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Auditory-Visual Speech Laboratory

Dr. Hwei-Bing Lin, Director
Asst. Professor, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Long Island University/Brooklyn Campus

The Auditory -Visual Speech Processing Laboratory serves the dual function of a teaching center, as well as a research laboratory. A major research project in bi-modal speech processing is currently underway. Another important area of scientific and research interest is the issue of speech production and perception of bilingual & multilingual populations.


I. Equipment-

Auditory speech-
Kay Elemetrics Computerized Speech Lab
Nasometer
Visi-Pitch
The Massachusetts Eye & Ear Database of Disordered Voices
The University of Victoria Phonetic Database

Visual speech-


Metrox RT2000 Turkey System
SGI
Panasonic Optical Disc Recorder
Panasonic Optical Disc Player
Laser Disc Player
NICHD Sign language database
Synthetic speech data

II. Bi-modal Speech Processes-

 

                                    auditory cues                                     lexical

            Signal >>>                            -à speech cues à       access    à    spoken word 

                                    Visual cues                   ^

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                                                               linguistic competence

 

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                                                phonology  syntax  semantics          pragmatics






Long Island University

Brooklyn Campus

Communication Sciences & Disorders