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Phonetics, Speech science, Speech rhythm, Forensic phonetics, Speech signal processing and analysis
Switzerland, United Kingdom, China

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Employment (3)

Fudan University: Shanghai, CN

2024-09-01 to present | Full-time research scientist (Institute of Modern Languages and Linguistics)
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Lei He

University of Zurich: Zurich, CH

2016-09-01 to 2024-08-31 | Postdoc then group leader (PI) (Computational Linguistics)
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Lei He

University of Zurich: Zurich, CH

2014-02-01 to 2016-01-31 | Research assistant (Comparative Linguistics)
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Lei He

Education and qualifications (4)

University of Zurich: Zurich, CH

2012-09-01 to 2016-03-22 | PhD General Linguistics (Doctoral Program of Linguistics)
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Lei He

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2009-09-10 to 2010-11-31 | MSc Developmental Linguistics (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences)
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Lei He

Renmin University of China: Beijing, CN

2007-09-01 to 2009-07-01 | MA Linguistics & Applied Linguistics (School of Foreign Languages)
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Lei He

Inner Mongolia University: Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, CN

2003-09-01 to 2007-07-01 | BA English Language and Literature (School of Foreign Languages)
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Lei He

Works (35)

Effects of Speech Characteristics on Electroglottographic and Instrumental Acoustic Voice Analysis Metrics in Women With Structural Dysphonia Before and After Treatment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
2024-06-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Naomi Anna Iob; Lei He; Sten Ternström; Huanchen Cai; Meike Brockmann-Bauser
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Shouting affects temporal properties of the speech amplitude envelope

JASA Express Letters
2024-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kostis Dimos; Lei He; Volker Dellwo
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Beyond the average: embracing speaker individuality in the dynamic modeling of the acoustic-articulatory relationship

Loquens
2023-12-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Carolina Lins Machado; Lei He
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An illustration of assembling a push-button device to control the Carstens AG501 electromagnetic articulograph

2023-05-14 | Preprint
Contributors: Lei He
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Characterizing first and second language rhythm in English using spectral coherence between temporal envelope and mouth opening-closing movements

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Lei He
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Characterizing first and second language rhythm in English using spectral coherence between temporal envelope and mouth opening-closing movements

2021-10-25 | Preprint
Contributors: Lei He
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Characterizing speech rhythm using spectral coherence between jaw displacement and speech temporal envelope

Loquens
2020-12-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Lei He; Yu Zhang
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The dynamics of indexical information in speech: Can recognizability be controlled by the speaker?

AUC PHILOLOGICA
2019-10-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Volker Dellwo; Elisa Pellegrino; Lei He; Thayabaran Kathiresan
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Characterizing speech rhythm using spectral coherence between jaw displacement and speech temporal envelope

2019-08-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Lei He
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Between-speaker variability in temporal organizations of intensity contours

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2017-05-18 | Journal article
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Lei He

Speech rhythm and aging

Workshop on Speech Perception and Production across the Lifespan (SPPL 2017)
2017-04 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Amplitude envelope kinematics of speech signal: parameter extraction and applications

Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2017
2017-03 | Book chapter
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Lei He

Computation of L2 speech rhythm based on duration and fundamental frequency

Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2017
2017-03 | Book chapter
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Lei He

Speaker-specific variability in intensity dynamics

The 5th International Winter School on Speech Perception and Production: Learning and Memory
2017-01 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

The role of syllable intensity in between- speaker rhythmic variability

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
2016-12 | Journal article
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Lei He

A Praat-based algorithm to extract the amplitude envelope and temporal fine structure using the Hilbert transform

Interspeech 2016
2016-09 | Conference paper
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Lei He

A hybrid measure of speech rhythm: possible implications for LADO

The 25th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA)
2016-07 | Conference abstract
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Between-speaker intensity variability in non-shouted and shouted voice: work in progress

The 25th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA)
2016-07 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Measuring speaker-specific characteristics in shouting with controlled loudness

The 25th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA)
2016-07 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Segmental features for automatic speaker recognition in a flexible software framework

The 25th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA)
2016-07 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Measuring speech rhythm using both duration and F0: A study on Italian learners of Mandarin

Methods in L2 Prosody (ML2P 2015): Romance languages and Chinese at the crossroads
2015-11 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Stable and unstable intervals as a basic segmentation procedure of the speech signal

Interspeech 2015
2015-09 | Conference paper
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Lei He

Comparisons of speaker recognition strengths using suprasegmental duration and intensity variability: an artificial neural networks approach

Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
2015-08 | Conference paper
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Lei He

A method for the elicitation of shouted speech with controlled loudness

The 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA)
2015-07 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Inter-speaker variability in intensity dynamics

The 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA)
2015-07 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Listeners can identify speakers based on idiosyncratic rhythm

Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop (RPPW 2015)
2015-07 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Automatic speaker identification using syllable intensity variability: an initial attempt using the kNN classifier

Phonetik und Phonologie 10 (P&P 10)
2014-10 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

An investigation of the rhythmic acoustic differences between normal and shouted voices

The 23rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA)
2014-09 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Inter-speaker variability of intensity levels across syllables

The 23rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA)
2014-09 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Speaker idiosyncratic variability of intensity across syllables

Interspeech 2014
2014-09 | Conference paper
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Lei He

The inadequacy of rhythm metrics to quantify L2 suprasegmental characteristics

Speech Prosody 2014
2014-05 | Conference paper
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Lei He

Syllabic intensity variations as quantification of speech rhythm: evidence from both L1 and L2

Speech Prosody 2012
2012-05 | Conference paper
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Lei He

Metacognition in EFL pronunciation learning among Chinese tertiary learners

Applied Language Learning
2011 | Journal article
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Lei He

Interlanguage rhythm: a durational metrics study among native speakers of Mandarin and Cantonese learning English

The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA)
2011-08 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Metacognition in EFL pronunciation learning among Chinese tertiary learners

Languages of Education: The Chinese Context (LECC)
2010-10 | Conference abstract
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Lei He

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

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Review activity for Language & communication. (1)