Publications in 2018

    1. J. Moore, J. Shaw, S. Kawahara and T. Arai, “Articulation strategies for English liquids used by Japanese speakers,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 75-83, Mar. 2018.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.39.75
    2. E. Iwagami and T. Arai, “Misperception of Japanese words with devoiced vowels and/or geminate consonants by young and elderly listeners,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 109-118, Mar. 2018.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.39.109
    3. E. Osawa, T. Arai and N. Hodoshima, “Perception of Japanese consonant-vowel syllables in reverberation: Comparing non-native listeners with native listener,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 369-378, Nov. 2018.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.39.369
    4. M. Ishida, T. Arai and M. Kashino, “Perceptual restoration of temporally distorted speech in L1 vs. L2: Local time reversal and modulation filtering,” Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 9, Article 1749, Sep. 2018.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01749
    5. T. Arai, E. Osawa, T. Igeta and N. Hodoshima, “Reverberation degrades native listener’s perception of Japanese monosyllables and special morae,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 252-255, May 2018.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.39.252
    6. J. Yun and T. Arai, “Perception of Korean nasal onset /m/ by Japanese listeners: A preliminary study,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 424-427, Nov. 2018.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.39.424
    7. T. Arai, “Preface to the special issue on speech communication,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 39, No. 2, p. 55, Feb. 2018.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.39.55
    8. N. Hodoshima and T. Arai, “Foreword to the special issue on “Speech technologies for people with disabilities,”” J. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 74, No. 3, pp. 134–135, Mar. 2018 (in Japanese).
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.20697/jasj.74.3_134
    9. T. Arai, “Flexible tongue housed in a static model of the vocal tract with jaws, lips and teeth,” Proc. of INTERSPEECH, Hyderabad, pp. 171-172, Sep. 2018.
    10. T. Arai, “Intuitive education in acoustic phonetics and speech science,” Proc. of International Symposium on Applied Phonetics, Aizu, pp. 1-4, Sep. 2018 (Invited Paper).
      DOI: 10.21437/ISAPh.2018-1
    11. T. Arai, “How physical models of the human vocal tract contribute to the field of speech communication,” International Symposium on Universal Acoustical Communication, Sendai, Oct. 2018 (Invited Talk).
    12. C. T. Justine Hui and T. Arai, “Effect of frequency discrimination ability on music and speech perception: A summary of four small studies,” International Symposium on Universal Acoustical Communication, Sendai, Oct. 2018.
    13. E. Iwagami, T. Arai and K. Tajima, “How elderly listeners perceive Japanese geminate/non-geminate words with devoiced vowel,” International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology, Tokyo, Oct. 2018.
    14. T. Kimura and T. Arai, “How do Japanese students of Spanish perceive lexical stress in rising intonation?,” International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology, Tokyo, Oct. 2018.
    15. J. Gao and T. Arai, “F0 perturbation in a “pitch-accent” language,” International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages, Berlin, pp. 56-60, Jun. 2018.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.21437/TAL.2018-12
    16. J. Gao and T. Arai, “Is Japanese a true voicing language? So much we know, yet so much to learn about [voice],” Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon), Lisbon, Jun. 2018.
    17. J. Gao and T. Arai, ” Revisiting laryngeal features with a dynamic approach,” 16èmes Rencontres du Réseau Français de Phonologie, Paris, Jun. 2018.
    18. C. T. Justine Hui, C. T. Tan and T. Arai, “Comparison of unaided and aided psychoacoustic tuning curves with normal hearing and hearing impaired listener,” International Hearing Aid Research Conference, Lake Tahoe, Aug. 2018.
    19. M. Ishida, T. Arai and M. Kashino, “The effects of the amplitude envelope of speech on speech intelligibility,” Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, Mar. 2018.
    20. M. Ishida, T. Arai and M. Kashino, “Perceptual tolerance to the temporal degradation of speech in L1 vs. L2,” Psychonomics International, Amsterdam, May 2018.
    21. J. Yun and T. Arai, “Perception of English words ear and year by Japanese listeners,” International Conference on Linguistics, Seoul, Jun. 2018.
    22. H. Zhu, K. Yoshimoto and T. Arai, “Onkyouteki tokuchou ni motozuku chuugokugo seichou no kategori chikaku: Bogowasha to nihonjin-gakushuusha wo taishou ni,” The 32nd General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan, pp. 84-89, Sep. 2018 (in Japanese).
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.24467/onseikenkyu.22.3_61
    23. T. Mori, H. Yoshihata, T. Arai and K. Tajima, “Kenjou-jakureisha ni okeru koe ya nodo ni kansuru ishiki no jittai chousa: Onsei shougai no yobou to keihatsu ni mukete,” Proc. of the 44th Conference of Japanese Association of Communication Disorders, p. 66, May 2018 (in Japanese).
    24. M. Matsui and T. Arai, “Jun-on no gengoka ni eikyou wo ataeuru shoyouin ni kanshite,” The 37th Conference of the Japan Foundation for Basic Psychology, p. 107, Nov. 2018 (in Japanese).
      DOI: http://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.37.30
    25. T. Arai, “Let’s make vowels with an activity kit!,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 1513-1516, Mar. 2018 (Education in Acoustics Demonstration Award, in Japanese).
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    26. T. Arai and E. Iwagami, “When a geminate fricative consonant elongates further because the following vowel is devoiced,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 1271-1272, Mar. 2018 (in Japanese).
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    27. J. Gao and T. Arai, “Acoustic cues of the stop voicing contrast in modern Tokyo Japanese,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 1273-1274, Mar. 2018.
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    28. C. T. Justine Hui, T. Arai, K. Kobayashi and K. Yasu, “A case study to examine differences in pitch shift with and without hearing aids,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 1319-1322, Mar. 2018.
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    29. M. Matsui and T. Arai, “Influences of differences in pitch of pure tones on onomatopoeic expressions: Using acoustic characteristics of speech sounds and reaction times as indicator,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 1395-1396, Mar. 2018 (in Japanese).
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    30. M. Matsui and T. Arai, “Influence of difference in onset time of pure tones on consonants of onomatopoeic expressions,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 789-790, Sep. 2018 (in Japanese).
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    31. Q. Chang, T. Arai, C. T. Justine Hui and S. Kuragane, “Tuning accuracy of perfect fifth for music university students,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 5-6, Sep. 2018.
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    32. T. Arai, “Sliding two-tube model for vowel production,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 805-806, Sep. 2018.
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    33. T. Arai, “Onkyougaku,” Gengo Choukakushi Tekisuto, 3rd ed., Tokyo: Ishiyaku Publishers, pp. 203-212, Mar. 2018 (in Japanese).
    34. T. Arai, “Boin,” The Encyclopedia of Japanese Linguistics, The Society for Japanese Linguistics, Ed., Tokyo: Tokyodo Shuppan, p. 846, Oct. 2018 (in Japanese).