Publications in 2023

    1. S. Tsuji and T. Arai, “Hearing deficits and adaptation for those with unilateral hearing loss under reverberation,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 419–430, Nov. 2023.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.44.419
    2. T. Arai, E. Osawa and J. Iwakami, “Voiceless plosives tend to be heard as voiced in reverberation,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 450–453, Nov. 2023.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1250/ast.44.450
    3. T. Arai, T. Yoshinaga and A. Iida, “Comparing /b/ and /d/ with a single physical model of the human vocal tract to visualize droplets produced while speaking,” Proc. of INTERSPEECH, Dublin, pp. 2018–2019, Aug. 2023.
    4. T. Yoshinaga, T. Arai and A. Iida, “A relationship between vocal fold vibration and droplet production,” Proc. of INTERSPEECH, Dublin, pp. 4199–4203, Aug. 2023.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2023-317
    5. T. Arai, “Bent vs. straight models of the human vocal tract based on measurements by Chiba and Kajiyama,” Proc. of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), pp. 2229–2233, Prague, Aug. 2023.
    6. A. Mizoguchi, M. Morimoto, L. Weiyu and T. Arai, “Tongue contours for the Japanese moraic nasal by speakers of standard Chinese,” Proc. of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), pp. 2627–2631, Prague, Aug. 2023.
    7. M. Morimoto, A. Mizoguchi, L. Weiyu and T. Arai, “Articulatory timing of the Japanese singleton and geminate /t/ produced by speakers of standard Chinese,” Proc. of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), pp. 2696–2700, Prague, Aug. 2023.
    8. Y. Hioka, C.T. Justine Hui, H. Masuda, C. I. Watson, E. Osawa and T. Arai, “Spatial audio reproduction for studying second language speech perception in varying acoustic environments,” Inter-Noise 2023, Chiba, Aug. 2023 (Invited Talk).
    9. T. Arai, “Introduction to various speech production and evaluation using physical models,” International Workshop for Young Maxillofacial Prosthetic Educators, Tokyo, Mar. 2023 (Invited Lecture + Hands-on workshop).
    10. M. Morimoto, A. Mizoguchi and T. Arai, “Place assimilation of the moraic nasal to /r/ in Japanese,” Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2023 (HISPhonCog 2023), Seoul, P49, May 2023.
    11. W. Li, A. Mizoguchi, M. Morimoto and T. Arai, “Weakening patterns of intervocalic voiced plosives in Japanese,” Acoustics 2023, Sydney, 3aSC23, Dec. 2023.
    12. M. Morimoto, A. Mizoguchi, W. Li and T. Arai, “Acoustic characteristics of vowels in Japanese consonant length contrast of plosives /t/ and /k/: Production by native speakers of Japanese and learners with L1 Chinese background,” The 18th Phonology Festa, Mar. 2023.
    13. K. Takeuchi, N. Aoki, T. Arai, K. Yasu, H. Seki, W. Hata and K. Suzuki, “Onsei komyunikeshon no tame no onkyougaku,” The 37th General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
    14. T. Arai, “Seidou mokei wo mochiite seishitsu ga kotonaru boin wo seisei sita sai no onkyou bunseki ni taisuru kentou,” The 68th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Oct. 2023 (in Japanese).
    15. M. Miura, H. Yoshihata, T. Arai, and M. Satoh, “Tanitsu jirei jikken keikakuhou wo mochiita Melodic Intonation Therapy nihongo ban no kouka no kentou,” The 68th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Oct. 2023 (in Japanese).
    16. T. Arai, “Chouon・choukaku ni shikaku・shokkaku mo kuwaete onsei kyouiku wo kangaeru,” Commemorative Symposium on Phonetic Education in Japanese: Study and Practice, Tokyo Association of Phonetics and Speech, Dec. 2023 (in Japanese).
    17. S. Tsuji and T. Arai, “Speech intelligibility in noise and spatial release from masking under reverberation for those with unilateral hearing loss,” Proceedings of the Technical Committee on Speech Communication, The Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. 3, No. 1, SC-2023-2, pp. 1−6, Jan. 2023 (in Japanese).
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.60274/asjsc.SC-2023-2
    18. K. Takeuchi, N. Aoki, T. Arai, K. Suzuki, H. Seki, W. Hata and K. Yasu, “Activities to get to know auditory psychology,” Vol. 3, No. 1, SC-2023-6, pp. 21−23, Jan. 2023.
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.60274/asjsc.SC-2023-6
    19. T. Matsubara, K. Yonekura, T. Arai, E. Osawa, Y. Hioka, C. T. Justine Hui and H. Masuda, “Detecting native and non-native speech under noise from different directions,” Proceedings of the Technical Committee on Speech Communication, The Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. 3, No. 3, SC-2023-14, pp. 1−6, Jun. 2023 (in Japanese).
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.60274/asjsc.SC-2023-14
    20. S. Tsuji and T. Arai, “Speech recognition and spatial release from masking for those with unilateral hearing loss: A comparison of hearing under anechoic and reverberant environments,” Proceedings of the Technical Committee on Speech Communication, The Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. 3, No. 4, SC-2023-21, pp. 19−24, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.60274/asjsc.SC-2023-21
    21. R. Suzuki, K. Amino and T. Arai, “Noise effect on the correlation between fundamental frequency (F0) difference and speaker identification accuracy,” Proceedings of the Technical Committee on Speech Communication, The Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. 3, No. 4, SC-2023-24, pp. 37−42, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.60274/asjsc.SC-2023-24
    22. K. Takeuchi, N. Aoki, T. Arai, K. Suzuki, H. Seki, W. Hata and K. Yasu, “Hearing impairment clinical and auditory psychology,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 553–554, Mar. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    23. S. Tsuji and T. Arai, “Those with longstanding unilateral hearing loss indicate some improvement in release from masking of reverberation and spatial release from masking under reverberation for speech recognition comparing monaural listeners with normal hearing,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 555–558, Mar. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    24. T. Arai, “Perception of geminate consonants and modality in Japanese,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 1081–1082, Mar. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    25. W. Li, M. Morimoto, A. Mizoguchi and T. Arai, “Japanese voicing contrast in word-medial plosives produced by native speakers and comparison with Chinese-native Japanese learners,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 563–566, Mar. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    26. M. Morimoto, W. Li, A. Mizoguchi and T. Arai, “Durational characteristics of Japanese geminates produced by speakers of Standard Chinese: The effect of pitch accent type,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 571–574, Mar. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    27. T. Kawai, E. Osawa, A. Mizoguchi and T. Arai, “Identification of /ba/-/wa/ in reverberant environments with synthesized continuum by changing formant transitions,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 605–608, Mar. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    28. T. Arai, “Physical models of the human vocal tract at a special exhibition of the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan and a related workshop activity,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 609–612, Mar. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    29. S. Tsuji and T. Arai, “Those with unilateral hearing loss require more sound pressure of melody than binaural listeners to hear out a melody from accompaniment: Investigation of the effect of reverberation and spatial release from masking,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 965–968, Mar. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    30. K. Takeuchi, N. Aoki, T. Arai, K. Suzuki, H. Seki, W. Hata and K. Yasu, “Attempt to make it ‘usable acoustics’,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 9–10, Mar. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    31. K. Takeuchi, N. Aoki, T. Arai, K. Suzuki, H. Seki, W. Hata and K. Yasu, “What has changed in acoustic classes during the COVID pandemic in speech therapy courses,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 1641–1642, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    32. M. Morimoto, W. Li, A. Mizoguchi and T. Arai, “Japanese fricative geminates produced by speakers of Standard Chinese: A preliminary study on the temporal characteristics,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 923–926, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    33. S. Tsuji and T. Arai, “An investigation of speech recognition and spatial release from masking under reverberation for those with unilateral hearing loss: A comparison of speech intelligibility under noise and that under competitive speech,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 933–936, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    34. T. Arai, “Demonstrating interactions of the source with the vocal tract using vocal-tract models,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 1585–1588, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    35. T. Minami, T. Yoshinaga, T. Arai and A. Iida, “Investigation of the effects of articulation style on droplet generation using reed-type artificial vocal folds and vocal tract models,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 949–950, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    36. T. Arai, “A possible prosthetic device for speech sound disorders,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 951–954, Sep. 2023.
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    37. S. Tsuji and T. Arai, “An investigation of temporal resolution under reverberation for those with unilateral hearing loss: Using gap detection tasks of narrow band noise,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 807–810, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    38. M. Kasuya and T. Arai, “Impacts of German language proficiency on the perception of unstressed vowels,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 997–1000, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
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    39. R. Suzuki, K. Amino and T. Arai, “Error tendency of human speaker identification in noisy environments,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 1017–1020, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).
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