Publications in 2020

    1. A. Oike, M. Mochizuki, K. Tojo, T. Matsuo, Y. Nakamura, S. Yasumasu, E. Ito, T. Arai and M. Nakamura, “A phylogenetically distinct group of Glandirana rugosa found in Kyushu, Japan,” Zoolog. Sci., Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 193–202, Apr. 2020.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.2108/zs190007
    2. J. Yun and T. Arai, “Perception of synthesized /na/ by Korean listeners,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 501–512, Mar. 2020.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.41.501
    3. E. Iwagami, T. Arai and K. Tajima, “The perception of /shu/ and /shi/ with devoiced vowels included in geminate/non-geminate words by young normal-hearing listeners,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 663–674, Jul. 2020.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.41.663
    4. E. Osawa, T. Arai and N. Hodoshima, “Perception of Japanese length contrasts with reverberation by native and nonnative listeners,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 751–760, Sep. 2020.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.41.751
    5. C. T. Justine Hui and T. Arai, “Effect of frequency discrimination abilities on music and speech perception: A summary of four short studies,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 408–410, Jan. 2020.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.41.408
    6. J. Yun, J. W. S. Wong, J. Moore, J. Iwakami, C. T. Justine Hui, J. Gao and T. Arai, “Korean and Japanese listeners’ perception of /ma/ produced by a mechanical vocal-tract model,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 697–700, Jul. 2020.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.41.697
    7. C. T. Justine Hui and T. Arai, “Pitch and duration as auditory cues to identify Japanese long vowels for Japanese learners,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 796–799, Sep. 2020.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.41.796
    8. S. Tsuji and T. Arai, “Music appreciation and adaptation for those with unilateral hearing loss and single-sided deafness: A questionnaire survey using a social networking service,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 833–836, Nov. 2020.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.41.833
    9. T. Arai, “How physical models of the human vocal tract contribute to the field of speech communication,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 90–93, Jan. 2020 (Invited Review).
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.41.90
    10. T. Arai, “Two different mechanisms of movable mandible for vocal-tract model with flexible tongue,” Proc. of INTERSPEECH, Shanghai, pp. 1366-1370, Oct. 2020.
      DOI: 10.21437/Interspeech.2020-1159
    11. J. W. S. Wong and T. Arai, “The effects of tonal experience on the categorization of Cantonese lexical tones into Japanese native pitch accent categories,” Proc. of Speech Prosody, pp. 484-488, May-Aug. 2020.
      DOI: 10.21437/SpeechProsody.2020-99
    12. T. Arai, “Acoustic-phonetics demonstrations for classroom teaching,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 148, No. 4, p. 2609, Dec. 2020.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5147248
    13. E. Iwagami and T. Arai, “The perception of English words with consonant clusters and vowel deletion by young normal-hearing listeners under noise,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 148, No. 4, p. 2505, Dec. 2020.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5146959
    14. T. Yoshinaga, R. Inaam, T. Arai, H. Yokoyama and A. Iida, “Jinkou seitai no ryuutai-kouzou-onkyou rensei shimyureshon,” The 34th Symposium on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Dec. 2020 (in Japanese)
    15. M. Morimoto, T. Arai, E. Iwagami, M. Sumida and T. Kitamura, “Sokuon ni okeru chouon-dousa no taimingu to forumanto sen-i,” The 34th General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan, Sep. 2020 (in Japanese).
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.24467/onseikenkyu.24.0_97
    16. J. Yun, J. Gao, T. Arai and C. Seong, “Comparison of rhamonics to noise ratio of korean vowels,” Proc. of 2020 Fall Conference of the Korean Society of Speech Sciences, pp. 92–93, Seoul, Nov. 2020.
    17. J. Yun and T. Arai, “Perception on synthesized /na/ and /da/ for native speakers of Korean and Japanese,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 755–756, Mar. 2020 (in Japanese).
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    18. T. Kimura and T. Arai, “How do Japanese learners of Spanish perceive Spanish lexical stress?,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 757–760, Mar. 2020 (in Japanese).
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    19. M. Kasuya and T. Arai, “An analysis of German vowels between singing and reading: Considering the experiences of vocal music and German learning,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 769–772, Mar. 2020 (in Japanese).
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    20. M. Ikuta, M. Obata, C. T. Justine Hui, Y. Hioka and T. Arai, “Realization of sound masking system using microphone array: An attempt to match the speaker’s voice and the direction of arrival of a masker using the speaker’s spatial information,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 851–854, Mar. 2020 (in Japanese).
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    21. T. Yoshinaga, R. Inaam, T. Arai, H. Yokoyama and A. Iida, “Aeroacoustic simulation on reed-type artificial vocal folds,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 649-650, Sep. 2020 (in Japanese).
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    22. K. Takeuchi, N. Aoki, T. Arai, K. Suzuki, H. Seki and K. Yasu, “Consideration from the aspect of acoustics education at Speech-Language-Hearing Therapist training schools,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 1-2, Sep. 2020 (in Japanese).
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    23. K. Takeuchi, N. Aoki, T. Arai, K. Suzuki, H. Seki and K. Yasu, “How acoustics classes should be at Speech-Language-Hearing Therapist training schools under the declaration of a state of emergency,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 3-4, Sep. 2020 (in Japanese).
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    24. S. Tsuji and T. Arai, “Music appreciation and adaptation for those with unilateral hearing loss: A questionnaire survey,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 967-970, Sep. 2020 (in Japanese).
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    25. M. Sumida, E. Iwagami, T. Arai and M. Morimoto, “Formant transitions at the end of vowels preceding geminate consonants in Japanese and Italian,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 975-978, Sep. 2020 (in Japanese).
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    26. NHK Educational and T. Arai, “Eigo de asobo with Orton: Eigo no oto daseru kana? Kousaku bukku,” Tokyo: Kodansha, Nov. 2020.