An importance sampling estimator is introduced that approximates the probability of an abstract unit by marginalizing over realizations generated by a text-to-speech model, and finds that surprisal values for sub-lexical units are predictive of pupil dilation.
Z. Hopton, Samuel Kiegeland, F. Re et al.· 0 citations
Utterance-final cues like falling pitch contour allows listeners to prepare to respond promptly when their conversation partner finishes speaking. We hypothesized that this ability might be compromised in listeners with poorer pitch perception such as those using cochlear implants. During the experiment, listeners hear...
Abbey L. Thomas, M. Winn· Journal of the Acoustical So...· 0 citations
Perception of speech sounds is shaped by the context of the earlier sounds, including speaking rate. Often, acoustic differences between earlier and later sounds are perceptually magnified. In temporal contrast effects (TCEs), a fast-rate precursor sentence can cause the following target word to sound longer (e.g., lon...
Liza Heim, Gretchen Jellison, Dijana Mitrovic et al.· Journal of the Acoustical So...· 0 citations
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