title: Envelope following responses to natural vowels.
abstract: Envelope following responses to natural vowels were recorded in 10 normal hearing people. Responses were recorded to individual vowels (/a/, /i/, /u/) with a relatively steady pitch, to /[symbol: see text]/ with a variable and steady pitch, and to a multivowel stimulus (/[symbol: see text]ui/) with a steady pitch. Responses were analyzed using a Fourier analyzer, so that recorded responses could follow the changes in the pitch. Significant responses were detected for all subjects to /a/, /i/ and /u/ with the time required to detect a significant response ranging from 6 to 66 s (average time: 19 s). Responses to /[symbol: see text]/ and /[symbol: see text]ui/ were detected in all subjects, but took longer to demonstrate (average time: 73 s). These results support the use of a Fourier analyzer to measure envelope following responses to natural speech.
authors.affiliation: Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. saiken@rotman-baycrest.on.ca
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Aiken
authors.forename: Terence W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Picton
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*