1) T. Arai, ``Education system in acoustics of speech production using physical models of the human vocal tract,'' Acoustical Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 190-201, 2007 (Paper Award).
[Abstract] [PDF (398 kB)]

2) T. Arai, N. Warner and S. Greenberg, ``Analysis of spontaneous Japanese in a multi-language telephone-speech corpus,'' Acoustical Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 46-48, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (66 kB)]

3) N. Hodoshima, Y. Miyauchi, K. Yasu and T. Arai, ``Steady-state suppression for improving syllable identification in reverberant environments: A case study in an elderly person,'' Acoustical Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 53-55, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (73 kB)]

4) K. Amino and T. Arai, ``Effects of stimulus contents and speaker familiarity on perceptual speaker identification,'' Acoustical Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 128-130, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (67 kB)]

5) T. Arai, Y. Nakata, N. Hodoshima and K. Kurisu, ``Decreasing speaking-rate with steady-state suppression to improve speech intelligibility in reverberant environments,'' Acoustical Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 282-285, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (112 kB)]

6) T. Arai, Y. Murakami, N. Hayashi, N. Hodoshima and K. Kurisu, ``Inverse correlation of intelligibility of speech in reverberation with the amount of overlap-masking,'' Acoustical Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 6, pp. 438-441, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (81 kB)]

7) S. Ueha, T. Arai, K. Kurisu, K. Kurakata, S. Sakamoto, H. Funaba and H. Sato, ``Existing technologies and issues surrounding barrier-free acoustic environments,'' J. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 63, No. 12, pp. 723-730, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (463 kB)]

8) K. Amino and T. Arai, ``Contribution of consonants and vowels to the perception of speaker identity,'' Proc. of the Japan-China Joint Conference of Acoustics, Sendai, 2007 (Best Paper Award).
[Abstract] [PDF (120 kB)]

9) N. Hodoshima, P. Svensson and T. Arai, ``Preprocessing effects on speech intelligibility in reverberation using mixed natural and electroacoustical sounds,'' Proc. of the Japan-China Joint Conference of Acoustics, Sendai, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (163 kB)]

10) K. Yasu, T. Arai, K. Kobayashi and M. Shindo, ``Perceiving continuum of voiceless affricate/fricative by changing rise time of consonant for elderly and younger participants,'' Proc. of the Japan-China Joint Conference of Acoustics, Sendai, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (322 kB)]

11) N. Hodoshima and T. Arai, ``Effect of talker variability on speech perception by elderly people in reverberation,'' Handbook of Auditory Signal Processing in Hearing-impaired Listeners. International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR), T. Dau, J. M. Buchholz, J. M. Harte and T. U. Christiansen, Eds., Holbæk: Centertryk A/S, pp. 383-387, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (493 kB)]

12) K. Takahashi, K. Yasu, N. Hodoshima, T. Arai and K. Kurisu, ``Enhancing speech in reverberation by steady-state suppression,'' Proc. of the International Congress on Acoustics, Madrid, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (281 kB)]

13) K. Takeuchi and T. Arai, ``The strategy for the production of French nasal vowel in Japanese students,'' Proc. of Phonetics Teaching & Learning Conference, London, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (86 kB)]

14) A. Hosokawa, M. Shindo, S. Hirai and T. Arai, ``Shuugaku-mae no kenjou-ji ni okeru [su]/[shu] no kouon to goon-benbetsu-nouryoku no hattatsu,'' Japan Journal of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Vol. 48, No. 1, p. 39, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (49 kB)]

15) T. Yokoyama, M. Shindo, T. Arai and T. Shinya, ``Karei to hojuu-genshou ga onkyou-teki kyuu no handan ni oyobosu eikyou: Jikan-tanshuku-kakou wo shita nihongo tokushu-onsetsu no sokuon wo mochiite,'' Jpn. J. Commun. Disord., Vol. 24, No. 3, p. 222, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (50 kB)]

16) N. Nishijima, T. Arai, M. Ogino and M. Shindo, ``Forumanto-sen'i-sokudo ga kategorii-chikaku ni ataeru eikyou: Kenjousha to shitsugo-shourei no kentou,'' Jpn. J. Commun. Disord., Vol. 24, No. 3, p. 222, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (56 kB)]

17) T. Arai, ``Choukaku-shougai no aru gakusei no ukeire ni tsuite,'' Proc. of the Forum on Information Technology (FIT), 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (175 kB)]

18) K. Takahashi, K. Yasu, N. Hodoshima, T. Arai and K. Kurisu, ``Enhancing speech in reverberation by steady-state suppression,'' Technical Report of IEICE Japan, Vol. EA2007-3, pp. 11-16, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (887 kB)]

19) T. Arai, ``Speech-related, barrier-free life,'' Trans. Tech. Comm. Psychol. Physiol. Acoust., The Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. 37, No. 5, H-2007-66, pp. 377-382, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (760 kB)]

20) T. Arai, ``A case study of science workshop on sound for children,'' Trans. Tech. Comm. Education in Acoustics, The Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. EDU-2007-4, pp. 19-24, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (1,652 kB)]

21) A. Kurosawa, K. Yoshihisa and T. Arai, ``Consideration of acoustical contents treated by scientific text-book in elementary and secondary education of Japan,'' Trans. Tech. Comm. Education in Acoustics, The Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. EDU-2007-8, pp. 37-42, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (747 kB)]

22) S. Kajima, A. Iida, K. Yasu and T. Arai, ``Development of a bilingual speech synthesis system for a Japanese ALS patient,'' Technical Report of IEICE Japan, Vol. WIT2007-36, pp. 23-28, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (444 kB)]

23) S. Kajima, A. Iida, K. Yasu, T. Arai and T. Sugawara, ``Evaluating intelligibility of English speech synthesized from a Japanese individual's voice using voice conversion technique,'' Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 271-272, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (197 kB)]

24) K. Amino and T. Arai, ``The effects of inter-speaker consonant- and vowel-swapping on perceptual speaker identification,'' Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 321-322, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (193 kB)]

25) K. Amino and T. Arai, ``Effects of the stimulus contents on perceptual speaker identification under noise,'' Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 425-428, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (244 kB)]

26) A. Koga, K. Matsuura, T. Arai, N. Kanedera and J. Yoshii, ``Study on end-point detection of speech and timing of caption for video contents,'' Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 445-446, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (185 kB)]

27) T. Arai, ``Visualization and auralization of speech in education in acoustics,'' Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 467-470, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (670 kB)]

28) N. Hodoshima, T. Arai and K. Kurisu, ``The effect of speaking style and rate on speech perception by elderly people in reverberant environments,'' Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 587-588, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (64 kB)]

29) K. Yasu, K. Kobayashi, T. Arai and M. Shindo, ``Perceiving continuum of voiceless affricate/fricative by changing rise time of consonant for elderly and younger listeners: Effects of the audiogram shape and the temporal masking,'' Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp. 589-590, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (203 kB)]

30) T. Arai, ``Vocal tract models,'' J. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 63, No. 8, p. 470, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (563 kB)]

31) T. Arai, ``Education in acoustics using vocal-tract models: Mechanisms of speech production,'' Sophia, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 103-121, 2007 (in Japanese).
[Abstract] [PDF (1,615 kB)]

32) T. Arai, ``Spectrographic representation of speech based on the short-time Fourier transform,'' Sophia Symposium on Modern Mathematics and Its Application to Modern Technology, pp. 155-159, Sophia University, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (663 kB)]

33) K. Amino, T. Arai and T. Sugahara ``Effects of the Phonological contents on perceptual speaker identification,'' Speaker Classification II, LNAI 4441, C. Müller, Ed., Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 83-92, 2007.
[Abstract] [PDF (749 kB)]