Norman J. Lass, Professor
Education:
Ph.D., Purdue University
M.S., Purdue University
B.A., City University of New York
Current Responsibilities:
Teaching
Research
Courses Taught:
SPA 199 Orientation to Speech Pathology and Audiology
SPA 320, Speech Science
SPA 340, Hearing Science
SPA 278, Communication Disorders
SPA 626, Experimental Phonetics
SPA 638, Professional Issues
Research Interests:
American regional dialects, accented English, animal vocalizations, acoustics of speech production, speech perception
Selected Publications:
Selected Publications:
Satravaha, N., Klinkhachorn, P., and Lass, N. (2003).Tone classification of sylable-segmented Thai speech based on multilayer perceptron. Proceedings of the Southeastern Symposium on System Theory.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, pp. 392-396.
Fucci, D.J. and Lass, N.J. (1999). Fundamentals of Speech Science. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Kent, R.D., Dembowski, J., and Lass, N.J. (1996). The acoustic characteristics of American English. In Lass, N.J. (Ed.), Principles of Experimental Phonetics. St. Louis: Mosby, pp.185-225.
Lass, N.J. (Ed.) (1996). Principles of Experimental Phonetics. St. Louis: Mosby,.
Lass, N.J., Ruscello, D.M., Pannbacker, M., Schmitt, J.F., Middleton, G.F., and Schweppenheiser, K.(1995). The perceptions of stutterers by people who stutter. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 47, 247-251.
Lass, N.J., McReynolds, L.V., Northern, J.L., and Yoder, D.E.(Eds.),(1988). Handbook of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Toronto: B.C. Decker.
Complete CVMailing Address:
PO Box 6122
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506 USA
Phone: (304)293-2652
Fax: (304)293-7565
Email Address:
nlass@wvu.edu