Contains list of research project split into seven sections, listing researchers and grants.National Science Foundation (Grant BNS 84-11392)National Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NS10916)National Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NS12846)National Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NS14902)National Science Foundation (Grant BNS 84-17817)National Institutes of Health (Grant 1 RO1 NS21322)National Institutes of Health (Grant 1 P01 NS23734)National Science Foundation (Grant DMC 83-32460

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Sensory Communication19.0 Sensory Communication19.1 Auditory Psychophysics and Aids for the DeafAcademic and Research StaffProf. L.D. Braida, Dr. D.K. Bustamante, Dr. H.S. Colburn, Dr. L.A. Delhorne, Dr. N.I.Durlach, Dr. J.A. Frisbie, Dr. K.W. Grant, Dr. J.D. Koehnke, Dr. H.B. Lee, Dr. N.A.Macmillan, Dr. K. Payton, Dr. W.M. Rabinowitz, Dr. C.M. Reed, Dr. B. Schneider, Dr.V.W. Zue, Dr. P.M. ZurekVisiting ScientistDr. N.A. Macmillan17Graduate StudentsD. Barnes, P. Duchnowski, R. Hammerschlag, T.H. Im, Y. Ito, S.K. Isabelle, M.E.Machado, E.L. Markowitz, B. Mihura, G. Owen, C. Passaro, M.H. Power, P.M. Peterson,K. Rashd, B. Shinn, D. Stephan, T. Tamir, R.M. Uchanski, S-M. Wei, J.S. Yu, H. Zhang,M. ZissmanSupport StaffE.M. LuongoResearch is being conducted on a variety of topics concerned with the auditory andtactile senses, particularly with a view to the development of improved aids for the deaf.The supporting grants are listed below. Detailed progress reports are available from theinvestigators (listed below) and the granting agencies. Publications and talks reportingthis work are listed below.19.1.1 Perceptual AnchorsNational Science Foundation (Grant BNS 84-11392)Louis D. Braida, Neil A. Macmillan19.1.2 Binaural HearingNational Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NS 10916)H. Steven Colburn, Nathaniel I. Durlach, Patrick M. Zurek17 Brooklyn College141Sensory Communication19.1.3 Hearing Aid ResearchNational Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NS 12846)Louis D. Braida, Patrick M. Zurek, Nathaniel I. Durlach, Charlotte M. Reed19.1.4 Tactile Communication of SpeechNational Institutes of Health (Grant 5 RO1 NS 14902)National Science Foundation (Grant BNS 84-17817)Nathaniel I. Durlach, William M. Rabinowitz, Charlotte M. Reed19.1.5 Multimicrophone Hearing AidsNational Institutes of Health (Grant 1 RO1 NS21322)Patrick M. Zurek, Nathaniel I. Durlach, William M. Rabinowitz19.1.6 Cochlear ProsthesesNational Institutes of Health (Grant 1 P01 NS23734)William M. Rabinowitz, Donald K. Eddington19.1.7 Hand FunctionNational Science Foundation (Grant DMC 83-32460)Nathaniel I. Durlach, William M. RabinowitzPublicationsBustamante, D.K., and Braida, L.D., "Multiband Compression Limiting for Hearing-Impaired Listeners," J. Rehab. Res. Dev. 24 (4):149 (1987).Colburn, H.S., P.M. Zurek, and N.I. Durlach, "Binaural Directional Hearing - Impair-ments and Aids," In Directional Hearing, eds. W. Yost and G. Gourevitch. New York:Springer Verlag, 1987.Durlach, N.I., C.R. Corbett, M.V. McConnell, P.M. Peterson, W.M. Rabinowitz, andP.M. Zurek, "Multimicrophone Monaural Hearing Aids," 10th Annual ConferenceProceedings Rehabilitation Engineering, San Jose, California, 1987.Durlach, N.I., C.M. Reed, C.E. Sherrick, and J.D. Miller, "Sensory Substitution: Visualand Tactual Methods," CHABA Report. In press.142 RLE Progress Report Number 130Sensory CommunicationFarrar, C.L., C.M. Reed, N.I. Durlach, L.A. Delhorne, P.M. Zurek, Y. Ito, and L.D.Braida, "Spectral-shape Discrimination. I. Results from Normal-hearing Listeners forStationary Broadband Noise," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 81:1085 (1987).Furst, M., W.M. Rabinowitz, and P.M. Zurek, "Acoustic Distortion from Human Ears:Relation to Evoked Emissions and Combination Tones," submitted to J. Acoust. Soc.Am.Gagne, J.-P., and P.M. Zurek, "Resonance-Frequency Discrimination," accepted forpublication, J. Acoust. Soc. Am.Grant, K.W., "Encoding Voice Pitch for Profoundly Hearing-impaired Listeners," J.Acoust. Soc. Am. 82:423 (1987).Grant, K.W., "Frequency Modulation Detection by Normally Hearing and ProfoundlyHearing-impaired Listeners," J. Speech Hear. Res. 30:558 (1987).Grant, K.W., "Identification of Intonation Contours by Normally Hearing and ProfoundlyHearing-impaired Listeners," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 82:1172 (1987).Held, R., and N.I. Durlach, "Telepresence, Time Delay, and Adaptation," Proceedingsof the Symposium and Workshop on Spatial Displays and Spatial Instruments, NASAand University of California, Berkeley, Asilomar, California, 1987.Houtsma, A.J.M., N.I. Durlach, and D.M. Horowitz, "Comparative Learning of Pitchand Intensity Identification," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 81:129 (1987).Jain, M., J.R. Gallagher, and H.S. Colburn, "Interaural Correlation Discrimination in thePresence of a Spectral Fringe," submitted to J. Acoust. Soc. Am.Koehnke, J., and M.F. Cohen, "Masker Effects in Binaural Detection and Interaural TimeDiscrimination," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 81:724 (1987).Macmillan, N.A., "Beyond the Categorical/Continuous Distinction: A PsychophysicalApproach to Processing Modes," In Categorical Perception, ed. S. Harnad. NewYork: Cambridge University Press, 1987.Macmillan, N.A., L.D. Braida, and R.F. Goldberg, "Central and Peripheral Processes inthe Perception of Speech and Nonspeech Sounds," In The Psychophysics of SpeechPerception, ed. M.E.H. Schouten. Dordrecht, Holland: Nijhoff, 1987.Macmillan, N.A., R.F. Goldberg, and L.D. Braida, "Vowel and Consonant Resolution:Basic Sensitivity and Context Memory," submitted to J. Acoust. Soc. Am.Payton, K L., "Vowel Processing by a Model of the Auditory Periphery: A ComparisonTo Eight-Nerve Responses," submitted to J. Acoust. Soc. Am.Peterson, P.M., N.I. Durlach, W.M. Rabinowitz, and P.M. Zurek, "MultimicrophoneAdaptive Beamforming for Interference Reduction in Hearing Aids," J. Rehab. Res.Dev. 24 (4):103 (1987).143Sensory CommunicationPeterson, P.M., and J.A. Frisbie, "An Interactive Environment for Signal Processing ona VAX Computer," In 1987 Proceedings of the International Conference on AcousticSpeech Signal Processings, 1891 -1894.Picheny, M.A., N.I. Durlach, and L.D. Braida, "Speaking Clearly for the Hard of Hearing.II: An Attempt to Determine the Contribution of Speaking Rate to Differences inIntelligibility between Clear and Conversational Speech," submitted to J. SpeechHear. Res.Rabinowitz, W.M., A.J.M. Houtsma, N.I. Durlach, and L.A. Delhorne, "Multidimen-sional Tactile Displays: Identification of Vibratory Intensity, Frequency, andContactor Area," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 82:1243 (1987).Zurek, P.M., "The Precedence Effect," In Directional Hearing, eds. W. Yost and G.Gourevitch. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1987.Zurek, P.M., "A Predictive Model for Binaural Advantages and Directional Effects inSpeech Intelligibility," submitted to J. Acoust. Soc. Am.Zurek, P.M., and L.A. Delhorne, "Consonant Reception in Noise by Listeners with Mildand Moderate Hearing Impairment," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 82:1548 (1987).Zurek, P.M., and N.I. Durlach, "Masker-Bandwidth Dependence in Homophasic andAntiphasic Tone Detection," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 81:459 (1987).TalksBraida, L.D., "Review of Research on Signal Processing for Hearing Aids," presentedas part of the Symposium on Auditory Signal Analysis and Signal Processing for theHearing Impaired, Swedish National Board for Technical Development, Sollentuna,Sweden, October 1987.Braida, L.D., and D.K. Bustamante, "Physical and Perceptual Effects of AmplitudeCompression for Hearing Aids," presented as part of the Miniseminar on Hearing AidProcessed Speech at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conven-tion, New Orleans, November 1987.Grant, K.W., "Evaluating the Articulation Index for Auditory-Visual Input," J. Acoust.Soc. Am. 82: S4(A) (1987).Isabelle, S.K., and H.S. Colburn, "NOSpi Detection With Frozen Noise Samples at 500Hz," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 82: S109 (1987).Koehnke, J., and H.S. Colburn, "The Dependence of Binaural Detection and InterauralDiscrimination on Interaural Time and Intensity in Normal and Impaired Listeners,"J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 81: S27 (1987).Koehnke, J., and H.S. Colburn, "Binaural Detection and Discrimination in Normal andHearing-Impaired Listeners," presented at the American Speech-Language- HearingAssociation Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987.144 RLE Progress Report Number 130Sensory CommunicationKoehnke, J., and H.S. Colburn, "Effects of Roving Level on Binaural Detection andDiscrimination On and Off Midline," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 82: S109 (1987).Rabinowitz, W.M., "Tactile Aids for the Deaf," Gordon Research Conference onImplantable Auditory Prostheses, New London, New Hampshire, July 1987.Rabinowitz, W.M., "Noise Reduction Techniques for Hearing Aids," part of the Mini-seminar on Hearing Aid Processed Speech at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, November 1987.Rabinowitz, W.M., "Directional Processing for Interference Reduction in HearingAids," J. Acoust Soc. Am. 82: S38 (1987).Reed, C.M., W.M. Rabinowitz, and N.I. Durlach, "Tactile Speech Reception UsingAugmented Tadoma," J. Acoust Soc. Am. 82: S23 (1987).Reed, C.M., L.A. Delhorne, and N.I. Durlach, "Tactile Reception of Fingerspelling andSign Language," J. Acoust Soc. Am. 82: S24 (1987).Uchanski, R.M., L.D. Braida, and N.I. Durlach, "Clear Speech," presented as part of theMiniseminar on Hearing-Aid Processed Speech, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention in New Orleans, November 1987.ThesesChoi, S., The Effect of Pauses on the Intelligibility of Sentences, S.B. thesis, Dept. ofElectr. Eng. and Comp. Sci., MIT, 1987.Im, T.H., Noise Reduction for Performance Improvements in the IBM SpeechRecognizer, S.M. thesis, Dept. of Electr. Eng. and Comp. Sci., MIT, 1987.Kaomea, P., Auditory Localization Cue Simulator, S.B. thesis, Dept. of Electr. Eng. andComp. Sci., MIT, 1987.Washington, D.L., Evaluation of an Augmented Tadoma System, S.B. thesis, Dept. ofElectr. Eng. and Comp. Sci., MIT, 1987.145Clockwise from right: Professor Louis D. Braida, Research Assistant Rosalie Uchanski,Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Diane K. Bustamante, and Research Assistant Matthew H. Power146 RLE Progress Report Number 130

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