Brad Story
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Associate Department Head of Speech, Language and Hearing
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Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Professor, Cognitive Science Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
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Professor, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Degrees
- Ph.D. Speech Science
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- B.S. Applied Physics
- University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2020 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2013 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2006 - 2013)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2000 - 2006)
- WJ Gould Voice Research Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts (1996 - 2000)
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (1994 - 1996)
- Donaldson Co., Inc. (1987 - 1991)
Interests
Research
Speech acoustics, computational modeling of speech production, speech signal processing, development of speech synthesis systems
Courses
Acoustics/Spch+Hear Sci
SLHS 267 (Fall 2018)
SLHS 565 (Fall 2023)
SLHS 565 (Fall 2022)
SLHS 565 (Fall 2021)
SLHS 565 (Fall 2020)
SLHS 565 (Fall 2019)
SLHS 565 (Fall 2016)
Speech Science
SLHS 367 (Spring 2017)
Hearing Science
SLHS 380 (Summer I 2019)
SLHS 380 (Summer I 2018)
SLHS 380 (Summer I 2017)
Independent Study
SLHS 399 (Fall 2017)
SLHS 599 (Fall 2016)
SLHS 699 (Spring 2022)
SLHS 799 (Fall 2018)
Honors Independent Study
SLHS 399H (Fall 2020)
SLHS 399H (Spring 2020)
Preceptorship
SLHS 491 (Spring 2017)
Preclinical Speech Science
SLHS 566 (Fall 2023)
SLHS 566 (Fall 2022)
SLHS 566 (Fall 2021)
SLHS 566 (Fall 2020)
SLHS 566 (Fall 2019)
SLHS 566 (Fall 2018)
SLHS 566 (Fall 2017)
SLHS 566 (Fall 2016)
Directed Research
SLHS 692 (Spring 2021)
Dissertation
SLHS 920 (Spring 2017)
SLHS 920 (Fall 2016)
SLHS 920 (Spring 2016)
Selected Publications
Chapters
- Story, B. H. (2019). History of speech synthesis. In The Routledge Handbook of Phonetics(pp 9-32). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429056253-2
- Story, B. H. (2016). The vocal tract in singing. In The Handbook of Singing. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199660773.013.012
- Story, B. H. (2015). Mechanisms of Voice Production. In The Handbook of Speech Production(pp 34-58). West Sussex, UK: John Wiley and Sons.
- Story, B. H. (2014). The Vocal Tract in Singing. In The Oxford Handbook of Singing. doi:10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780199660773.013.012
- Story, B. H., & Bunton, K. (2013). Simulation and identification of vowels based on a time-varying model of the vocal tract area function. In Vowel Inherent Spectral Change(pp 155--174). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Journals/Publications
- Herbst, C. T., & Story, B. H. (2022). Computer simulation of vocal tract resonance tuning strategies with respect to fundamental frequency and voice source spectral slope in singing. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152(6), 3548.
- Story, B. H., Story, B. H., Mailend, M. L., Mailend, M. L., Beeson, P. M., Beeson, P. M., Story, B. H., Story, B. H., Mailend, M. L., Mailend, M. L., Maas, E., Maas, E., Forster, K. I., Forster, K. I., Beeson, P. M., & Beeson, P. M. (2021). Examining speech motor planning difficulties in apraxia of speech and aphasia via the sequential production of phonetically similar words.. Cognitive neuropsychology, 38(1), 72-87. doi:10.1080/02643294.2020.1847059
- Story, B. H., Kadiri, S. R., Gowda, D., & Alku, P. (2020). Time-Varying Quasi-Closed-Phase Analysis for Accurate Formant Tracking in Speech Signals. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, 28, 1901-1914. doi:10.1109/taslp.2020.3000037
- Wagner, M., Vorperian, H. K., Story, B. H., Milenkovic, P. H., & Kent, R. D. (2020). Effects of sampling rate and type of anti-aliasing filter on linear-predictive estimates of formant frequencies in men, women, and children.. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147(3), EL221. doi:10.1121/10.0000824
- Marja-Liisa, M., Edwin, M., Story, B. H., Kenneth, F., & Pelagie, B. (2019). Speech motor planning in the context of phonetically similar words: Evidence from apraxia of speech and aphasia. Neuropsychologia.
- N, N., Manu, A., Story, B. H., & Paavo, A. (2019). Estimation of the glottal source from coded telephone speech using deep neural networks. Speech Communication, 106, 95-104. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2018.12.002
- Paavo, A., Tiina, M., Jarmo, M., Juha, K., Story, B. H., Manu, A., Mika, S., Erkki, V., & Ahmed, G. (2019). OPENGLOT - An open environment for the evaluation of glottal inverse filtering. Speech Communication, 107, 38-47. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2019.01.005
- Story, B. H., & Bunton, K. (2019). A model of speech production based on the acoustic relativity of the vocal tract. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146(4), 2522.
- Willi, M. M., Warner, N. L., & Story, B. H. (2019). Prediction of listener perception of place-of-articulation in reduced speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145(3), 1912-1912. doi:10.1121/1.5101942
- Williams, J., Story, B. H., Steeves, J. K., Narayan, C. R., Mhatre, N., Bernstein, J. G., & Bergevin, C. (2019). Author response: Overtone focusing in biphonic tuvan throat singing. eLife. doi:10.7554/elife.50476.sa2
- Parham, M., Story, B. H., Paavo, A., & Hiroshi, A. (2018). Estimation of the glottal flow from speech pressure signals: Evaluation of three variants of iterative adaptive inverse filtering using computational physical modelling of voice production.. Speech Communication, 104, 24-38. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2018.09.005
- Story, B. H. (2018). Acoustic communication by vocal tract modulation. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143(3), 1787-1787. doi:10.1121/1.5035848
- Samlan, R. A., & Story, B. H. (2017). Influence of left-right vocal fold asymmetries on voice quality in simulated paramedian vocal fold paralysis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
- Story, B. H. (2017). Stories of speech science. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142(4), 2616-2616. doi:10.1121/1.5014580
- Story, B. H., & Bunton, K. E. (2017). An acoustically-driven vocal tract model for stop consonant production. Speech Communication, 87, 1-17.
Proceedings Publications
- Story, B. H., & Bunton, K. E. (2015, July). A spectral filtering method for tracking formants in children’s speech. In Acoustical Society of America, 23.
- Vos, R., Angus, J. A., & Story, B. H. (2014, -). A New Algorithm for Vocal Tract Shape Extraction from Singer's Waveforms. In Audio Engineering Society Convention 136.
- Airaksinen, M., Story, B. H., & Alku, P. (2013). Quasi closed phase analysis for glottal inverse filtering.. In INTERSPEECH, 143--147.
- Alku, P., Pohjalainen, J., Vainio, M., Laukkanen, A., & Story, B. H. (2012). Improved formant frequency estimation from high-pitched vowels by downgrading the contribution of the glottal source with weighted linear prediction.. In INTERSPEECH.
- Sapir, S., Spielman, J., Ramig, L., Story, B., & Fox, C. (2006). Impact of intensive vocal loudness treatment (LSVT) on vowel articulation in Parkinsonian speech: Acoustic and perceptual findings. In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, 13, 37--37.
- Alku, P., Airas, M., & Story, B. H. (2004). Evaluation of an inverse filtering technique using physical modeling of voice production.. In INTERSPEECH.
- Mathur, S., & Story, B. H. (2003). Vocal tract modeling: implementation of continuous length variations in a half-sample delay Kelly-Lochbaum model. In Signal Processing and Information Technology, 2003. ISSPIT 2003. Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Symposium on, 753--756.
- Story, B. H. (2003). Physical modeling of voice and voice quality. In ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Voice Quality: Functions, Analysis and Synthesis.
- Patterson, D. K., Pepperberg, I. M., Story, B. H., & Hoffman, E. A. (1997). How parrots talk: Insights based on CT scans, image processing, and mathematical models. In Medical Imaging 1997, 14--24.
- Story, B. H., Hoffman, E. A., & Titze, I. R. (1997). Volumetric image-based comparison of male and female vocal tract shapes. In Medical Imaging 1997, 25--37.
- Story, B. H., Hoffman, E. A., & Titze, I. R. (1996). Vocal tract imaging: A comparison of MRI and EBCT. In Medical Imaging 1996, 209--222.
- Story, B. H., Titze, I. R., & Wong, D. (1996). A simplified model for simulation and transformation of speech. In Intelligence and Systems, 1996., IEEE International Joint Symposia on, 320--327.
- Titze, I. R., Wong, D., Lange, R., & Story, B. (1996). Comparison of three techniques for voice transformation. In Speech production seminar, 215--220.
- Tom, K., Titze, I. R., Hoffman, E. A., & Story, B. H. (1996). Volumetric EBCT imaging of the vocal tract applied to male falsetto singing. In Medical Imaging 1996, 132--142.
- Story, B. H., Hoffman, E. A., & Titze, I. R. (1995). Speech simulation based on MR images of the vocal tract. In Medical Imaging 1995, 179--190.
Poster Presentations
- Bunton, K. E., & Story, B. H. (2020, December). Articulation and identification of voiced stop consonants produced by acoustically-driven vocal tract modulations.. Paper presented at the 179th Acoustical Society Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere (virtual conference)..
- Bunton, K. E., & Story, B. H. (2020, February). The relation of nasal coupling area to the perception of stop versus nasal consonants. 20th Biennial Converence on Motor Speech Disorders: Motor Speech Disorders and Speech Motor Control. Santa Barbara, CA: Madonna Hospitals.
- Chris, B., Chandan, N., Joy, W., Natasha, M., Jennifer, S., & Story, B. H. (2019, February 2019). Overtone Focusing in Tuvan Throat Singing. ARO Midwinter Meeting. Baltimore, MD: Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
- Story, B. H., Bunton, K. E., & Diamond, R. (2018, May). Changes in vowel space characteristics during speech development based on longitudinal measures of formant frequencies. Presented at the 175th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Minneapolis, MN.
- Bunton, K. E., & Story, B. H. (2016, November). Identification of stop consonants produced by an acoustically driven model of child-like vocal tract. 5th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan. Honolulu, HI: Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan.
- Bunton, K. E., & Story, B. H. (2016, October). Speech performance density as an indicator of clear speech. Fall Voice Conference. Scottsdale, AZ.
- Neely, K., Bunton, K. E., & Story, B. H. (2016, March). Comparison of lip rounding by children and adults. International Conference on Motor Speech. Newport Beach, CA.
- Story, B. H., & Lester, R. (2016, March). Predicting Listener Perception of Simulated Laryngeal Vocal Tremor Using A Novel Measure of Pitch Modulation Strength. International Conference on Motor Speech. Newport Beach, CA.
- Story, B. H., Bunton, K. E., & Vorperian, H. (2016, March). Effects of vocal tract growth on gender and vowel identification based on simulated children’s vowels. International Conference on Motor Speech. Newport Beach, CA.
- Story, B. H., & Bunton, K. E. (2015, May). A spectral filtering method for tracking formants in children's speech.. 169th Acoustical Society Meeting, 2pSC25, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
- Willi, M. M., & Story, B. H. (2015, January). Place and manner perception of incomplete stops. 9th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Tucson, AZ.
- Willi, M. M., & Story, B. H. (2015, May). Acoustic modeling of the perception of place information in incomplete stops. Acoustical Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA.
- Lester, R. A., Story, B. H., & Lotto, A. J. (2014, October). Acoustical bases for the perception of simulated laryngeal vocal tremor. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
- Lester, R., & Story, B. H. (2016, May). Acoustical bases for the perception of vibrato as a model of vocal tremor. 44th Annual Symposium of the Voice Foundation. Philadelphia, PA.
- Lotto, A. J., Lester, R., & Story, B. H. (2014, October). Acoustical bases for the perception of simulated laryngeal vocal tremor. Acoustical Society of America.
Presentations
- Story, B. H. (2019, April 2019). Mechanisms of speech production. 11th Annual Interdisciplinary Integration Symposium. Lincoln, NE: Postural Restoration Institute.
- Dan, K., Mugmon, M. S., & Story, B. H. (2018, March 2018). Soundscape: The UA's remarkable chimes and echoes. Society for Ethnomusicology, Rocky Mountain Scholars Conference. Tucson, AZ: Society for Ethnomusicology.
- Story, B. H. (2018, July 2018). Speech performance density as a measure of long-term speaking characteristics. 11th International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics. East Lansing, MI: International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics.
- Story, B. H. (2018, May 2018). Acoustic communication by vocal tract modulation. 175th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Minneapolis, MN: Acoustical Society of America.
- Vorperian, H. E., Bunton, K. E., & Story, B. H. (2018, February). Intelligibility of monosyllabic words produced by an acoustically-driven model of the vocal tract. 19th Biennial Conference on Motor Speech Disorders. Savannah, GA.
- Story, B. H. (2017, April). Resonance: A seminar on music and health. Fred Fox School of Music and the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. University of Arizona.
- Story, B. H. (2017, December). Stories of speech science. Acoustical Society of America. New Orleans: Acoustical Society of America.
- Story, B. H. (2017, July). Acoustic communication by airway modulation. 4th International Symposium on Acoustic Communication by Animals. Omaha, NE.
- Story, B. H. (2017, March). Acoustically-guided planning of vocal tract movement for production of connected speech. Linguistics and Communication Science and Disorders ColloquiumUniversity of Alberta.
- Story, B. H., & Bunton, K. E. (2017, December). The relation of auditory perceptual ratings of nasality to nasal port area in connected speech. 174th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. New Orleans, LA: Acoustical Society of America.
- Taylor, G. L., Bunton, K. E., & Story, B. H. (2017, April). Clear Speech modifications in children aged 6-10 years.. Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention. Tucson, AZ.
- Story, B. H., & Bunton, K. E. (2016, March). Simulations of child-like speech as test material for speech analysis algorithms. International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics. Chile.
- Story, B. H. (2015, January). The elusive shape of a child’s vocal tract. 9th Meeting of the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society. Tucson, AZ.
- Story, B. H. (2015, May). Ken Stevens’ influence on the development of paradigms for speech synthesis. Acoustical Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA.
- Monson, B. B., Lotto, A. J., & Story, B. H. (2014, October). Speech spectral intensity discrimination at frequencies above 6 kHz. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
Awards
- Galileo Circle Fellows Grant
- College of Science Galileo Circle, Fall 2019
- Distinguished Alum Award
- The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Fall 2018
- Rossing Prize in Acoustics Education
- Acoustical Society of America, Fall 2016