Research Goals. The goals are to obtain data to substantiate the claim that speech production and perception are related and to validate the articulatory gesture as the link between production and perception. The method of inquiry involves attempting to show that those acoustic parameters that vary together as a result of some articulator movement also cohere in perception.

Current Status. This grant was first funded on April 1, 1996. The most recent renewal has been funded for five years beginning 4/1/06. Total costs for the second year are $656,678.

[This project is supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH Grant DC-02717).]