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Speech
Perception Lab website
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 at Indiana
University
- Survey of Communication
Disorders
- Survey of Children's Language
Development
- Phonetics for Speech and
Hearing Science
- Born to be a Genius
- My
Fair Language: The perception and projection of identity
through speech
- Phonological
Acquisition and Disorders
- Speech
Perception
Publications
Refereed
Articles
- Borrie,
S.,
Baese-Berk, M., Van Engen, K. and Bent,
T. (accepted). Individual differences in processing
speech in adverse listening conditions: A relationship
between speech in noise and dysarthric speech. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America.
- Atagi,
E.
and Bent, T.
(2017). Nonnative accent discrimination with words and
sentences. Phonetica.
74 (3),
173-191.
- Bent,
T. and Holt,
R. F. (2017). Representation of speech variability. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews:
Cognitive Science.
1–14. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1434
- Bent,
T. and
Atagi, E. (2017). Perception of nonnative-accented
sentences by 5- to 8-year-olds
and adults: The role of phonological processing. Language
and Speech. 60(1), 110-122.
- Holt,
R.
F. and Bent, T. (2017). Children’s use of
semantic context in perception of foreign-accented
speech. Journal
of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60,
223-230.
- Bent,
T.,
Baese-Berk, M. Borrie, S. and McKee, M. (2016).
Individual differences in the perception of
regional, nonnative, and disordered speech varieties. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America. 140(5),
3775-3786.
- Bent,
T., Atagi,
E., Akbik, A., and Bonifield, E. C. (2016).
Classification of regional dialects,
international dialects, and nonnative accents. Journal
of Phonetics, 58,
104-117.
- Atagi,
E.
and Bent, T.
(2016). Auditory free classification of native and
nonnative speech by nonnative
listeners. Applied Psycholinguistics, 37, 241-263.
- Bent,
T. and
Atagi, E. (2015). Children’s perception of
nonnative-accented sentences in noise and
quiet. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 138(6), 3985-3993.
- Atagi,
E. and Bent, T. (2015). Relationship between
listeners’ nonnative speech recognition and categorization
abilities.
Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America: Express Letters.
137(1), EL44-EL50.
- Bent,
T. (2014). Children’s perception of
foreign-accented words. Journal of Child Language.
1 - 22.
- Atagi,
E. and Bent, T.
(2013). Auditory free classification of nonnative
speech. Journal
of Phonetics.
41 (6), 509-519.
- Bent, T. and
Holt, R. F. (2013). The influence of talker and
foreign-accent variability on word identification.
Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America. 133 (3),
1677-1686.
- Bent, T., Loebach,
J.
L., Phillips, L., and Pisoni, D. B. (2011). Perceptual
adaptation to sinewave-vocoded speech acrosslanguages. Journal
of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and
Performance. 37 (5), 1607-1616.
- 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
- 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 Baese-Berk, M. (submitted). Perceptual learning of
accented speech. Handbook
of Speech Perception.
- 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. (2015).
Development of perceptual flexibility. In Proceedings
of the XVIII International Congress of Phonetics
Sciences. Glasgow, Scotland.
- Baese-Berk,
M., Bent, T.,
Borrie, S. and McKee, M. (2015). Individual Differences
in Perception of Unfamiliar Speech. In Proceedings
of the XVIII International Congress of Phonetics
Sciences. Glasgow, Scotland.
- Atagi, E., & Bent,
T. (2011). Perceptual dimensions of nonnative speech.
In Proceedings of the XVII International Congress of Phonetic Sciences,
Hong Kong, China pp. 260-263.
- 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
Recent
and upcoming presentations
- Bent,
T. (2017).
Children’s perception of nonnative accents and regional
dialects. Colloquium presentation in the Department of
Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
- Bent,
T. (2017).
Nonnative accents and regional dialects: perceptual
development and cognitive representations. Workshop on
Frequency Information in Speech Perception. University
of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
- Miller,
K. E., Holt, R. F., Bent, T. & Blank, A.
(2017). Development of semantic context facilitation for
nonnative-accented speech. Meeting
of the Acoustical Society of America, Boston, MA
- McLaughlin,
D., Baese-Berk, M., Bent, T., Borrie, S., &
van Engen, K. (2017). Individual variation in the
perception of different types of speech degradation. Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Boston, MA
- Francis,
A. L., Schumaker, J., Bent, T., & Zhang, R.
(2017). Psychophysiological indices of listening effort
due to noise masking and nonnative-accent. Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Boston, MA
- Holt,
R. F., Bent, T., Miller, K., & Jones, A.
(2017). Children’s dialect and foreign-accent perception
in noise. International Congress for the Study of Child
Language, Lyon, France.
- Bent,
T., Holt, R.
F., and Miller, K. (2018). Influences on children’s
perception of unfamiliar regional dialects and nonnative
accents. Association for Research in Otolaryngology. San
Diego, CA.
Selected
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 - 4/30/12.
- 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.
Selected
Fellowships and Awards
- Provost
Women
in Science Travel Award, Indiana University, 2013, 2015,
2016
- Trustees
Teaching
Award, Indiana University, 2012, 2016
- ASH
Foundation-RSAC Grant Review and Reviewer Training
Program, 2010
- ASHA
Lessons
for Success Research Conference fellow, 2009
- Young
Investigator Travel Grant, Acoustic Society of America,
2008
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