Diane Kewley-Port

Diane Kewley-Port

Professor Emeritus, Speech and Hearing Sciences

Education

  • Ph.D., The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 1981

    Research interests

    Psychophysical studies of speech and complex, non-speech sounds with normal and impaired listeners

    Auditory models of speech processing

    Computer-based speech training aids for improving disordered speech and for reducing foreign accent

    Microcomputer applications of voice input/output for communication disorders

    Facilities

    The Speech Acoustics Laboratory has a network of five experimental PC systems equipped with TDT hardware for psychophysical research. Software includes speech analysis and synthesis programs as well as data analysis packages. Additional facilities for digital recording and workstations for digital signal processing are available.

    Professional Experience

    • Associate Editor, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1987-1990
    • Fellow, Acoustical Society of America, 1993

    Awards

    • Edward Sapir Award from the New York Academy of Sciences for the best dissertation in Linguistics, 1981