The Perception and Neural Representation of Individual Harmonics in a Vowel Sound: A Behavioral and Auditory Brainstem Evoked Response Study

Vowel perception primarily depends on the overall shape of the speech spectrum, which is imposed by the positions of the primary speech articulators. Voiced vowels also have a harmonic fine structure due to the activity of the vocal folds, and these harmonics give rise to synchronized activity in th...

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Main Author: Andrus, Jessica
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14417