Google Scholar. The review shows that experimental designs vary greatly, which in turn may limit researchers' ability to compare results across studies. In the third part of this paper we describe an EMA data collection procedure which includes an articulatory-driven strategy for determining where to position sensors on the tongue without causing discomfort to the participant. We also evaluate three approaches for preparing (NDI Wave) EMA sensors reported in the literature with respect to the duration the sensors remain attached to the tongue: 1) attaching out-of-the-box sensors, 2) attaching sensors coated in latex, and 3) attaching sensors coated in latex with an additional latex flap. Results indicate no clear general effect of sensor preparation type on adhesion duration. A subsequent exploratory analysis reveals that sensors with the additional flap tend to adhere for shorter times than the other two types, but that this pattern is inverted for the most posterior tongue sensor
5-minute Formant Adaptation Task in Dutch Children
The study investigates whether a short formantperturbation experiment elicits an adaptive responseunder less controlled experimental circumstances.30 Dutch children were recruited and tested at afestival. They were asked to produce four targetwords containing an open-mid front rounded vowel/E/ while we manipulated their feedback so thatthey would hear /I/ for a period of 16 trials.Despite the short adaptation paradigm, our resultsshow that children significantly changed their vowelproductions in response to the perturbation. Thissuggests that long and monotonous experimentalparadigms might not always be necessary, especiallywith populations that have a shorter attention span
5-minute Formant Adaptation Task in Dutch Children
The study investigates whether a short formantperturbation experiment elicits an adaptive responseunder less controlled experimental circumstances.30 Dutch children were recruited and tested at afestival. They were asked to produce four targetwords containing an open-mid front rounded vowel/E/ while we manipulated their feedback so thatthey would hear /I/ for a period of 16 trials.Despite the short adaptation paradigm, our resultsshow that children significantly changed their vowelproductions in response to the perturbation. Thissuggests that long and monotonous experimentalparadigms might not always be necessary, especiallywith populations that have a shorter attention span