Courses

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Publications

2013

  1. Allen, J.B., Trevino, A., Scheidiger, C. (2013). "Consonant confusions in normal and hearing impaired ears -- Consonant Acoustic Feature Processing," (Online-presentation)
  2. Michal L. Reuven, Stephen T. Neely, Judy G. Kopun, Daniel M. Rasetshwane, Jont B. Allen, Hongyang Tan, and Michael P. Gorga (2013). "Effect of calibration method on distortion-product otoacoustic emission measurements at and around 4 kHz," Ear and Hearing; Accepted for publication Apr 26, 2013. (pdf)
  3. Trevino, A. and Allen, J.B. (2012). "Within-Consonant Perceptual Differences in the Hearing Impaired Ear," Submitted to JASA Oct12, 2012 To appear Jul, 2013 (pdf)
  4. Nguyen, Cac et al (2013) "Investigation of bacterial biofilm in the human middle ear using optical coherence tomography and acoustic measurements," Hearing Research, special MEMRO 2013 issue; (ScienceDirect.com,pdf)
  5. Robinson, Sarah (2012) "Characterizing the ear canal acoustic impedance and reflectance by pole-zero fitting" Hearing Research, special MEMRO 2013 issue (pdf)
  6. Trevino, Andrea and Allen, J.B. (2013). "Individual Variability of Hearing Impaired Consonant Perception," Seminars in Hearing, Guest Editor: Jason Galster PhD.; (pdf)
  7. Kim, Noori and Allen, J.B. (2013). "Two-port network Analysis and Modeling of a Balanced Armature Receiver, "Hearing Research, special MEMRO 2013 issue (pdf)

2012

  1. Li, F., Trevino, A., Menon, A. and Allen, J. B. (2012). "A psychoacoustic method for studying the necessary and sufficient perceptual cues of fricative consonants in noise" J. Acoust. Soc. Am., v132(4) Oct, pp. 2663-2675 pdf
  2. Nguyen, Cac: "Noninvasive in vivo optical detection of biofilm in the human middle ear" pnas, html, link
  3. Allen (2012); MEMRO 2012 Presentation on Reflectance measures of middle ear diagnostics: "Reflections from the round window"; pdf)
  4. Allen, Trevino, Han (2012); "Speech perception in impaired ears," Presentation at the AG Bell Research Symposium, Scottsdale AZ, Jul 1; (event,djvu,pdf,doc)
  5. Riya Singh and Jont Allen (2012); "The influence of stop consonants’ perceptual features on the Articulation Index model," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., apr 3051-3068 (pdf)
  6. Yoon, Y., Allen, J.B. and Gooler, D. (Apr 2012). Relationship between Consonant Recognition in Noise and Hearing Threshold, J. of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0239), (pdf)
  7. Daniel Rasetshwane, Stephen Neely, Jont Allen, and Christopher Shera (2012); "Reflectance of acoustic horns and solution of the inverse problem"; JASA Vol. 131(3) Mar., p. 1863-1873, 2012. (pdf)
  8. Kapoor, Abhinauv and Allen, Jont B. (2012) "Perceptual Effects of Plosive Feature Modification," JASA v131(1) Jan, pp. 478–491 (2012) (pdf)

2011

  1. Jont B. Allen and Woojae Han. (2011). Sources of decoding errors of the perceptual cues, in normal and hearing impaired ears, ISAAR (PDF, Session 3 @ 1PM)
  2. Feipeng Li and Jont B. Allen. (2011) Manipulation of Consonants in Natural Speech; IEEE Trans. Audio, Speech and Language processing, (officially published: Jul, 2010; Appearance date: Mar 2011) pp. 496-504. (pdf)
  3. Lobdell, Bryce, Allen, Jont and Hasawaga-Jonhson, Mark (2011) Intelligibility predictors and neural representation of speech, Speech communication 53, pp. 185-194 . (PDF)

2010

  1. F. Li, A. Menon, and J. B. Allen, (2010) A psychoacoustic method to find the perceptual cues of stop consonants in natural speech, apr, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. pp. 2599-2610, (pdf)
  2. Weece, R. and Allen, J. B., "A clinical method for calibration of bone conduction transducers to measure the mastoid impedance," Hearing Research 263:216--223 (2010). (pdf,djvu) (MEMRO June 23, 2009, Stanford University)
  3. Parent, Pierre and Allen, Jont (2010) Wave model of the human tympanic membrane; Hearing Research 263:152--167; (pdf, djvu) (MEMRO, Stanford University, June 23, 2009)
  4. Allen, JB and Jeng, PJ (May 11, 2010) "System and method for automatically adjusting hearing aid based on acoustic reflectance" US Patent 7,715,577 (http, pdf)

2009

  1. S. A. Phatak, Y. Yoon, D. M. Gooler, and J. B. Allen (2009) Consonant loss profiles for hearing impaired listeners, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., pp 2683-2694, Nov (pdf)
  2. Robert H. Withnell, Pierre Parent, Patricia S. Jeng and Jont B. Allen (2009) Using Wideband reflectance to measure the impedance of the middle ear, The Hearing Journal, pp 36-41, Oct (url,pdf)
  3. Allen, Jont and Li, Feipeng (2009). Speech perception and cochlear signal processing, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Invited: Life-sciences, 26(4), pp 73-77, July. (pdf, djvu)
  4. Feipeng Li and Jont B. Allen. (2009) Multiband product rule and consonant identification, J. Acoust. Soc. Am.; 126(1),347-353, Jul (pdf,djvu)
  5. Trevino, A, Coleman, T., Allen, J. (2009). A Dynamical Point Process Model of Auditory Nerve Spiking in Response to Complex Sounds, Journal of Computational Neuroscience, Available in electronic format (djvu)
  6. RH Withnell, PS Jeng, Kelly Waldvogel, Kari Morgenstein, and Jont B. Allen (2009) An in-situ calibration for hearing thresholds, 'J. Acoust. Soc. Am.', 125(3):1605--1611, March (pdf)
  7. Neely, S.T. & Allen, J.B. (2009). Retrograde waves in the cochlea. In N. P. Cooper & D. T. Kemp (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th Mechanics of Hearing Workshop. World Scientific Publishing Co., pp. 62--67, (pdf, djvu)
  8. Allen, Jont B. and R\'egnier, Marion and Phatak, Sandeep and Li, Feipeng (2009); Nonlinear Cochlear Signal Processing and phoneme perception In N. P. Cooper & D. T. Kemp (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th Mechanics of Hearing Workshop. World Scientific Publishing Co., pp 93--105 (djvu, pdf); Invited: Plenary talk

2008

  1. Phatak, S., Lovitt, Andrew and Allen, Jont B., "Consonant confusions in white noise," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., (2008) 124(2) Aug, p 1220-1233. (djvu, pdf)
  2. Regnier, M. and Allen, Jont B., "A method to identify noise-robust perceptual features: application for consonant /t/" J. Acoust. Soc. Am., May (2008), p. 2801-2814, (djvu, pdf)
  3. PS Jeng, Jont Allen, JA Miller, and Harry Levitt., "Wideband power reflectance and power transmittance as tools for assessing middle-ear function." Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood, 18(2):44--57, 2008. ASHA journal (URL)
  4. Allen, Jont B., "Nonlinear Cochlear Signal Processing and Masking in speech perception, "Springer Handbook on speech processing and speech communication, Springer, 2008, Editors: Benesty, Jacob and Sondhi, Mohan, pp 1-36, Chap. 3 (BUY, djvu,pdf)
  5. Allen, JB, Li, F. Et Al. "Nonlinear cochlear signal processing and phoneme recognition," Mech. of Hearing Keele, 2008 (djvu, pdf)

2007

  1. Parent, P. and Allen, J. B., "Wave model of cat tympanic membrane," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 122(2), p. 918-931. (pdf)
  2. Phatak, S. A. and Allen, J. B., "Consonant and vowel confusions in speech-weighted noise," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121(4), p. 2312-2326. (pdf)
  3. Lobdell, B. and Allen, J. B., "A model of the VU (volume-unit) meter, with speech applications", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121(2007), p. 279-285. (pdf)
  4. Allen, Jont B. and Chan, Wai-Yip and Voran, Stephen, Perceptual models for Speech, Audio and Music Processing, EURASIP "Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing" p. 1-2, (Editorial)

2006

  1. Sen, D. and Allen, Jont B., Functionality of cochlear micromechanics--as elucidated by the upward spread of masking and two tone suppression "Acoustics Australia" April Vol. 34(1), p. 43-51},Sen Allen (2006) (pdf, journal, pdf)

2005

  1. Allen, J. B., "Articulation and Intelligibility," Speech and Audio Processing Lectures, Pub: Morgan and Claypool, LaPorte, CO, ISBN-1598290088. (BUY,djvu)
  2. Allen, J. B., "Consonant recognition and the articulation index," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 117(4), p. 2212-2223. (pdf)
  3. Allen, J. B. and Jeng, P. S. and Levitt, H. "Evaluating Human Middle Ear Function via an Acoustic Power Assessment" Jol. of Rehabil. Res. Dev., 42(4), p. 63-78. (pdf)

2003

  1. Allen, J. B., "Amplitude compression in hearing aids"; In R. Kent, editor, MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders, chapter Part IV, pages 413-423; MIT Press, MIT, Boston Ma, 2003 (pdf)

2001

  1. Allen, Jont B. (2001) "Nonlinear Cochlear Signal Processing"; Chapter 19, pp 393-442; "Physiology of the Ear," Second Edition; Eds Jahn, A.F. and Santos-Sacchi, J.; Singular Thomson Learning, San Diego, CA 92101 (pdf)
  2. Saul, L.K. and Rahim, M.R. and Allen, Jont B. (2001) "A statistical model for robust integration of narrowband cues in speech"; Computer Speech and Language, 15 pp 175--194, (pdf)

1999

  1. Allen, J. B. (1999) "Derecruitment by multiband compression in hearing aids"; In Berlin, Charles I., editor, The Efferent Auditory System, chapter 4, pages 73-86. Singular,401 West A St., Suite 325, San Diego, CA 92101, 1999. This book includes a CDROM video talk by J. B. Allen in MP3 format.
  2. Allen, J. B. (1999) "Psychoacoustics."; In J.G. Webster, editor, Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, volume 17, pages 422-437. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, NY.

1998

  1. Puria, S. and Allen, J. B. (1998) " Measurements and model of the cat middle ear: Evidence for tympanic membrane acoustic delay "; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 104 (6) pp 3463--3481, December (djvu)

1997

  1. Allen, J. B. and Neely, S. T. (1997) "Modeling the relation between the intensity JND and loudness for pure tones and wide--band noise"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 102 (6) pp 3628--3646, December
  2. Allen, J. B. (1997) "A Short History of Telephone Psychophysics"; J. Audio Eng. Soc., Reprint 4636 pp 1-37, September Order from the AES..
  3. Fahey, P. F. and Allen, J. B. (1997) "Measurement of distortion product phase in the ear canal of cat"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 102 (5) pp 2880--2891, Nov (pdf)
  4. Kimberley, B. P., Brown, D. K., and Allen, J. B. (1997); "Distortion product emissions and sensorineural hearing loss"; In M.S. Robinette and T.J. Glattke, editors, Otoa-coustic emissions, Clinical Applications, pages 181-204, New York, Stuttgart, Thieme.

1996

  1. Allen, J. B. (1996) "Harvey Fletcher's role in the creation of communication acoustics"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 99 (4) pp 1825--1839, April (pdf); Invited: Rewrite of material from preface of the 1995 ASA Edition of Fletcher's 1953 book, with some important additions on Fletcher's critical band.
  2. J. B. Allen. "DeRecruitment by multiband compression in hearing aids"; In B. Kollmeier, editor, Psychoacoustics, speech, and hearing aids, pages 141-152. World Scientific Press, Singapore, 1996. (This article is nearly identical to a book chapter, having the same title, published in 1999)

1994

  1. Allen, J. B. (1994) "How do humans process and recognize speech?"; IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio, 2 (4) pp 567-577, October (pdf)
  2. Voss, S. E. and Allen, J. B. (1994) "Measurement of acoustic impedance and reflectance in the human ear canal"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 95 (1) pp 372-384, January (pdf)

1993

  1. Allen, J. B. and Lonsbury-Martin, B. L. (1993) "Otoacoustic emissions"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 93 (1) pp 568-569, January
  2. Allen, J. B. and Fahey, P. F. (1993) "A second cochlear-frequency map that correlates distortion product, neural tuning measurements"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 94 (2, Pt. 1) pp 809-816, August (pdf)
  3. Berkley, D. A. and Allen, J. B. (1993); "Normal listeners in typical rooms: the physical,psychophysical correlates of reverberation"; In G. Studebaker and I. Hochberg, editors, Acoustical Factors Affecting Hearing Aid Performance, pages 3-14, Allyn, Bacon, Boston, second edition.

1992

  1. Allen, J. B. and Fahey, P. F. (1992) "Using acoustic distortion products to measure the cochlear amplifier gain on the basilar membrane"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 92 (1) pp 178-188, July,(pdf)
  2. J. B. Allen and S.T. Neely. "Micromechanical models of the cochlea" PhysicsToday, 45(7):40-47, 1992. (djvu)

1991

  1. Puria, S. and Allen, J. B. (1991) "A parametric study of cochlear input impedance"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 1 (89) pp 287-309, January, (djvu)

1990

  1. Allen, J. B. and Hall, J. L. and Jeng, P. S. (1990) "Loudness growth in 1/2--octave bands (LGOB)---A procedure for the assessment of loudness"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 88 (2) pp 745-753, August, (pdf)

1988

  1. J. B. Allen. "Cochlear signal processing"; In A. F. Jahn and J. Santos-Sacchi, Editors; Physiology of the ear, pages 243-270. Raven Press, 1988.

1985

  1. Fahey, P. F. and Allen, J. B. (1985) "Nonlinear phenomena as observed in the ear canal, and at the auditory nerve"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 77 (2) pp 599-612, February
  2. Sandberg, I. W. and Allen, J. B. (1985) "Almost periodic response determination for models of the basilar membrane"; AT&T Tech. Jol., 64 (8) pp 1775-1786, October
  3. Allen, J. B. (1985); "Cochlear modeling"; IEEE ASSP Magazine, 2(1):3-20.

1983

  1. Allen, J. B. (1983) "Magnitude and phase-frequency response to single tones in the auditory nerve"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 73 (6) pp 2071-2092, (pdf)

1982

  1. Yarlagadda, R. and Allen, J. B. (1982) "Aliasing errors in short-time analysis"; Signal Processing, 4 pp 79-84,

1980

  1. Allen, J. B. (1980) "Cochlear micromechanics: A physical model of transduction"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 68 (6) pp 1660-1670,
  2. Rabiner, L. R. and Allen, J. B. (1980) "On the implementation of a short-time analysis method for system identification"; IEEE Trans. on Acoust. Speech and Sig. Processing, ASSP-28 (1) pp 69-78, February pdf
  3. Smith, J. O. and Allen, J. B. (1980) "Variable bandwidth adaptive delta modulation"; Bell System Tech. Jol., pp 719-737, Jan-Jun
  4. J. B. Allen. "Cochlear modeling - 1980"; In Mark H. Holmes and Lester A. Rubenfeld, editors, Lecture notes in biomathematics: Mathematical modeling of the Hearing Process, volume 43, pages 1-8, New York, 1981. SpringerVerlag.

1979

  1. Allen, J. B. (1979) "FASTFILT - An FFT-based filtering program (Chapter 3)"; Digital signal processing programs, pp 1-9,
  2. Allen, J. B. (1979) "Cochlear models - 1978"; In "Models of the auditory system and related signal processing techniques," pp 1-16, Eds: Hoke, M and DeBoer, E. (djvu,pdf)
  3. Allen, J. B. and Berkley, D. A. (1979) "Image method for efficiently simulating small-room acoustics"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 65 pp 943-950, (pdf)
  4. Allen, J. B. and Rabiner, L. R. (1979) "Unbiased spectral estimation, system identification using short-time spectral analysis methods"; Bell System Tech. Jol., 58 (8) pp 1743-1763, October
  5. Allen, J. B. and Sondhi, M. M. (1979) "Cochlear macromechanics: Time-domain solutions"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 66 (1) pp 120-132, July
  6. Neely, S. T. and Allen, J. B. (1979) "Invertability of a room impulse response"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 66 pp 165-169,
  7. Rabiner, L. R. and Allen, J. B. (1979) "Short-time Fourier analysis techniques for FIR system identification, power spectrum estimation"; IEEE Trans. on Acoust. Speech and Sig. Processing, ASSP-27 (2) pp 182-192, April

1978

  1. Rabiner, L. R. and Crochiere, R. E. and Allen, J. B. (1978) "FIR system modeling, identification in the presence of noise and with band limited inputs"; IEEE Trans. on Acoust. Speech and Sig. Processing, ASSP-26 (4) pp 319-333, August

1977

  1. Allen, J. B. (1977) "Short Time Spectral Analysis, Synthesis, and Modification by Discrete Fourier Transform"; IEEE Trans. on Acoust. Speech and Sig. Processing, 25 pp 235-238 (pdf,erata)
  2. Allen, J. B. (1977) "Two-dimensional cochlear fluid model: New results"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 61 (1) pp 110-119, January
  3. Allen, J. B. (1977) "Cochlear micromechanics - A mechanism for transforming mechanical to neural tuning within the cochlea"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 62 pp 930-939,
  4. Allen, J. B. and Berkley, D. A. and Blauert, J. (1977) "A multimicrophone signal-processing technique to remove room reverberation from speech signals"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 62 (4) pp 912-915, October
  5. Allen, J. B. and Rabiner, L. R. (1977) "A unified approach to short-time Fourier analysis and synthesis"; Proc. IEEE, 65 (11) pp 1558-1564, November (pdf)
  6. Koenig, A. H. and Allen, J. B. and Berkley, D. A. and Curtis, T. H. (1977) "Determination of masking-level differences in a reverberant environment"; J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 61 pp 1374-1376, May

1976

  1. Allen, J. B. (1976) "On the aging of steel guitar strings"; Catgut Acoustical Society Newsletter, Nov., Vol 26, pp 27-29, (pdf)

1974

  1. Allen, J. B. and Mazo, J. E. (1974) "A decision-free equalization scheme for minimum phase channels"; IEEE Trans. on Comm., COM-22 (10) pp 1732--1733, October