Similarities between tactual and auditory speech perception.
Perception of synthetic speech continua through the sense of touch and audition was compared utilizing a 32-channel spectrally oriented electrocutaneous display and standard auditory psychophysical procedures. Results indicated a close correspondence between tactual and auditory discrimination and identification for a vowel (/a/-/e/) and a consonant (/sta/-/sa/) continuum. These results suggest that at least some aspects of speech perception are amodal.
Eilers
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University of Miami, Mailman Center for Child Development, FL 33101.
Ozdamar
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Oller
D K
DK
Miskiel
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E
Urbano
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R
D006801:Humans; D010700:Phonetics; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D013067:Speech Perception; D014110:Touch