Seminar on brain, hearing and speech sciences for universal speech communication
Information
Date
October 25, 2018 – October 26, 2018
Venue
Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Main Building, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
[Campus Map] The building is shown as "G10" in the map.
Tutorial lecturer
Brian C.J. Moore (University of Cambridge)
Keynote speakers
Takayuki Arai (Sophia University)
John F. Culling (Cardiff University)
Shigeto Furukawa (NTT CS Laboratories)
Masanori Higuchi (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)
Andrej Kral (Hannover Medical University)
M. Charles Liberman (Harvard University)
Yi-Wen Liu (National Tsing Hua University)
Qinglin Meng (South China University of Technology)
Hidehiko Okamoto (International University of Health and Welfare)
Maki Sakamoto (University of Electro-Communications)
Aleksander Sęk (Adam Mickiewicz University)
Time Schedule [Oct. 17, 2018 Updated]
- Thursday, October 25, 2018
- Keynote lectures
- 9:00 – 10:30
- Yi- Wen Liu (National Tsing Hua University)
- Otoacoustic emission of the 4th kind: Nonlinear reflection
- M. Charles Liberman (Harvard University)
- Hidden Hearing Loss: Primary neural degeneration in the noise-damaged and aging cochlea
- 10:30 – 10:45
- Break
- Keynote lectures
- 10:45 – 12:15
- Qinglin Meng (South China University of Technology)
- Binaural hearing measured with the temporal limits encoder using a vocoder simulation of cochlear implants
- Shigeto Furukawa (NTT CS Laboratories)
- Data-driven approaches for unveiling the neurophysiological functions of the auditory system
- 12:15 – 13:30
- Lunch
- IYL session
- 13:30 – 15:10
- Erin Ingvalson (Florida State University)
- Older adults’ perception of multiple speech types predicted by common cognitive factors
- Ryo Teraoka (Tohoku University)
- Temporal characteristics of auditory spatial attention on word intelligibility
- Katsuhiko Yamamoto (Wakayama University)
- Speech intelligibility prediction using a multi-resolution gammachirp envelope distortion index with common parameters for different noise conditions
- Hiroki Terashima (NTT CS Laboratories)
- An examination of the efficient coding model for auditory nerves during the infant development
- Roberta Bianco (University College London)
- How regularities in sound sequences inform action planning: neural and behavioral evidence from silent piano performance.
- 15:10 – 15:20
- Break
- Keynote lectures
- 15:20 – 16:50
- John F. Culling (Cardiff University)
- The effects of ceiling height and absorber placement on speech intel-ligibility in simulated restaurants.
- Maki Sakamoto (University of Electro-Communications)
- System to quantify the impression of sounds expressed by onomatopoeia
- 19:00 –
- Social time
- Friday, October 26, 2018
- Keynote lectures
- 9:30 – 11:00
- Takayuki Arai (Sophia University)
- How physical models of the human vocal tract contribute to the field of speech communication
- Aleksander Sęk (Adam Mickiewicz University)
- Software package for psychoacoustics
- 11:00 – 11:15
- Break
- Tutorial lecture
- 11:15 – 12:00
- Brian C.J. Moore (University of Cambridge)
- The role of temporal fine structure in the perception of pitch and speech: Effects of age and hearing loss
- 12:00 – 13:30
- Lunch
- IYL session
- 13:30 – 15:30
- Josef Schlittenlacher (University of Cambridge)
- Fast estimation of equal-loudness contours using Bayesian active learning and direct scaling
- Charalampos Saitis (Technical University Berlin)
- Timbre semantics through the lens of crossmodal correspondences: a new way of asking old questions
- C. T. Justine Hui (Sophia University)
- Effect of frequency discrimination ability on music and speech perception: A summary of four small studies
- Inyong Choi (University of IOWA)
- Cortical dynamics of speech-in-noise understanding
- Sho Otsuka (Chiba University)
- The relationship between characteristics of medial olivocochlear reflex and speech-in-noise-reception performance
- Giovanni M Di Liberto (CNRS)
- Musical expertise enhances the cortical tracking of the acoustic envelope during naturalistic music listening
- 15:30 – 15:45
- Break
- Keynote lectures
- 15:45 – 18:00
- Andrej Kral (Hannover Medical University)
- Critical periods for neurosensory restoration with cochlear implants
- Hidehiko Okamoto (International University of Health and Welfare)
- Investigating the maladaptive cortical reorganization in the human auditory cortex using magnetoencephalography
- Masanori Higuchi (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)
- Properties of the coherence function between a sound envelope and magnetoencephalogram data in a selective listening study
Contact
UAC2018 Organizing Committee
e-mail: uac2018*riec.tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)