Publications in 2005

  1. A. Kusumoto, T. Arai, K. Kinoshita, N. Hodoshima and N. Vaughan, “Modulation enhancement of speech by a pre-processing algorithm for improving intelligibility in reverberant environments,” Speech Communication, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 101-113, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (312 kB)]
  2. N. Hodoshima, T. Goto, N. Ohata, T. Inoue and T. Arai, “The effect of pre-processing approach for improving speech intelligibility in a hall: Comparison between diotic and dichotic listening conditions,” Acoustical Science and Technology, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 212-214, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (123 kB)]
  3. T. Arai, “Padding zero into steady-state portions of speech as a preprocess for improving intelligibility in reverberant environments,” Acoustical Science and Technology, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 459-461, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (173 kB)]
  4. K. N. Stevens, translated by T. Arai, “The acoustic/articulatory interface,” J. Acost. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 61, No.9, pp. 524-531, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (360 kB)]
  5. M. Chait, S. Greenberg, T. Arai, J. Simon and D. Poeppel, “Two time scales in speech segmentation,” Proc. of ISCA Workshop on Plasticity in Speech Perception, p. 158, London, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (107 kB)]
  6. T. Arai, “Comparing tongue positions of vowels in oral and nasal contexts,” Proc. of the Interspeech, pp. 1033-1036, Lisbon, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (184 kB)]
  7. N. Hayashi, T. Arai, N. Hodoshima, Y. Miyauchi and K. Kurisu, “Steady-state pre-processing for improving speech intelligibility in reverberant environments: Evaluation in a hall with an electrical reverberator,” Proc. of the Interspeech, pp. 1741-1744, Lisbon, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (117 kB)]
  8. K. Amino, T. Sugawara and T. Arai, “The correspondences between the perception of the speaker individualities contained in speech sounds and their acoustic properties,” Proc. of the Interspeech, pp. 2025-2028, Lisbon, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (110 kB)]
  9. Y. Miyauchi, N. Hodoshima, K. Yasu, N. Hayashi, T. Arai and M. Shindo, “A preprocessing technique for improving speech intelligibility in reverberant environments: The effect of steady-state suppression on elderly people,” Proc. of the Interspeech, Lisbon, pp. 2769-2772, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (130 kB)]
  10. T. Arai, “Visualizing vowel-production mechanism using simple education tools,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 118, No. 3, Pt. 2, p. 1862, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (44 kB)]
  11. N. Hodoshima and T. Arai, “Investigating an optimum suppression rate of steady-state portions of speech that improves intelligibility the most as a pre-processing approach in reverberant environments,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 118, No. 3, Pt. 2, p. 1930, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (41 kB)]
  12. E. Ohki, K. Hara, K. Iitaka, M. Shindo and T. Arai, “Kenjou-ji ni okeru nihongo-chouon no kategori-chikaku no hattatsu: Chouon no ishiki to hyouki-hou tono hattatsuteki-kanren,” Jpn. J. Commun. Disord., Vol. 22, No. 3, p. 204, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (70 kB)]
  13. K. Yasu, Y. Miyauchi, N. Hodoshima, N. Hayashi, T. Inoue, T. Arai and M. Shindo, “Evaluation of steady-state suppression of speech for elderly people in reverberant environments,” Technical Report of IEICE Japan, Vol. SP2004-154, pp. 1-6, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (111 kB)]
  14. K. Kobayashi, Y. Hatta, K. Yasu, N. Hodoshima, T. Arai and M. Shindo, “A study of monosyllable enhancement for elderly listeners by steady-state suppression,” Technical Report of IEICE Japan, Vol. SP2004-155, pp. 7-12, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (106 kB)]
  15. K. Amino, T. Sugawara and T. Arai, “The correspondences between the differences among the phones in human speaker identification and their acoustic properties,” Technical Report of IEICE Japan, Vol. SP2004-164, pp. 1-6, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (117 kB)]
  16. S. Hirai, K. Yasu, T. Arai and K. Iitaka, “Acoustic cues in fricative perception for Japanese native speakers,” Technical Report of IEICE Japan, Vol. SP2004-168, pp. 25-30, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (244 kB)]
  17. F. Murai, T. Arai and T. Kimura, “The utterances of the cleft palate children: The comparison between before and after palatal surgery,” Technical Report of IEICE Japan, Vol. SP2004-171, pp. 41-46, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (197 kB)]
  18. T. Arai, “Degradation of speech intelligibility in time-reversed reverberation,” Trans. Tech. Comm. Psychol. Physiol. Acoust., The Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. 35, No. 4, H-2005-41, pp. 237-242, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (128 kB)]
  19. T. Arai, “Formant frequency shift and its compensation in nasalized vowels,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 1, pp. 163-164, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (215 kB)]
  20. T. Arai, “Lung model and head-shaped model with visible vocal tract as educational tools in Acoustics,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 1, pp. 273-274, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (1,695 kB)]
  21. K. Amino, T. Sugawara and T. Arai, “The relationship between the asymmetry of the nasal and the oral sounds in human speaker identification and their acoustic distances,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 1, pp. 277-278, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (175 kB)]
  22. Y. Miyauchi, N. Hodoshima, K. Yasu, N. Hayashi, T. Inoue, T. Arai and M. Shindo, “Pre-processing for improving speech intelligibility in reverberant environments: The effect of steady-state suppression on elderly people,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 1, pp. 319-320, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (214 kB)]
  23. K. Kobayashi, Y. Hatta, K. Yasu, N. Hodoshima, T. Arai and M. Shindo, “Consonant enhancement of monosyllable for elderly listeners by steady-state suppression,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 1, pp. 321-322, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (186 kB)]
  24. N. Hayashi, N. Hodoshima, T. Inoue, T. Goto, F. Tadokoro, Y. Miyauchi, T. Arai and K. Kurisu, “Evaluation of steady-state suppression in a hall with an electrical reverberator: Introducing a pre-processing approach on intelligibility into real acoustic environments,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 1, pp. 537-538, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (210 kB)]
  25. Y. Fujikashi, A. Koga, T. Arai, N. Kanedera and J. Yoshii, “Linear-prediction based end-point detection of speech for captioning system,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 33-34, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (139 kB)]
  26. T. Arai, K. Yasu and T. Goto, “Digital pattern playback,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 429-430, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (85 kB)]
  27. K. Amino, T. Sugawara and T. Arai, “A study on perception of cold-affected speech,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 431-432, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (247 kB)]
  28. K. Yasu, K. Kobayashi, T. Arai and M. Shindo, “Evaluation of the speech excited by the critical-band limited noise aligned at the center of each band by hearing impaired listeners,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 517-518, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (402 kB)]
  29. N. Hodoshima and T. Arai, “Investigating an optimum suppression rate of steady-state portions of speech that improves intelligibility as a pre-processing approach in reverberant environments,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 607-608, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (179 kB)]
  30. Y. Nakata, Y. Murakami, N. Hayashi, Y. Miyauchi, N. Hodoshima, T. Arai and K. Kurisu, “Evaluation of two steady-state processing methods for improving speech intelligibility in reverberant environments,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 693-694, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (178 kB)]
  31. T. Arai, “Onsei-shingou no kashi-ka to sono onsei-gaku-teki kachi,” Proc. of the General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan, p. 3, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (34 kB)]
  32. K. Takeuchi and T. Arai, “Nihon-jin gakushuu-sha no furansu-go biboin-seisei no tame no housaku: F1-henka wo motarasu chouon-houhou no kansatsu,” Proc. of the General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan, pp. 179-184, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (369 kB)]
  33. T. Goto, T. Arai and K. Yasu, “Teijou-bu yokuatsu-shori no riaru-taimu-ka he mukete: DSP ni yoru kaihatsu,” Proc. of DSPS Educators Conference, pp. 91-94, 2005 (in Japanese).
    [Abstract] [PDF (878 kB)]
  34. S. Hirai, K. Yasu, T. Arai and K. Iitaka, “Perceptural weighting of syllable-initial fricatives for native Japanese adults and for children with persistent developmental articulation disorders,” Sophia Linguistica, Vol. 53, pp. 49-76, 2005.
    [Abstract] [PDF (2,020 kB)]