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Education
Ph.D., 2005: Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Dissertation
title: The perception and production of non-native prosodic
categories
B.A., 1998: English. Millersville University (Millersville, PA)
Specialization: Linguistics
Minor:
Psychology
Teaching Experience
- Indiana University, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Survey of Communication Disorders (S110) (Fall 2008, Spring 2009)
- Survey of Children's Language Development (S333/S524) (Fall 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Phonetics for Speech and Hearing Science (S111/S511) (Fall 2009, 2010, Spring 2010, 2011)
- Born to be a Genius (E105) (Spring 2010, 2011)
- Northwestern University, Department of Linguistics
- Winter 2000
- Spoken English for Non-native Speakers: Focus on Conversation and
Fluency
- Fall 2000 -
Spoken English for Non-Native Speakers: Focus on Intonation
and Pronunciation
- Summer 2003
- Child Language
Publications
Refereed Articles
- Bent, T., Loebach,
J. L., Phillips, L., and Pisoni, D. B. (accepted). Perceptual
adaptation to sinewave-vocoded speech across languages. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
- Bent, T., Kewley-Port, D., and Ferguson, S. H. (2010). Across-talker effects on non-native
listeners’ vowel perception in noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 128 (5), 3142-3151.
- Bent, T., Buchwald,
A. and Pisoni, D. B. (2009). Perceptual Adaptation and
Intelligibility of Multiple Talkers for Two Types of Degraded Speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 126 (5), 2660-2669. PDF
- Hayes-Harb, R.,
Smith, B. L., Bent, T., and Bradlow, A. R.
(2008). Production and Perception of Final Voiced and Voiceless
Consonants by Native English and Native Mandarin Speakers: Implications
Regarding the Interlanguage Speech Intelligibility Benefit. Journal of Phonetics. 36 (4), 664-679. PDF
- Bent, T.,
Bradlow, A. R., and Smith, B.L. (2008). Production
and Perception of Temporal Contrasts in Foreign-Accented English. Phonetica. 65 (3), 131-147. PDF
- Loebach, J. L., Bent, T. and Pisoni, D. B. (2008). Multiple routes to perceptual learning. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 124 (1), 552-561.
- Bradlow, A. R.
and Bent, T. (2008). Perceptual
adaptation to non-native speech. Cognition. 106, 707-729. PDF
- Bent, T.,
Bradlow, A. R. and Wright, B. (2006). The influence of linguistic
experience on the cognitive processing of pitch in speech and
non-speech sounds. Journal
of Experimental Psychology: Human
Perception and Performance. 32(1), 97-103. PDF
- Wright, S., Hay, J. & Bent,
T. (2005) Ladies first? Phonology, frequency, and
the name ordering conspiracy. Linguistics. Vol. 43,
No. 3. PDF
- Pierrehumbert, J., Bent, T.,
Munson, B., Bradlow, A. R., and Bailey, M. (2004) The Influence of
Sexual Orientation on Vowel Production. Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America,
116 (4), 1905-1908. PDF
- Related popular press:
- Harris, M. (2004, October 23)
Researchers claim gay accent is a reality: Distinctive
vowel pronunciation learned, not genetic. National
Post. pg. A2.
- Bent, T. & Bradlow, A. R. (2003). The
interlanguage speech intelligibility benefit. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America.
114 (3), 1600-1610. PDF
- Bradlow, A. R., and Bent, T.
(2002). The clear speech effect for non-native listeners. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America.
112 (1), 272-284.
Book Chapters
- Bent, T.
and Pisoni, D. B. (2008). Comparisons in perception between speech
and non-speech signals. In Ball, M. J., Perkins, M. R., Muller, N., & Howard, S. (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Linguistics. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Pp. 400-411.
- Bent, T.,
Bradlow, A. R. and Smith, B. L. (2007). Segmental errors in different
word positions and their effects on intelligibility of non-native
speech: All's well that begins well. In Munro, M. and Bohn, O.-S.
(Eds.), Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In
honor of James Emil Flege. Amsterdam: John
Benjamins. Pp. 331-347.
Progress reports and proceedings papers
- Bent, T., Buchwald, A. and
Alford, W. (2007). Inter-talker differences in intelligibility for two
types of degraded speech. In Research on Spoken Language Processing
Progress Report, 28, Bloomington, IN: Speech Research Laboratory,
Indiana University.
- Loebach, J. L., Bent, T. and
Bauernschmidt, A. N. (2007). Multiple routes to perceptual learning. In
Research on Spoken Language Processing Progress Report, 28,
Bloomington, IN: Speech Research Laboratory, Indiana University.
- Buchwald, A.B., Bent, T.,
Conway, C.M., Levi, S.V. & Loebach, J.L. (2007). New directions in
speech research. In Research on Spoken Language Processing Progress
Report No. 28. Bloomington, IN: Speech Research Laboratory, Indiana
University.
- Bradlow, A. R. and Bent, T.
(2003). Listener adaptation to foreign accented English. In M. J. Sole,
D. Recasens, & J. Romero (Eds.), Proceedings of the XVth
International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain, Pp.
2881-2884.
- Smith, B., Bradlow, A. R., and Bent,
T. (2003). Production and perception of temporal contrast in
foreign accented English. In M. J. Sole, D. Recasens, & J.
Romero (Eds.), Proceedings of the XVth International Congress of
Phonetic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain, Pp. 519-522
Abstracts
- Bent, T. Foreign-accented
Speech Database for Children. Workshop on New Tools and Methods for
Very-Large-Scale Phonetics Research. Philadelphia, PA.
- Bent, T. (2010). Native and non-native speech database for children. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 127 (3), 1905.
- Bent, T. (2010). Lexical influences on children’s perception of foreign-accented speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 128 (4), 2486.
- Bent, T., Loebach, J. L., Phillips, L. and Pisoni, D. B. (2009). Perceptual adaptation to sinewave-vocoded speech across languages. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 125 (4), Pt. 2, 2751.
- Holt, R.F., Bent, T.,
and Hernandez, L. (2009). Color effects in audiovisual spoken
word recognition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 125 (4), Pt. 2, 2657.
- Bergeson, T. R., Till, S., and Bent, T.
(2009). Perception of indexical information in infant-directed speech
using cochlear implant simulations. Society for Research on Child
Development Biannual Meeting, Denver, CO.
- Bent, T. and
Kewley-Port, D. (2008). The influence of signal-to-noise ratio and
listener’s native language on vowel intelligibility. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 124.
- Loebach, J.L., Bent, T.,
Peterson, N., Hay-McCutcheon, M. and Pisoni, D.B. (2008). The
perception of speech and environmental sounds by normal hearing
listeners and cochlear implant users. Poster to be presented at the
31st Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in
Otolaryngology, Phoenix, AZ.
- Loebach, J.L., Bent, T.
and Pisoni, D. B. (2007). Adaptation to Cochlear implant simulated
speech: Multiple of routes to perceptual learning. Conference on
Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Lake Tahoe, CA June 15-20.
- Bent, T. (2007). Production of
non-native prosodic categories. Annual
meeting of the Linguistics Society of America, Anaheim, CA,
January, 4-7.
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Bent, T., Buchwald, A. B., and
Pisoni, D. B. (2006). Inter-talker differences in intelligibility of
cochlear-implant simulated speech. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America,
120 (5), Pt. 2, 3291.
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Hayes-Harb, R., Smith, B. L., Bent, T.,
and Bradlow, A. R. (2006). Relationships between intelligibility of
voicing contrasts and acoustic properties of native English and
Mandarin-accented English. Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America,
120 (5), Pt. 2, 3174.
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Smith, B. L., DeMille, D., Roberts, A., Bradlow, A.
R. and Bent, T. (2005). Final consonant devoicing
in voiced targets produced by native and non-native speakers of
English. Presented at the 1st ASA Workshop on Second Language Speech
Learning, Vancouver,
Canada.
- Bent, T. (2005). Perception of
coarticulated tones by non-native listeners. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America,
117 (4), Pt. 2, 2426.
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Bent, T. (2004). Mandarin and
English listeners perception of Mandarin tones in isolation and in
context. Annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America. San Diego, CA.
Click here.
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Nissen, S. L. Smith, B. L., Bradlow, A. R., and Bent,
T. (2004). Accuracy and variability in
vowel targets produced by native and non-native speakers of
English. Annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
San
Diego, CA.
Click here.
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Bent, T., Bradlow, A. R., and
Smith, B. (2004) Production and perception of a temporal contrast by
native and non-native speakers. Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America,
115 (5), Pt. 2, 2391. Click here.
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Bent, T., Bradlow, A. R., and
Wright, B. (2003) The influence of linguistics experience on pitch
perception in speech and non-speech sounds. Meeting of the Acoustical
Society of America,
Nashville,
TN,
April 28- May 2. Click here.
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Wright, S., Hay, J., and Bent, T.
(2003) Anthony and Cleopatra: A gendered frequency effect and the
naming conspiracy. Annual meeting of the Linguistics Society
of America, Atlanta,
GA,
January 2-5. Click here.
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Smith, B., Bradlow, A. R., and Bent, T.
(2002) Temporal characteristics of Chinese-accented English:
Preliminary findings. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
112 (5), Pt. 2, 2250. Click here.
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Bent, T., Pierrehumbert, J., and
Bailey, M.. (2002) The acoustics of lesbian vowels and the perception
of women's sexual orientation. McWOP8, Bloomington, IN, October
25-27. Click here.
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Bent, T. and Bradlow, A. R.
(2002) Interlanguage intelligibility benefit as a function of talker
and listener language background and L2 proficiency. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America,
111 (5), Pt. 2. Click here.
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Bent, T., Wright, S. and Hay, J.
(2002) Elvis and Pricilla: The Conspiracy Deepens. Annual meeting of
the Linguistics Society of America, San Francisco, CA, January
3-6, 2002. Click here.
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Bent, T., Smith, B., Lodewyck, D.
and Bradlow, A. R. (2001) Non-native speech production II: Phonemic
errors by position-in-word and intelligibility. Journal of
the Acoustical Society of America.
110 (5), Pt. 2, 2684. Click here.
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Bradlow, A. R. and Bent, T.
(2001) Non-native speech production I: Listener-talker Adaptation. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America.
110 (5), Pt. 2, 2684.
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Bent, T. (2001) Interlanguage
Benefit for Non-Native Speaker Intelligibility. Journal of
the Acoustical Society of America,
109(5), Pt. 2, 2472. Click here.
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Bradlow, A. R., Bent, T. and
Schwarzlose, B. (2001) Speaking Clearly for Non-Native Listeners. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America,
109(5), Pt. 2, 2473.
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Bent, T. (2001) The Effect of
Classifiers in L1 on Categorization in L2. Annual Meeting of the
International Association of Chinese Linguistics & North
American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, Irvine, CA, June
2001.
Invited Talks
| 2007
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Bent, T.,
Ferguson, S. H., and Kewley-Port, D. Listener influences on vowel
intelligibility. Invited talk for a special session on “Speech
Intelligibility and the Vowel Space”. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122 (5), Pt. 2, 3016. |
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2006 |
Bent, T. Assessing intelligibility: Talker-, listener- and
listening condition-factors.
Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, for doctoral seminar series |
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2003 |
Bent,
T. The
interlanguage speech intelligibility benefit : When two
“wrongs” can
make a right. Department of Psychology,
Indiana
University,
Bloomington,
IN, for training fellowship series |
Grants
- Bent, T. (Principal Investigator) and Holt, R. (consultant). Children’s
perception of foreign-accented speech. National Institute for Deafness
and Other Communication Disorders. Grant # R21 DC010027-01. Direct
costs: $250,000. Grant period: 5/1/09 - 4/30/11.
- Bent, T. (Principal Investigator), Bradlow, A. R.
(Sponsor). Perception and production of non-native
supra-segmental categories. Individual National Research Service
Award (Pre-doctoral level). Award # F31 CD006515. Grant
period: 9/1/03-8/31/05.
- Graduate Research Grant from Northwestern University,
2002
- Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, 2001
Fellowships
and Awards
- Young Investigator Travel Grant, Acoustic Society of America (2008)
- N.I.H. Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Speech
Sciences awarded to Indiana University,
Research with Drs. Pisoni and Kewley-Port (2005-2008)
- N.I.H. Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual National
Research Service Award, 2003-2005, Click here.
- Dissertation Year Fellowship from Northwestern
University, 2003-2004 (declined)
- Alumnae Dissertation Recognition Award, 2003
- Cognitive Science Graduate Fellowship for
Interdisciplinary Research, 2001-2002
- Fellowship to Northwestern University, Department of
Linguistics,1998-1999
- Frank Heavner Memorial Award for Linguistics from Millersville
University,
1998
Professional Experience
- Acoustical
Society of America
- student
council representative for Speech Communication
(2002-2005)
- Speech Communication technical committee member
(2002-2005, 2007-present)
- Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Phonetics,
Speech Communication, Journal of
the Acoustical Society of America, Bilingualism:
Language and Cognition, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, and Cognition
- Grant reviewer for the National Science
Foundation (2006-2008)
- Mid-Continental Workshop on Phonology, organizing
committee, 2004
- Culture,
Language and Cognition Program, Northwestern University
- Linguistics graduate student representative (2003)
- Graduate student mentor for NSF Undergraduate
Research program (2003, 2004)
- Cognitive Science Committee, Northwestern University,
member (AY 2001-2002)
- Department of Linguistics, Northwestern
University
- Subject pool coordinator (Fall 2002 - present)
- Noon Colloquia co-organizer (AY 2001 -
2002)
- Graduate Student Representative (AY 2000 - 2001)
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