Artificial Hearing, Natural Speech

Cochlear Implants, Speech Production, and the Expectations of a High-Tech Society

By Joanna Hart Lowenstein

Series: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics 

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Table of Contents

List of Tables. List of Figures. Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Methodology 4. Vowels and Vowel Perception 5. Stops and Consonant Perception 6. Intonation 7. Hearing Subjects’ Perception of Cochlear Implant Users Speech 8. Cochlear Implants on US Television 9. Discussion Appendix A. Materials Recorded. Appendix B. Recording Session Orders and Interview Questions. Appendix C. Rainbow Passage Figures. Appendix D. "Bev loves Bob" Figures. Notes. References. Index

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