Publications

Peer-Reviewed

Miller MK, Delaram V, Trine A, Ananthanarayana RM, Buss E, Monson BB, Stecker GC (2024) An Anechoic, High-Fidelity, Multidirectional Speech Corpus. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. doi:10.1044/2024_JSLHR-24-00296 (pdf)

Delaram V, Miller MK, Ananthanarayana RM, Trine A, Buss E, Stecker GC, Monson BB (2024) Gender and speech material effects on the long-term average speech spectrum, including at extended high frequencies. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 156(5), 3056–3066. doi:10.1121/10.0034231 (pdf)

Ananthanarayana RM, Buss E, and Monson BB (2024) Band importance for speech-in-speech recognition in the presence of extended high-frequency cues. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 156(2), 1202-1213. doi:10.1121/10.0028269 (pdf)

Moriarty B, Ananthanarayana RM, and Monson BB (2024) Factors influencing the minimum audible change in talker head orientation cues using diotic stimuli. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 156(2), 763-773. doi:10.1121/10.0028119 (pdf)

Buss E, Kane SG, Young KS, Gratzek CB, Bishop DM, Miller MK, Porter HL, Leibold LJ, Stecker GC, and Monson BB (2024) Effects of stimulus type on 16-kHz detection thresholds. Ear and Hearing, 45(2), 486-498. doi:10.1097/AUD.0000000000001446 (pdf)

Monson BB, Ananthanarayana RM, Trine A, Delaram V, Stecker GC, and Buss E (2023) Differential benefits of unmasking extended high-frequency content of target or background speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(1), 454-462. doi: 10.1121/10.0020175 (pdf)

Monson BB and Trine A (2023) Extending the high-frequency bandwidth and predicting speech-in-noise recognition: Building on the work of Pat Stelmachowicz. Seminars in Hearing, 44(Suppl 1):S64-S74. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1764133. (pdf)

Monson BB, Ambrose SE, Gaede C, and Rollo D (2023) Language exposure for preterm infants is reduced relative to fetuses. The Journal of Pediatrics, doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.12.042 (pdf)

Monson BB and Buss E (2022) On the use of the TIMIT, QuickSIN, NU-6, and other widely used bandlimited speech materials for speech perception experiments. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152, 1639-1645. doi: 10.1121/10.0013993 (pdf)

Braza MD, Corbin NE, Buss E, and Monson BB (2022) Effect of masker head orientation, listener age, and extended high-frequency sensitivity on speech recognition in spatially separated speech. Ear and Hearing, 43(1), 90-100. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001081 (pdf)

Flaherty M, Kelsey L, and Monson BB (2021) Extended high-frequency hearing and head orientation cues benefit children during speech-in-speech recognition. Hearing Research, 406, 108230. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108230 (pdf)

Trine A, and Monson BB (2020) Extended high-frequencies provide both spectral and temporal information to improve speech-in-speech recognition. Trends in Hearing, 24, 2331216520980299. doi: 10.1177/2331216520980299 (pdf)

Hunter L, Monson, BB, Moore D, Dhar S, Wright B, Munro K, Zadeh L, Blankenship C, Stiepan S, and Siegel J (2020) Extended high frequency hearing and speech perception implications in adults and children. Hearing Research 397, 107922. doi:10.1016/jheares.2020.107922 (pdf)

Monson BB, Rock J, Cull M, and Vitaliy S (2020) Neonatal intensive care unit incubators reduce language and and noise levels more than womb. Journal of Perinatology, 40(4), 600-606. doi:10.1038/s41372-020-0592-6 (pdf)

Monson BB, Rock J, Schulz A, Hoffman E, and Buss E (2019) Ecological cocktail party listening reveals the utility of extended high-frequency hearing. Hearing Research, 381, 107773. doi: 10.1016/j.hears.2019.107773 (pdf)

Monson BB and Caravello J (2019) The maximum audible low-pass cutoff frequency for speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146(1), EL496. doi: 10.1121/1.5140032 (pdf)

Kocon P and Monson BB (2018) Horizontal directivity patterns differ between vowels extracted from running speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(1), EL7-EL13. doi: 10.1121/1.5044508 (pdf)

Matthews LGF, Inder TE, Pascoe L, Kapur K, Lee KJ, Monson BB, Doyle LW, Thompson DK, and Anderson PJ (2018) Longitudinal preterm cerebellar volume: perinatal and neurodevelopmental outcome associations. The Cerebellum, 17(5), 610-627. doi: 10.1007/s12311-018-0946-1 (pdf)

Monson BB, Eaton-Rosen Z, Kapur K, Lienbenthal E, Brownell A, Smyser CD, Rogers CE, Inder TE, Warfield SK, and Neil JJ (2018) Differential rates of perinatal maturation of human primary and nonprimary auditory cortex. eNeuro, 5(1), e0380-17.2017 1-12. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0380-17.2017 (pdf)

Monson BB, Anderson PJ, Matthews LGF, Neil JJ, Kapur K, Cheong, JLY, Doyle LW, Thompson DK, and Inder TE (2016) Examination of the pattern of growth of cerebral tissue volumes from hospital discharge to early childhood in very preterm infants. JAMA Pediatrics, 170(8), 772-779. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0781 (pdf)

Vitela AD, Monson BB, and Lotto AJ (2015) Phoneme categorization relying solely on high-frequency energy. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(1), EL65-EL70. doi: 10.1121/1.4903917 (pdf)

Monson BB, Hunter EJ, Lotto AJ, and Story BH (2014) The perceptual significance of high-frequency energy in the human voice. Frontiers in Psychology: Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, 5, 587. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00587 (pdf)

Purves D, Monson BB, Sundararajan J, and Wojtach W (2014) How biological vision succeeds in the physical world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(13), 4750-4755. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1311309111 (pdf)

Morgenstern, Y, Rukmini DV, Monson BB, and Purves D (2014) Properties of artificial neurons that report lightness based on accumulated experience with luminance. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 8, 134. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2014.00134 (pdf)

Monson BB, Lotto AJ, and Story BH (2014) Gender and vocal production mode discrimination using the high frequencies for speech and singing. Frontiers in Psychology: Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, 5, 1239. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01239 (pdf)

Monson BB, Lotto AJ, and Story BH (2014) Detection of high-frequency energy level changes in speech and singing. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135(1), 400-406. doi:10.1121/1.4829525 (pdf)

Monson BB, Han S, and Purves D (2013) Are auditory percepts determined by experience? PLOS One, 8(5), e63728. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063728 (pdf)

Monson BB, Lotto AJ, and Story BH (2012) Analysis of high-frequency energy in long-term average spectra (LTAS) of singing, speech, and voiceless fricatives. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132(3), 1754-1764. doi:10.1121/1.4742724 (pdf)

Monson BB, Hunter EJ, and Story BH (2012) Horizontal directivity of low- and high-frequency energy in speech and singing. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132(1), 433-441. doi: 10.1121/1.4725963 (pdf)

Monson BB, Lotto AJ, and Ternström S (2011) Detection of high-frequency energy changes in sustained vowels produced by singers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129(4), 2263-2268. doi: 10.1121/1.3557033 (pdf)

Monson BB, Sommerfeldt SD, and Gee KL (2007) Improving compactness for active noise control of a small axial cooling fan. Noise Control Engineering Journal, 55(4), 397-407. (pdf)

Perspectives & Proceedings

Monson BB (2023) The ecological utility of extended high frequencies for speech recognition. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum. (pdf)

Flaherty M and Monson BB (2023) Extended high frequency effects on children’s open-set sentence recognition in a two-talker masker. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum. (pdf)

Monson BB and Ananthanarayana RM (2023) Individual variability and similarity in horizontal directivity patterns for speech. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum. (pdf)

Blandin R, Monson BB, and Brandner M (2020) Influence of speech sound spectrum on the computation of octave band directivity patterns. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum. (pdf)

Monson BB, Buss E (2019) Does extended high-frequency hearing matter in real-world listening? Hearing Journal, 72(12), 30-32 (pdf)

Hunter EJ, Monson BB, and Montequin D (2010) Relations between the voice and the ear with clinical implications. SIG 3 Perspectives on Voice and Voice Disorders, 20(3), 96-104. (pdf)

Monson BB and Sommerfeldt SD (2004) Global active control of tonal noise from small axial cooling fans. INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, 9, 327-337. (pdf)

Abstracts & Presentations

Trine A, Delaram V, Ananthanarayana RM, Miller MK, Stecker GC, Buss E, and Monson BB (2024). Extended-high-frequency cues for speech perception: talker head orientation and gender. American Auditory Society Meeting, February 15-17, Scottsdale, AZ. (pdf)

Miller MK, Williams B, Momtaz S, Trine A, Buss E, Monson BB, and Stecker GC (2024). Extended-high-frequency cues for spatial speech perception: head orientation and reverberation. American Auditory Society Meeting, February 15-17, Scottsdale, AZ.

Delaram V, Miller MK, Ananthanarayana RM, Trine A, Buss E, Stecker GC, and Monson BB (2024). Gender and speech material effects on the full-band speech LTASS. American Auditory Society Meeting, February 15-17, Scottsdale, AZ. (pdf)

Khudr J, Ananthanarayana RM, Gaede C, Rollo D, and Monson BB (2024). Sound level exposures for preterm infants in the NICU. American Auditory Society Meeting, February 15-17, Scottsdale, AZ. (pdf)

Ananthanarayana RM, Delaram V, Trine A, Miller M, Stecker GC, Buss E, and Monson BB (2023). The interaction between talker head orientation, spatial separation, and extended high frequencies for speech-in-speech recognition. Acoustical Society of America 185th Meeting, December 4-8, Sydney, Australia. (pdf)

Vicencio LA, Ananthanarayana RM, Khudr J, and Monson BB (2023). Daily sound level exposure for preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Acoustical Society of America 184th Meeting, May 8-12, Chicago, IL. (pdf)

Khudr J, Ananthanarayana RM, and Monson BB (2023). Hourly sound level exposures for preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Acoustical Society of America 184th Meeting, May 8-12, Chicago, IL. (pdf)

Monson BB and Buss E (2023). Spectral degradations in the TIMIT, QuickSIN, NU-6, and other popular bandlimited speech materials. Acoustical Society of America 184th Meeting, May 8-12, Chicago, IL. (pdf)

Delaram V, Miller M, Ananthanarayana RM, Stecker GC, Buss E, and Monson BB (2023). Gender, but not speech material, affects extended high-frequency levels in the speech spectrum. Acoustical Society of America 184th Meeting, May 8-12, Chicago, IL. (pdf)

Trine A, Miller M, Buss E, Stecker GC, and Monson BB (2023). Speech directivity patterns generated from a high-fidelity speech corpus. Acoustical Society of America 184th Meeting, May 8-12, Chicago, IL. (pdf)

Ananthanarayana RM, Buss E, and Monson BB (2023). Band importance for speech-in-speech recognition in the presence of extended high-frequency cues. Acoustical Society of America 184th Meeting, May 8-12, Chicago, IL. (pdf)

Monson BB, Motlagh Zadeh L, Magallan S, and Mishra S (2023). Extended high frequency hearing loss: From speech test materials to clinical manifestations. AAA 2023+HearTECH Expo, April, Seattle, WA.

Gratzek CG, Kane S, Stecker GC, Buss E, and Monson BB. (2023) Effects of Stimulus Type on Thresholds at Extended High Frequencies. American Auditory Society Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.

Miller MK, Ananthanarayana RM, Delaram V, Buss E, Monson BB, and Stecker GC (2023). The Development of a High-Fidelity, Multi-Directional Speech Corpus. American Auditory Society Meeting, March, Scottsdale, AZ. (pdf)

Delaram V, Ananthanarayana RM, Trine A, Stecker GC, Buss E, Monson BB (2023) Differential benefits of unmasking extended high-frequency content of target vs. masker speech. Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Feb 11-15, Orlando, FL. (pdf)

Ananthanarayana RM and Monson BB (2022) Spectral changes to sound exposure when preterm infants transition from the incubator to an open crib. Acoustical Society of America 183rd Meeting, Dec 5-9, Nashville, TN. (pdf)

Ananthanarayana RM, Trine A, Monson BB (2022) Extended high-frequency pure-tone thresholds predict speech-in-speech recognition even when extended high-frequency speech cues are absent. Acoustical Society of America 182nd Meeting, May 22-26, Denver, CO.

Khudr J, Marsh J, Rollo D, Monson BB (2022) Predictors of auditory exposures in the neonatal intensive care unit. American Auditory Society, Feb 24-26, Scottsdale, AZ. (pdf)

Monson BB and Buss E (2021) Extended high-frequency pure-tone thresholds predict realistic speech-in-speech recognition. American Auditory Society Meeting, Mar 4-6, Scottsdale, AZ.

Monson BB, Braza M, and Buss E (2021) Effect of masker head orientation, listener age, and extended high-frequency sensitivity on speech perception in spatially separated speech. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, Feb 20-24. 

Monson BB (2020) Benefits of extended high-frequency hearing for speech perception. Acoustical Society of America 179th Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere, Dec 7-11. (invited)

Flaherty MM, Libert K, and Monson BB (2020) The role of extended high frequencies in children’s speech-in-speech recognition. Acoustical Society of America 179th Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere, Dec 7-11.

Ishikawa K and Monson BB (2020) Contributing spectral regions to subjective intelligibility of dysphonic speech in noise. Acoustical Society of America 179th Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere, Dec 7-11.

Blandin R, Monson BB, and Brandner M (2020) Influence of speech sound spectrum on the computation of octave band directivity patterns. Forum Acusticum, Dec 7-11.

Monson BB and Reidy BD (2020) Average daily speech exposure for fetuses and preterm infants. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, Jan 25-29, San Jose, CA. (pdf)

Trine A and Monson BB (2020) Extended high frequencies provide both spectral and temporal information improve speech-in-speech listening. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, Jan 25-29, San Jose, CA. (pdf)

Monson BB (2019) Assessing perinatal maturation of human primary and nonprimary auditory cortex. 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, Aachen, Germany (invited)

Smith HM and Monson BB (2019) Typical speech exposure during fetal auditory neurodevelopment. Knowles Hearing Center Symposium, Northwestern University, July 25-26, Evanston, IL. (pdf)

Trine A and Monson BB (2019) Access to phonetic information at extended high frequencies improves speech-in-speech performance. Knowles Hearing Center Symposium, Northwestern University, July 25-26, Evanston, IL. (pdf )

Monson BB and Buss E (2019) Ecological cocktail party listening reveals the utility of extended high-frequency hearing. Midwest Auditory Research Conference, July 11-13, Springfield, IL.

Monson BB, Cull M (2019) Average daily speech exposure for fetuses. Acoustical Society of America 177th Meeting, May 13-17, Louisville, KY (pdf)

Schulz A, Hoffman E, Monson BB (2019) The effect of musical training on ecological party listening. Acoustical Society of America 177th Meeting, May 13-17, Louisville, KY (pdf)

Frazier D, Monson BB (2019) Talker head orientation discrimination using only auditory cues. Acoustical Society of America 177th Meeting, May 13-17, Louisville, KY (pdf)

Corbin N, Monson BB, and Buss E (2019) Effect of talker orientation on speech perception in spatially separated speech. 46th Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Feb 28-Mar 2, Scottsdale, AZ

Monson BB (2019) The benefits of extended high-frequency hearing. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, Baltimore, MD (invited)

Monson BB (2018) Extended high-frequency hearing enables better talker and singer head orientation detection. Acoustical Society of America 176th Meeting, Nov 5-9, Victoria, Canada

Monson BB (2018) Yanny or Laurel? Acoustic and non-acoustic cues that influence speech perception. Acoustical Society of America 176th Meeting, Victoria, Canada (invited)

Monson BB (2018) Phoneme categorization relying solely on frequencies beyond 6 kHz. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, February 9-14, Baltimore, MD (pdf)

Monson BB, Warfield SK, Liebenthal E, Inder TE, and Neil JJ (2017) Microstructural development of human primary and nonprimary auditory cortex during the perinatal period. International Conference on the Auditory Cortex, Sept 10-15, Banff, Alberta, CA (pdf).

Monson BB (2017) The acoustic environment of infants born prematurely. Acoustical Society of America 173rdMeeting, June 25-29, Boston, MA

Monson BB, Warfield SK, Liebenthal E, Inder TE, and Neil JJ (2017) Microstructural development of human primary and nonprimary auditory cortex during the perinatal period. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, February 11-15, Baltimore, MD

Monson BB, Warfield SK, Liebenthal E, Inder TE, and Neil JJ (2016) Macro- and microstructural development of human auditory cortex during the perinatal period. LDS Life Science Symposium, July 20-22, Lehi, UT

Monson BB, Warfield SK, Liebenthal E, Inder TE, and Neil JJ (2016) Macro- and microstructural development of human auditory cortex during the perinatal period. Auditory System Gordon Research Conference, July 10-15, Lewiston, ME

Monson BB, Eaton-Rosen Z, Warfield SK, Liebenthal E, Inder TE, and Neil JJ (2016) Maturation of auditory cortical microstructure is disrupted in preterm infants. Association for Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Meeting, February 20-24, San Diego, CA

Monson BB, Inder TE, and Neil JJ (2015) Maturation of auditory cortical microstructure in preterm infants. Auditory Development: From Cochlea to Cognition Meeting, August 14-15, Seattle, WA

Monson BB, Anderson PJ, Doyle LW, and Inder TE (2015) Cortical gray matter growth in very preterm children between term and 7 years is unable to correct their volumetric deficit. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, April 25-28, San Diego, CA

Monson BB (2014) An experience-based approach to auditory perception. Acoustical Society of America 167th Meeting, May 5-9, Providence, RI (invited)

Monson BB (2014) Are you hearing voices in the high frequencies of human speech and singing? Acoustical Society of America 168th Meeting, Oct 27-31, Indianapolis, IN (invited)

Monson BB, Lotto AJ, and Story BH (2014) Speech spectral intensity discrimination at frequencies above 6 kHz. Acoustical Society of America 168th Meeting, Oct 27-31, Indianapolis, IN

Vitela AD, Monson BB, and Lotto AJ (2013) Lexical segmentation of speech from energy above 5 kHz. Acoustical Society of America 166th Meeting, Dec 2-6, San Francisco, CA

Monson BB, Morgenstern Y, and Purves D (2013) Response properties of sensory neurons artificially evolved to maximize information. COSYNE, Feb 28-Mar 3, Salt Lake City, UT

Monson BB, Story BH, and Lotto AJ (2012) Analysis of high-frequency energy in singing and speech. Acoustical Society of America 163rd Meeting, May 13-18, Hong Kong

Vitela AD, Monson BB, and Lotto AJ (2012) Perception of phonetic information from energy above 5 kHz. American Auditory Society, March 9, Scottsdale, AZ

Lotto AJ, Monson BB, and Vitela AD (2012) Exploring the acoustic forbidden zone: The mythical entities above 5.6 kHz. Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Jan. 4-6, Tucson, AZ

Monson BB, Vitela AD, Story BH, and Lotto AJ (2011) Perceptually relevant information in energy above 5 kHz for speech and singing. Acoustical Society of America 162nd Meeting, Oct. 31-Nov. 4, San Diego, CA

Monson BB, Lotto AJ, and Story BH (2011) Perception of high-frequency energy in singing and speech. Acoustical Society of America 161st Meeting, May 23-27, Seattle, WA

Monson BB, Story BH, and Lotto AJ (2010) Perception of High-Frequency Energy in Singing. The 5thInternational Physiology and Acoustics of Singing Conference (PAS5), Aug 10-13, Stockholm, Sweden

Monson BB (2010). A Studio with a View: Employing Visualization Software in Your Daily Teaching. NATS 51stNational Conference, July 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT (invited)

Monson BB, Ternström S, and Lotto AJ (2009) Audibility of High Frequency in Voice. Voice Foundation’s 38thAnnual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, June 3-7, Philadelphia, PA

Monson BB, Ternström S, and Lotto AJ (2009) Audibility of High Frequency Energy in Speech and Voice. Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Jan. 9-10, Tucson, AZ

Monson BB (2007) The 1:6 Ratio in Vocal Pedagogy. Acoustical Society of America 153rd Meeting, June 4-8, Salt Lake City, UT (invited)

Monson BB and Thomson SL (2006) Modeling the Influence of Vocal Nodules on Vocal Fold Vibration. Voice Foundation’s 35th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, June 1-4, Philadelphia, PA

Monson BB, Hopkin JA, and Ence K (2006) The 1-to-6 ratio: Is it real? The 3rd International Physiology and Acoustics of Singing Conference (PAS3), May 10-13, York, England

Monson BB and Sommerfeldt SD (2004) Optimal Configurations for Active Control of Axial Fans. Acoustical Society of America 148th Meeting, Nov. 15-19, San Diego, CA

Monson BB and Sommerfeldt SD (2004) Global Active Control of Tonal Noise from Small Axial Cooling Fans. ACTIVE 04, September 20-22, Williamsburg, VA

Monson BB, Sommerfeldt SD, and Duke C (2004) Active Noise Control of Small Axial Cooling Fans. Acoustical Society of America 147th Meeting, May 24-28, New York, NY

Invited Lay-Language Papers

Monson BB (2018) Yanny or Laurel? Acoustic and non-acoustic cues that influence speech perception. Acoustical Society of America 176th Meeting, Victoria, Canada. (link)

Monson BB (2014) Hearing voices in the high frequencies: What your cell phone isn’t telling you. Acoustical Society of America 168th Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. (link

Monson BB, Story BH, and Lotto AJ  (2012) Scoping the treble sounds in singing and speech: What your phone is not telling you. ACOUSTICS 2012 HONG KONG/Acoustical Society of America 163rd Meeting, Hong Kong (link)

Monson BB, Vitela AD, Lotto AJ, and Story BH (2011) Perception of high-frequency sounds in singing and speech: Studying singing to learn about speech. Acoustical Society of America 162nd Meeting, San Diego, CA (link)

Sommerfeldt SD, Monson BB, and Duke C (2004) Quieting computer fans: Fighting sound with sound. Acoustical Society of America 147th Meeting, New York, NY (link)