1) T. Arai, “Vocal-tract models and their applications in education for intuitive understanding of speech production,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol.37, No.4, pp.148-156, July 2016. (Invited paper)
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2) K. Tomaru and T. Arai, “Role of labeling mediation speech perception: Evidence from a voiced stop continuum perceived in different surrounding sound contexts,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol.37, No.6, pp.303-314, November 2016.
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3) M. Ishida, and T. Arai, “Missing phonemes are perceptually restored but differently by native and non-native listeners,” Springerplus, Vol.5, No.1, June 2016.
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4) M. Ishida, A.G. Samuel and T. Arai, “Some people are more lexical than others,” Cognition, Vol.151, pp.68-75, June 2016.
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5) T. Arai and T. Arai, “Virtual lung model for education in phonetics and speech science,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 37, No.4, pp.173-174, July 2016.
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6) T. Arai and R. Uchida, “Projection mapping of articulation for education in phonetic science,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol.37, No.4, pp.175-177, July 2016.
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7) K. Amino, Takayuki Arai, Fumiaki Satoh, Kentaro Nakamura, Akira Nishimura, Sakae Yokoyama, “Exhibition at 'Summer-Holiday Science Square' hosted by National Museum of Nature and Science,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol.37, No.4, pp.178-180, July 2016.
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8) T. Arai, “What Tsutomu Chiba left behind,” J. Phys. Soc. Japan, Vol.20, No.3, pp.117-120, Dec. 2016.
9) T. Arai and A. Mugitani, “The acoustic environment and spoken language development of children,” J. Acoust. Sco. Jpn., Vol.72, No.3, pp.129-136, 2016. 
10) F. Satoh, T. Araia and A. Nishimura, “History and activities of the Research Committee on Education in Acoustics in ASJ,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol.37, No.4, pp.143-147, July 2016. (Invited review)
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11) S. Kawahara, M. Homma, T. Yoshimura and T. Arai, “MyVoice: Rescuing voices of ALS patients,” Acoust. Sci. Tech., Vol. 37, No.5, pp.202-210, September 2016. (Invited review)
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12) S. Kawahara, M. Hommma, T. Yoshimura and T. Arai, “My voice: Rescuing voices of ALS patients,” J. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol.72, No.10, pp.653-661, December 2016 (in Japanese).
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13) T. Arai, "Sound spectrograph,” J. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 72, No.9, pp.570-571, September 2016 (in Japanese). [Abstract]
14) T. Arai, Book review “What does speech convey?: Speech Science of Emotion, Paralinguistic Information, and Speaker Individuality,” Onsei kenkyuu, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 111-112, August 2016. (in Japanese)
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15)  T. Arai, “Mechanical Production of [b], [m] and [w] using controlled labial and velopharyngeal gestures,” Proc. of INTERSPEECH, pp.1099-1103, San Francisco, September 2016.
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16)  C. T. J. Hui, C. Watson and T. Arai, “Visualisation tools to analyse phonetic confusions for speech perception tests,” Proc. of Speech Science and Technology Conference, pp. 321-324, Sydney, December 2016.

17) M. Ishida, and T. Arai, “Perceptual Integration of Locally Time-reversed Speech in Japanese,” International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, February 2016. (Poster Presentation)
18) M. Ishida, T. Arai and M. Kashino, “How Japanese Native Speakers Restore Temporal Distortion in English”. International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, July 2016. (Oral Presentation) 
19) T. Arai, “Tools for education in acoustics and phonetics,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 140, No. 4, Pt. 2, p. 2952, November-December 2016 (Invited papers).
20) T. Arai, “Tools for education in acoustics and phonetics,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., p.3196, November-December 2016 (demonstration).
21) F. Satoh, T. Arai and Akira Nishimura, “Activities of the research committee on education in acoustics in ASJ for children,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 140, No. 4, Pt. 2, pp. 3196-3197, November-December 2016 (Invited papers).
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22) T. Kimura and T. Arai, “Goodness evaluation by L1 Spanish speakers of various allophones, made by human and by vocal tract models, of the Spanish phonemes /l/ and /r/,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 140, No. 4, Pt. 2, p. 3282, November-December 2016 (Invited papers).
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23) K. Yasu, T. Arai, K. Kobayashi and M. Shindo, “Relationship between auditory degradation and fricatives/affricates production and perception in elderly listeners,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 140, No. 4, Pt. 2, p. 3365, November-December 2016 (Invited papers).
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24) T. Arai, S. Kawahara, M. Homma and T. Yoshimura, “A speech synthesizer of Japanese saves patients’ voices,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 140, No. 4, Pt. 2, p. 3365, November-December 2016 (Invited papers).
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25) Y. Amimoto and T. Arai, “Auditory and tactile senses for perceiving the hardness of wood board,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 140, No. 4, Pt. 2, p. 3266, November-December 2016.
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26) E. Osawa, T. Arai, N. Hodoshima, and T. Igeta “Non-native speakers perform poorer than native speakers in Japanese speech recognition in reverberation,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 140, No. 4, Pt. 2, p. 3333, November-December 2016.
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27) J. Moore, S. Kawahara and T. Arai, “Japanese English learners use a variety of articulation strategies to produce English liquids,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 140, No. 4, Pt. 2, p. 3339, November-December 2016.
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28) E. Iwagami, T. Arai, K. Yasu, E. Yanagisawa and K. Kobayashi, “Perception of geminate consonants and devoiced vowels in Japanese by elderly and young listeners,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 140, No. 4, Pt. 2, p. 3439, November-December 2016.
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29) T. Arai, “What Tsutomu Chiba left behind,” Proc. of the 30th General Meeting of the PSJ, Special issue of the ninetieth anniversary, pp. 6-7, September 2016 (in Japanese).
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30) Y. Murayama, H. Yoshihata, M. Shindo and T. Arai, “Koureisha to jakunensya ni okeru onsei kara no kanjoo ninchi,” Proc. of The 42nd meeting of Japanese Association for Communication Disorders, p. 76, May 2016 (in Japanese).
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31) K. Tomaru, T. Nakamura and T. Arai, “Perceptual vowel insertion to the pre-syllable positions of English /ra/ and /la/ syllables by native speakers of Japanese,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp.441-444, March 2016. (in Japanese)
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32) T. Arai, A. Ota and K. Yasu, “Relation between speaking rate and overlap-masking by long-path echo,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp.1599-1602, March, 2016 (in Japanese).
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33) T. Arai, “Ideas for exhibiting vocal-tract models at science museums,” Proc. Spring Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., 1619–1622, March 2016. (in Japanese)
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34) M. Shono, T. Arai and K. Amino, “Effects of the fundamental frequency patterns on human speaker identification: Investigation focusing on Japanese pitch accent,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp.235-238, September 2016. (in Japanese)
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35) M. Yamada and T. Arai, “Effects of difference in shape of the connected-tube vocal-tract models on their acoustic properties,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., September, pp.289-292, September 2016. (in Japanese)
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36) T. Arai, E. Osawa, T. Igeta and N. Hodoshima, “Reverberation degrades native listener's perception of Japanese mono-syllables / special-morae,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp.293-296, September 2016. (in Japanese)
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37) T. Arai, E. Iwagami and E. Yanagisawa, “Perceptual cues signaling possible timing with initial geminate consonants in Japanese,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp.297-300, September 2016. (in Japanese)
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38) E. Iwagami, T. Arai, K. Yasu, E. Yanagisawa and K. Kobayashi, “Perception of Japanese geminate consonant by elderly and young listeners,” Proc. Autumn Meet. Acoust. Soc. Jpn., pp.605-608, September 2016. (in Japanese)
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