Noah H Silbert

Noah H. Silbert's training and background is in phonetics, perceptual modeling, and statistics. He conducts research on the acoustics of speech production and the perception of complex sounds, including speech. Dr. Silbert teaches courses on various statistical topics (e.g., statistical signal processing, multivariate statistics, Bayesian data analysis), research methods, and current topics in communication sciences and disorders.

Dr. Silbert's CV can be viewed or downloaded here.

M.S.: Indiana University 2010 (Applied Statistics)

Ph.D.: Indiana University 2010 (Linguistics and Cognitive Science)

M.A.: University of Hawaii 2002 (English as a Second Language )

B.A. with distinction: Indiana University 1998 (Linguistics)

Dr. Silbert conducts research on the acoustics of speech, the perception of complex sounds, and multidimensional mathematical models of perception and response selection. His current research focuses on the perception of speech in the presence of interfering multi-talker babble.

08-2013 -To Present Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati,

08-2010 -08-2013 Assistant Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland,

09-2007 -07-2010 Graduate Research Assistant, NIH Grant; Perceptual Processes, Evidence, and Configurality; Principal Investigator James T. Townsend,

09-2006 -08-2007 NIH Pre-doctoral Fellow, Cognitive Modeling Training Grant; director James T. Townsend,

05-2006 -08-2006 Graduate Research Assistant, Audiology Research Laboratory; director Larry Humes,

01-2006 -05-2006 Graduate Research Assistant, NSF Project, Prosody in Cross-Language Production in Perception; Principal Investigator Kenneth de Jong,

09-2003 -12-2005 Graduate Research Assistant, Linguistic Speech Laboratory; director Kenneth de Jong,

09-2007 -09-2008 Grader, Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis I & II, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, taught by Professor John Kruschke,

09-2008 -12-2008 Assistant Instructor, Introduction to Mathematical Psychology, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, taught by Professor James T. Townsend,

01-2007 -05-2007 Assistant Instructor, Introduction to Mathematical Psychology, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, taught by Professor James T. Townsend,

09-2005 -12-2005 Instructor, Introduction to the Study of Language, Department of Linguistics, Indiana University,

07-2005 -08-2005 Instructor, Statistical Techniques, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University,

01-2005 -05-2005 Assistant Instructor, Introductory Phonetics, taught by Professor Robert Port,

09-2004 -12-2004 Instructor, Phonology, Department of Linguistics, Indiana University,

01-2004 -05-2004 Assistant Instructor, Introduction to the Study of Language, taught by Sean McLennan,

09-2003 -12-2003 Assistant Instructor, Introduction to the Study of Language, taught by Samuel Obeng,

07-2001 -08-2001 Teaching Assistant, Pronunciation and oral fluency, and Student Interchanger, ESL conversation tutoring; Supervisor Judy Ensing, Nihon University, Mishima, Japan

Grant: #1R21DC016701-01A1 Investigators:Kelchner, Lisa; Silbert, Noah; Wright, Kathy 07-20-2018 -06-30-2021 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disor Perceptual interactions and response bias in disordered voice assessment Role:PI $119,217.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #R01 DC017301 Investigators:Boyce, Suzanne; Hamilton, Sarah; Mast, T. Douglas; Riley, Michael; Seward, Renee; Silbert, Noah 08-10-2018 -07-31-2023 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disor Simplified Ultrasound Biofeedback for Speech Remediation Role:Collaborator $509,304.00 Active Level:Federal

Published Abstracts

See CV at www.nhsilbert.net/source/cv .[Abstract]

Peer Reviewed Publications

Landy, D., Silbert, N. H., & Goldin, A. (2013. ) Estimating large numbers .Cognitive Science, , 37 ,775 -799

Silbert, N. H., & Thomas, R. D. (2013. ) Decisional separability, model identification, and statistical inference in the general recognition theory framework .Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, , 20 (1 ) ,1 -20

Silbert, Noah H; Thomas, Robin D (2013. ) Decisional separability, model identification, and statistical inference in the general recognition theory framework.Psychonomic bulletin & review, , 20 (1 ) ,1-20 More Information

Townsend, J. T., Houpt, J.W., & Silbert, N. H. (2012. ) General Recognition Theory Extended to Include Response Times: Predictions for a Class of Parallel Systems .Journal of Mathematical Psychology, , 56 (6 ) ,476 -494

Silbert, Noah H (2012. ) Syllable structure and integration of voicing and manner of articulation information in labial consonant identification.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 131 (5 ) ,4076-86 More Information

Silbert, N. H., & Thomas, R. D. (2012. ) Syllable structure and integration of voicing and manner of articulation information in labial consonant identification .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 131 (5 ) ,4076 -4086

Silbert, N.H., de Jong, K. J., Regier, K., & Albin, A. (2012. ) Prosodic position effects on the statistical relationships between distinctive features and acoustic-phonetic properties of English consonants .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 123 ,2001

VanDam, M., Silbert, N.H., & Moeller, M.P. (2012. ) Effects of age, hearing loss, and phonological neighborhood density on children's perceptual confusions .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 132 (2076 ) ,

Silbert, N.H., Smith, B., Campbell, S., & Doughty, C. (2011. ) Perceptual similarity, response bias, and novel phonetic categories .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 129 ,2423

de Jong, K., Silbert, N.H., Regier, K.T., & Albin, A. (2011. ) Statistical relationships in distinctive feature models and acoustic-phonetic properties of English consonants .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 129 (2455 ) ,

VanDam, M., Silbert, N.H., & Moeller, M.P. (2011. ) Repetition of words from dense and sparse phonological neighborhoods in children with hearing loss and normal hearing .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 129 (2626 ) ,

VanDam, M. & Silbert, N. (2010. ) A Bayesian model of voice-onset time production .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 127 ,1853

Silbert, N.H., de Jong, K.J., Lentz, J.J., Townsend, J.T. (2009. ) Integration of phonlogical information in obstruent consonant identification .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 126 (2302 ) ,

VanDam, M., Silbert, N.H., & Port, R.F. (2009. ) Fine-grained control of voice onset time production, lexical usage-frequency, and phrasal context .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 126 (2182 ) ,

Silbert, N. H., Townsend, J. T., & Lentz, J. J. (2009. ) Diagnoal d does not (always) diagnose failure of separability: An addendum to Kingston, Diehl, Kirk, and Castleman (2008) .Journal of Phonetics, , 37 ,339 -343

de Jong, K., Silbert, N., & Park, H. (2009. ) Generalization across segments in second language consonant identification .Language Learning, , 59 (1 ) ,1 -31

Silbert, Noah H; Townsend, James T; Lentz, Jennifer J (2009. ) Independence and separability in the perception of complex nonspeech sounds.Attention, perception & psychophysics, , 71 (8 ) ,1900-15 More Information

Silbert, Noah H; de Jong, Kenneth J; Thomas, Robin D; Townsend, James T (2009. ) Diagonal d' does not (always) diagnose failure of separability: An addendum to.Journal of phonetics, , 37 (3 ) ,339-343 More Information

Silbert, N.k, & de Jong, K. (2008. ) Focus, prosodic context, and phonological feature specification: Patterns of variation in fricative production .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 123 (5 ) ,2769 -2779

de Jong, K., Hao, Y.-C., Park, H., & Silbert, N. (2008. ) The [English] effect in acquisition of English as a second language: Novelcategory biases in second language perception and production .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 123 (3332 ) ,

Silbert, N., & de Jong, K. (2007. ) Response bias, type and token frequency, and prosodic context in segment idenfitication .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 122 (3019 ) ,

Silbert, N., Townsend, J.T., & Lentz, J.J. (2007. ) Independence in the perception of complex non-speech sounds .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, ,

Silbert, N., & de Jong, K. (2007. ) Laryngeal Feature Structure in 1st and 2nd Language Speech Perception .Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, , 1901 -1905

Laryngeal Feature Structure in 1st and 2nd Language Speech Perception. In J. Trouvain and W.J. Barry (eds.)

de Jong, K., Silbert, N., & Park, H. (2004. ) Segments and segmental properties in cross-language perception: Korean perception of English obstruents in various prosodic locations .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 115 (2504 ) ,

Park, H., de Jong, K., & Silbert, N. (2004. ) Cross-language perceptual category mapping: Korean perception of English obstruents .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 115 ,2504

Silbert, N.H., & Thomas, R.D. (2014. ) Optimal response selection and decisional separability in Gaussian general recognition theory .Journal of Mathematical Psychology, , 60 ,72 -81

VanDam, Mark; Oller, D Kimbrough; Ambrose, Sophie E; Gray, Sharmistha; Richards, Jeffrey A; Xu, Dongxin; Gilkerson, Jill; Silbert, Noah H; Moeller, Mary Pat (2015. ) Automated Vocal Analysis of Children With Hearing Loss and Their Typical and Atypical Peers. Ear and hearing, , 36 (4 ) ,146 -152

Linck, J. A., Hughes, M. M., Campbell, S. G., Silbert, N. H., Tare, M., Jackson, S. R., Smith, B. K., Bunting, M. F., Doughty, C. J. (2013. ) Cognitive and perceptual abilities classify successful high-proficiency language learners: Potential components of high-level language aptitude .Language Learning, , 63 (3 ) ,530 -566

Golonka, E., Bowles, A., Silbert, N. H., Kramasz, D., & Blake, C. (2015. ) The role of cognitive effort in vocabulary learning: A study of intermediate-level learners of Arabic. The Modern Language Journal, , 99 ,19 -39

Thomas, R. D, & Silbert, N. H. (2013. ) Technical clarification to Silbert and Thomas (2013): “Decisional separability, model identification, and statistical inference in the general recognition theory framework.” .Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, , 21 (2 ) ,574 -575

Thomas, R. D., Altieri, N. A., Silbert, N. H., Wenger, M. J., & Wessels, P. M. (2015. ) Multidimensional signal detection decision models of the uncertainty task: Application to face perception .Journal of Mathematical Psychology, , 66 ,16 -33

Silbert, N. H. (2014. ) Syllable structure and perception of voicing and place of articulation in English stop consonants .Laboratory Phonology, , 5 (2 ) ,289 -335

Silbert, N. H., Smith, B. K., Jackson, S. R., Campbell, S. G., Hughes, M. M., & Tare, M. (2015. ) Non-native phonemic discrimination, phonological short term memory, and word learning .Journal of Phonetics, , 50 ,99 -119

Johnson, R, Clark, J.G., Martin, D., and Silbert, N.H. (2015. ) Pitch discrimination task performance with musicians wearing musicians earplugsTM .Canadian Audiologist, , 2 (6 ) ,

Silbert, N. H., de Jong, K., Regier, K., & Albin, A. (2015. ) The mapping between phonological categories and acoustic cues in the production of English obstruents .Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, , 138 (6 ) ,3834 -3845

Silbert, N. H. & Hawkins, R. X. D. (2016. ) A tutorial on general recognition theory .Journal of Mathematical Psychology., ,

Other Publications

Silbert, N.H., & de Jong, K. (2011. ) English obstruent perception: The content of the p-map and its relationship to natural class structure .IULC Working Papers- Online,

de Jong, K., Hao, Y.-C., Park, ., & N. Silbert (2008. ) Novel-category biases in second language perception and production .IULC Working Papers- Online,

de Jong, K., & Silbert, N. (2006. ) On Segmental Factorability in Second Language Learning .IULC Working Papers- Online,

Silbert, N., de Jong, K., & Park, H. (2005. ) Linguistic Generalization in L2 Consonant Identification Accuracy: a Preliminary Report .IULC Working Papers- Online,

Technical Reports

Rytting, C.A., Silbert, N.H., Rodrigues, P., Buckwalter, T., Novak, V., Madgavkar, M., & Bills, A. (2013. ) An auditory perception study of non-native Arabic .CASL Report, 1-63

Silbert, N.H., Smith, B.K., Jackson, S.R., Meyers, J.H., Campbell, S.G., Hughes, M.M., & Tare, M. (2013. ) Non-native phonemic discrimination, working memory, and word learning .CASL Report, 1-27

Golonka, E., Brugman, C., Bowles, A., Silbert, N.H., Kramasz, D., Richardson, D., Corbett, R., & Doughty, C.J. (2012. ) Foreign language vocabulary: Effective practices for learning and teaching .CASL Report, 1-155

Wayland, S., O'Connell, S., Linck, J., Kramasz, D., Gynther, K., Bloomfield, A., Blodgett, A., & Silbert, N.H. (2012. ) Second Language Listening Comprehension: The impact of speech rate, passage length, and information density .CASL Report, 1-50

Jackson, S.R., Silbert, N.H., Campbell, S.G., Linck, J.A., Hughes, M.M., Doughty, C.J., & Bunting, M.F. (2012. ) The operational impact of DLAB2: Summary of recommendations and success-rate stimulation .CASL Report, 1-31

Jackson, S.R., Linck, J.A., Mislevy-Hughes, M.A., Silbert, N.H., Campbell, S.G., Doughty, C.J., & Bunting, M.F. (2012. ) The predictive capabilities of DLAB2: Results of additional analyses by language and by skills .

Wayland, S., Silbert, N.H., O'Connell, S., Linck, J., Kramasz, D., Gynther, K., Bloomfield, A., & Blodgett, A. (2012. ) Second Language Listening Comprehension .CASL Report, 1-40

Linck, J., Hughes, M.M., Campbell, S.G., Silbert, N.H., Tare, M., Jackson, S.R., Smith, B.K., Wall, D.G., Meyers, J.H., Bunting, M.F., & Doughty, C.J. (2012. ) Hi-LAB identifies successful high-proficiency language learners: Results of the group discrimination study .CASL Report, 1-56

Bunting, M.F., Bowles, A.R., Campbell, S.G., Linck, J.A., Mislevy, M.A., Jackson, S.R., Tare, M., Silbert, N.H., Koeth, J.T., Blake III, C.C., Smith, B.K., Corbett, R., Willis, R.G., & Doughty, C.J. (2011. ) Reinventing DLAB: Potential new predictors of success at DLIFLC .CASL Report, 1-628

Invited Presentations

Vandam, M., & Silbert, N.H. (2014. ) Automatic speech recognition of naturalistic recordings in families with children who are hard of hearing .167th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America,

Vandam, M., & Silbert, N.H. (2013. ) Characteristics of automatic and human speech recognition processes .166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America,

Silbert, N.H., Linck, J.A., & VanDam, M. (2013. ) Multilevel models, covariates, and controlled factors in experimental speech research: Unified analyses of highly structure data .21st International Congress on Acoustics/165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America/52nd Meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Landy, D., Davis, Z.J., Guay, B.M., Delaunay, M.L., Charlesworth, A., & Silbert, N. (2012. ) Moving on Down the (Mental Number) Line .53rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.

Townsend, J.T., Houpt, J.W., & Silbert, N. (2012. ) A New parallel-channels general recognition theory, which predicts both response times and accuracy .53rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.

Rytting, A., & Silbert, N.H. (05-25-2011. ) Modeling non-native perceptual errors to refine Arabic dictionary search .Georgetown University Linguistics Friday Speaker Series,

Altieri, N., Silbert, N., & Townsend, J.T. (2009. ) An analysis of perceptual dependencies in audiovisual speech perception: A new approach .25th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, Galway, Ireland.

Silbert, N., Townsend, J.T., & Lentz, J.J. (2008. ) Three types of decision bounds in General Recognition Theory .41st Annual Society for Mathematical Psychology Conference, Washington, D.C..

Silbert, N., & de Jong, K. (2007. ) Laryngeal Feature Structure in 1st and 2nd Language Speech Perception .16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Saarland University, Saarbrcken, Germany.

Poster Presentations

Silbert, N.H., de Jong, K., Regier, K., Albin, A., & Hao, Y.C. (2014. ) Acoustic properties of multi-talker babble .167th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America,

Slbert, N.H., de Jong, K., Lim, B.J., & Nagao, K. (2013. ) Effects of native language and speech rate on perceptual and decisional processing of voicing and syllable affiliation in stops .166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America,

Silbert, N.H., Smith, B.K., & Jackson, S.R. (2013. ) Phonological structure, non-native phoneme discrimination, working memory, and word learning .21st International Congress on Acoustics/165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America/52nd Meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. .

VanDam, M., & Silbert, N.H. (2013. ) Precision and error of automatic speech recognition .21st International Congress on Acoustics/165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America/52nd Meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. .

Linck, J.A., Jackson, S.R., Silbert, N.H., Tare, M., Bowles, A., Campbell, S.G., & Bunting, M.F. (2012. ) Individual Differences in Executive Functions Predict Second Language Learning Success .53rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN. .

Campbell, S., Hughes, M., Linck, J., Silbert, N.H., Tare, M., & Bunting, M. (2012. ) Foreign Language Training Improves Other Cognitive Abilities .53rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN. .

Hughes, M.M., Linck, J.A., Jackson, S.R., & Silbert, N.H. (2012. ) Predicting success in foreign language skills: Skill-specific validity of cognitive and perceptual abilities, biographical, personality, and motivational factors .2012 East Coast Organization of Language Testers, Washington, D.C.. .

Landy, D., Silbert, N.H., & Goldin, A. (2012. ) Getting off at the end of the line: The estimation of large numbers .34th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Sapporo, Japan. .

Silbert, N. & de Jong, K. (2007. ) Distinctive features and mathematical models of perception and decision making .Where Do Features Come From? Phonological Primitives in the Brain, the Mouth, and the Ear, University of Paris III, Paris, France. .

Silbert, N., Townsend, J.T., & Lentz, J.J. (2007. ) Independence in the perception of complex non-speech sounds .40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, University of California, Irvine. .

Lecture

Bowles, A.R., Doughty, C., Silbert, N.H., & Jackson, S. (2011. ) Individual differences in the ability to discriminate foreign language phonological contrasts .Seattle, WA.

Linck, J., Jackson, S.R., Silbert, N.H., Tare, M., Bowles, A.R., & Bunting, M.F. (2011. ) Individual differences in working memory predict second language learning success .Seattle, WA.

Blaha L., Silbert, N.H., & Townsend, J.T. (2011. ) A General Recognition Study of Racial Face Adaptation .Herzliya, Israel.

Silbert, N.H. (2011. ) Two hierarchical Bayesian General Recognition Theory models .Medford, Massachusetts.

Landy, D., Goldin, A., & Silbert, N.H. (2011. ) Estimating magnitude on a very large number line .Medford, Massachusetts.

Blaha, L.M., Silbert, N.H., & Townsend, J.T. (2011. ) A General Recognition Theory Study of Race Adaptation .Naples, FL.

Townsend, J.T., Houpt, J.W., Silbert, N.H., & Altieri, N.A. (2009. ) Toward a new psychophysics based on geometry and stochastic systems theory .Galway, Ireland.

Paper Presentations

Linck, J.A., Hughes, M.M., Campbell, S.G., Silbert, N.H., Tare, M., Jackson, S.R., Smith, B.K. Bunting, M.F., & Doughty, C.G. (2012. ) The contributions of executive functions for predicting adult second language acquisition to high proficiency levels .Pittsburgh, PA.

de Jong, K.J., & Silbert, N. (05-15-2005. ) On Segmental Factorability in Second Language Learning .Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

2010 Outstanding Research Award Indiana University Cognitive Science Program

2006 -2007 Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship Cognitive Modeling Training Grant

Cognitive Science Annual Meeting Proceedings Reviewer 2014

Journal of Phonetics Reviewer 2014

Frontiers in Psychology Reviewer 2014

Cognition Reviewer 2014

Journal of Language, Speech and Hearing Research Reviewer 2014

Cognitive Science Annual Meeting Proceedings Reviewer 2013

Languages in Contrast Reviewer 2013

Oxford Handbook of Mathematical Psychology Reviewer 2013

Journal of Phonetics Reviewer 2013

Cognitive Science Annual Meeting Proceedings Reviewer 2012

Cognitive Science Annual Meeting Proceedings Reviewer 2011

Speech Communication Reviewer 2011

Behavior Research Methods Reviewer 2010

Attention, Perception & Pscyhophysics Reviewer 2010

Cognitive Science Annual Meeting Proceedings Reviewer 2010

Speech Communication Reviewer 2010

Journal of Phonetics Reviewer 2010

Journal of Phonetics Reviewer 2009

Language Learning Reviewer 2008

2010Diagnostic Measurement: Theory, Methods, and Applications, Workshop on diagnostic measurement models., University of Maryland, , College Park, MD

2011Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling, Workshop on elementary structural equation modeling, University of Maryland, , College Park, MD

2011Advanced Topics in Structural Equation Modeling, Workshop on structural equation modeling, University of Maryland, , College Park, MD

Acoustical Society of America

American Statistical Association

Association for Laboratory Phonology

Cognitive Science Society

Society for Mathematical Psychology

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