Workshop on the Auditory Basis of Speech Perception Keele University, UK July 15-19, 1996

The Role of the Auditory Nerve in the Perception Of Voicing: A Computational Modelling Study

Seyed J. Mashari, Michael J. Pont

BTSP: Speech and Hearing, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

In this paper, we present a novel, hybrid, neural network model which is intended to be used in studies of language acquisition. The hybrid model is built of two distinct parts. The first component is a physiologically motivated model of the auditory system and the second component an artificial neural network (Kohonen net).

The construction of the hybrid model was motivated by a desire to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying the perception of voicing in initial stop-consonants. The results of this study suggest that the categorical perception of speech sounds differing in VOT is the result of representation of these sounds at the auditory nerve level.

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Bibliographic reference.  Mashari, Seyed J. / Pont, Michael J. (1996): "The role of the auditory nerve in the perception of voicing: a computational modelling study", In ABSP-1996, 110-113.