Kanae Nishi

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Boys Town National Research Hospital
Audiology
Staff ScientistAppointed: 2009
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Research
IRB MemberAppointed: 2008

Mailing Address

Boys Town National Research Hospital
555 N. 30th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68131
United States

Contact Information

Fax: (402) 498-6351
nishik@boystown.org

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of South Florida, Psychology, 2002.
M.A., Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (Kobe, Japan), English Linguistics, 1995.

Expertise and Research Interests

Speech acoustics
Speech perception and production
Auditory training

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Acoustics, Applied Linguistics, Behavioral or Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Hearing, Human Learning and Memory, Language Acquisition and Development, Phonology, Psycholinguistics, Speech and Language Disorders, Speech Pathology.

Additional Terms:

Language Learning, Speech Communication.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Japanese: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

Acoustical Society of America
American Auditory Society
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Honors and Awards

2008-2011, NIDCD R03 Auditory Training for Persons with Difficulty Understanding Speech in Noise, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Boys Town National Research Hospital
2007-2008, NICHD SBIR Phase I Learn to Listen: Second Langauage Speech Perception Training System for English, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Communication Disorders Technology, Inc., Role: Consultant
2003-2006, NIDCD F32 Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Indiana University Bloomington, Training Nonnative Speakers to Indentify American English Vowels
2001, Student Disability Services Recognition Award, University of South Florida, University of South Florida

Previous Positions

2006-2009, Senior Research Associate, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Audiology
2003, Adjunct Lecturer (Graduate Level Research Methods), Lehman College, The City University of New York, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
2003-2006, Post-doctoral fellow, Indiana University Bloomington, Speech and Hearing Sciences
2001-2003, Research Associate, Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York, Speech and Hearing Sciences

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIDCD R03 NIDCD R03 Auditory Training for Persons with Difficulty Understanding Speech in Noise, $300,000, 2008 to 2011.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIDCD F32 Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award, $137,832, 2003 to 2006.

Publications

  • Nishi, K., Kewley-Port, D. (2008) Nonnative speech perception training using vowel subsets: Effects of vowels in sets and order of training, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51 (6), 1480-1493.
  • Stelmachowicz, P.G., Nishi, K., Choi, S., Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B.M., Dierking, D., Lotto, A. (2008) Effects of Stimulus Bandwidth on the Imitation of English Fricatives by Normal-Hearing Children, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51 (5), 1369-1380
  • Hisagi, M., Nishi, K., Strange, W. (2008) Acoustic properties of Japanese and English vowels: effects of speaking style and consonantal context In M. Endo-Hudson, S.-A. Jun, P. Sells (eds), Japanese and Korean Linguistics, Vol. 13, Stanford, CSLI Publications
  • Nishi, K., Strange, W., Akahane-Yamada, R., Kubo, R., Trent-Brown, S. (2008) Acoustic and perceptual similarity of Japanese and American English vowels, Journal of the Acoustica Society of America, 124 (1), 576-588
  • Nishi, K., Kewley-Port, D. (2007) Training Japanese listeners to perceive American English vowels: Influence of training sets, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50 (6), 1496-1509
  • Strange, W., Weber, A., Levy, E., Shafiro, V., Hisagi, M., Nishi, K. (2007) Acoustic variability within and across German, French, and American English vowels: Phonetic context effect, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122 (2), 1111-1129
  • Nishi, K., Kewley-Port, D. (2007) Second language vowel perception training: Effects of set size, training order and native language, International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Germany 2007, Saabrucken, Germany, Universitat des Saarlandes, 1621-1624 pages
  • Strange, W., Bohn, O.-S., Nishi, K., Trent, S.A. (2005) Contextual variation in the acoustic and perceptual similarity of North German and American English vowels, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 18 (3), 1751-1762
  • Strange, W., Bohn, O.-S., Trent, S.A., Nishi, K. (2004) Acoustic and perceptual similarity of North German and American English vowels, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 115 (4), 1791-1807
  • Rogers, C.L., Dalby, J., Nishi, K. (2004) Effects of noise and intelligibility of Chinese-accented English, Language and Speech, 47 (2), 139-154
  • Strange, W., Akahane-Yamada, R., Kubo, R., Trent, S.A., Nishi, K. (2001) Effects of consonantal context on the perceptual assimilation of American English vowels by Japanese listeners, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109, 1691-1704
  • Strange, W., Akahane-Yamada, R., Kubo, R., Trent, S.A., Nishi, K., Jenkins, J.J. (1998) Perceptual assimilation of American English vowels by Japanese listeners, Journal of Phonetics, 26, 311-344

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