Curriculum Vitae of Kanae Nishi

EDUCATION Curriculum Vitae of Kanae Nishi Ph.D. 2002 University of South Florida (Psychology) M.A. 1995 Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (Division of English Linguistics) B.A. 1993 Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (Dept. of English and American Studies) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2009 - - present Staff Scientist, Boys Town National Research Hospital 2006 - - 2009 Senior Research Associate, Boys Town National Research Hospital 2003 - - 2006 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Speech, Language and Hearing Department, The City University of New York - - Lehman College 2001 - - 2003 Research Associate, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, The City University of New York Graduate School and University Center 2000 Research Assistant, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida 2000 Graduate Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida 1997 Research Assistant, ATR-Human Information Processing Laboratory, Kyoto, Japan 1996 - - 1999 Research Assistant, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida HONORS AND AWARDS 2001 Student Disability Services Recognition Award for facilitating course work by students with disability, University of South Florida 1996 - - 98 Rotary International Ambassadorial Multi-Year Scholarship ($20,000) 1991 - - 1992 Dean s List (Eastern Washington University) 1991 - - 92 Eastern Washington University - Kobe City University of Foreign Studies Exchange Student Scholarship 1989 Kobe City University of Foreign Studies President Award RESEARCH GRANTS 2008 2011 R03 Small Research Grant, National Institute of Health (NIDCD) PI: K. Nishi Direct Cost: $300,000 2003 2006 F32 Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows, National Institute of Health (NIDCD) PI: K. Nishi Sponsor: D. Kewley-Port Direct Cost: $137,832 Kanae Nishi Curriculum Vitae: Page 1 of 7

RESEARCH INTERESTS Cross-language speech perception and production Perception of speech with atypical characteristics Auditory training for non-native speakers and persons with hearing impairment First and second language acquisition Speech and language development in children with normal and impaired hearing RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2008 2011 NIH Small Research Grant Program (R03). Project title: Auditory Training for Persons with Difficulty Understanding Speech in Noise 2007 2008 Consultant for an NIH funded SBIR project, Learn to Listen: Second Language Speech Perception Training System for English, awarded to Communication Disorders Technology, Inc., Bloomington, IN. PI: J.D. Miller. 2006 present Collaborative work with Dr. P. Stelmachowicz on the speech perception by children with hearing impairment 2003 2006 NIH Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University. Project title: Training Japanese and Korean listeners to identify English vowels 2003 present Collaborative work with Drs. D. Kewley-Port and O.-S. Bohn on the threshold of vowel formant discrimination by second language learners of English 2002 Ph.D. completed. Department of Psychology, University of South Florida. Dissertation title: Perceptual characteristics and intelligibility of Japanese-accented English 2001 2003 Research associate, Speech Acoustics and Perception Laboratory, Ph.D. Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences, The City University of New York Graduate Center 2000 Research assistant, Developmental Laboratory, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida 2000 Performed acoustic analysis and data summary for a study on acoustic characteristics of North German vowels for Dr. O.-S. Bohn 1999 Assisted subject testing for a study on syllable counting by native speakers of American English for Dr. K. Tajima 1997 Research assistant, ATR-Human Information Processing Laboratory, Kyoto, Japan 1996 - - 1999 Research assistant, Speech Perception Laboratory, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida 1995 M.A. completed. Division of English Language Studies, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. Thesis title: Chronological study on integration of visual and auditory information in speech: An experiment on McGurk Effect 1993 B.A. completed. Department of English and American Studies, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. Final project title: English degree words Kanae Nishi Curriculum Vitae: Page 2 of 7

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2005 Adjunct Instructor, Acoustics for Speech and Hearing Sciences (Undergraduate level) Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences Indiana University Responsibility for the lectures on speech acoustics 2005 Guest speaker, Research and Ethics in Speech and Hearing Sciences (Graduate level) Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences Indiana University Presentation on NIH Post-doctoral grants 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Introduction to Research Methods (Graduate level) Speech, Language and Hearing Department, The City University of New York -- Lehman College Complete responsibility for the course: syllabus, lectures, examinations, and grades 2000 Graduate Instructor, Child Psychology (Undergraduate level) Department of Psychology, University of South Florida Complete responsibility for the course both in spring and fall semesters: syllabus, lectures, examinations, and grades 2000 & 2001 Guest speaker, Multicultural Variations in Language Use (Graduate level) Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida Presentation on Japanese culture and language 1999 Guest speaker, Japanese II (Undergraduate level) Linguistics Department, University of South Florida Presentation on acoustics and phonology on Japanese and American English sounds SERVICE EXPERIENCE Ad-hoc reviewer IRB member Session chair Grant reviewer Ear and Hearing International Journal of Audiology Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Journal of Phonetics Language Learning Language Learning and Technology Boys Town National Research Hospital Speech Communication: Second language perception and production, The 156th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Miami, FL, Nov. 2008 Language Learning Small Grant Research Program National Science Foundation PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION American Auditory Society The Acoustical Society of America The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association LANGUAGE SKILLS Japanese: English: French: Native language Speak, read, and write fluently Basic knowledge Kanae Nishi Curriculum Vitae: Page 3 of 7

PERSONAL INFORMATION Address (Office): Electronic Mail: Boys Town National Research Hospital 555 North 30 th Street Omaha, NE 68131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (402) 498-6354 Fax: +1 (402) 498-6351 nishik @ boystown.org Kanae Nishi Curriculum Vitae: Page 4 of 7

PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles and Meeting Proceedings Nishi, K., Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B.M., Choi, S., & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (in press). Children s recognition of American English consonants in noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Stelmachowicz, P.G., Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B., Nishi, K. McCreery, R., & Woods, W. (in press). Effects of single microphone noise reduction on speech perception in children. Ear & Hearing. 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. Hisagi, M., Nishi, K., & Strange, W. (2008). Acoustic properties of Japanese and English vowels: effects of speaking style and consonantal context (pp. 29-40). In M. Endo Hudson, S.-A. Jun, P. Sells, P. M. Clancy, S. Iwasaki, & S.-O. Sohn (Eds.), Japanese and Korean Linguistics (Proceedings), Vol. 13. Stanford: CSLI Publications. 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. Nishi, K., Strange, W., Akahane-Yamada, R., Kubo, R., & Trent-Brown, S.A. (2008). Acoustic and perceptual similarity of Japanese and American English vowels. Journal of the Acoustical 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, 1496-1509. Strange, W., Weber, A., Levy, E.S., Shafiro, V., Hisagi, M., & Nishi, K. (2007). Acoustic variability within and across German, French, and American English vowels: Phonetic context effects. 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 sizes, training order, and native language. Proceedings of International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2007, Saarbrücken, Germany, 1621-1624. 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, 118(3), 1751-1762. 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., 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. 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. Nishi, K. (1995). On the developmental aspects of the role of visual information in speech perception -- A study on McGurk Effect (in Japanese). Syntactical Studies and English Education, 17, 142-148. Yamaguchi Shoten: Kyoto. Kanae Nishi Curriculum Vitae: Page 5 of 7

Tsushima, T., Takizawa, O., Sasaki, M., Shiraki, S., Nishi, K., Kohno, M., Menyuk, P., & Best, C. (1994). Discrimination of English /r-l/ and /w-y/ by Japanese infants at 6-12 months: Language-specific developmental changes in speech perception abilities. Proceedings of International Conference of Spoken Language Processing 94, Yokohama, 1695-1698. Published Abstracts Kewley-Port, D., Nishi, K., Park, H., Miller, J.D., & Watson, C.S. (2009). Learn to Listen (L2L): Perception training system for learners of English as a second language. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125, 2773. Nishi, K., Lewis, J., Kopun, J., & Stelmachowicz, P.G. (2008). Quantifying the contribution of contextual information in speech perception in noise for native and non-native listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124, 2593. Kewley-Port, D., Bohn, O.-S., & Nishi, K. (2005). The influence of different native language systems on vowel discrimination and identification. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 117, 2399. URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~spl/l2vanfpdf.pdf Nishi, K., Akahane-Yamada, R., Kubo, R., & Strange, W. (2003). Acoustic comparisons of Japanese and English vowels produced by native speakers of Japanese. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114, 2364. Nyang, E.E., Rogers, C.L., & Nishi, K. (2003). Talker and accent variability effects on spoken word recognition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 113, 2329. Nishi, K., & Rogers, C.L. (2002). On the relationship between perception and production of American English vowels by native speakers of Japanese: A pair of case studies. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 112, 2250. Nishi, K. (2001). Characteristics and intelligibility of Japanese-accented English. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 110, 2686. Bielec, K.C., Grainger, A.D., Strange, W., Trent, S.A., & Nishi, K. (1998). Acoustic characteristics of American English vowels produced by Floridian female speakers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104, 1778. Jenkins, J.J., Strange, W., Nishi, K., Fitzgerald, B.H., Trent, S.A., & Thornton, D.H. (1997). Acoustic comparison of the effects of coarticulation on the production of Japanese and American English vowels. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102, 3134. Manuscripts under Review/in Preparation Nishi, K., Akahane-Yamada, R., Heinrichs, E.C., & Strange, W. (in preparation). Acoustic comparisons of Japanese and English vowels produced by native speakers of Japanese. Nishi, K., & Heinrichs, E.C. (in preparation). Acoustic Comparison of English Fricative Consonants Produced by Children and Adults with Normal Hearing: The Effects of Position in Words. PRESENTATIONS Nishi, K., Heinrichs, E.C., Utter, G.S., & Lewis, J.E. (2010). Speech perception in noise: Inaccurate processing caused by contextual information. Poster presented at the 2010 Meeting of American Auditory Society, March 2010, Scottsdale, AZ. Kewley-Port, D., Nishi, K., Park, H, Miller, J.D., & Watson, C.S. (2009). Learn to Listen (L2L): Perception training system for learners of English as a second language. 2nd ASA Workshop on Second Language Speech Learning. May 2009, Portland, OR. Kanae Nishi Curriculum Vitae: Page 6 of 7

Stelmachowicz, P.G., Lewis, D.E., Hoover, B.M., Nishi, K., & Woods, W. (2009). Effects of single-microphone noise reduction on HI children s speech perception. A lecture presented at the 2009 Meeting of American Auditory Society, March 2009, Scottsdale, AZ. Nishi, K., & Kewley-Port, D. (2005). Effects of vowel perception training: The information learned and maintained after training. 1st ASA Workshop on Second Language Speech Learning. URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~spl/people/knishi/asa_l2workshop_handout.pdf Sperbeck, M. N., Strange, W., Hisagi, M., Nishi, K., & Ito, K. (2005). Effects of training on Japanese listeners perception of American English vowels. NYS TESOL The 27th Annual Applied Linguistics Winter 2005 Conference, Borough of Manhattan Community College, NY. INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2008 Nishi, K., Auditory Training to Improve Speech Perception in Noise. Invited lecture in doctoral seminar. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida. 2006 Nishi, K., Acquisition of American English vowels: Effects of first language and number of training vowels. Invited lecture in Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences seminar series. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 2006 Nishi, K., Acquisition of second language vowels: Effects of first language and number of vowels trained. Invited lecture in Speech and language perception and processing (Graduate level). Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. 2005 Kewley-Port, D., Bohn, O.-S., & Nishi, K., The influence of different native language systems on vowel discrimination and identification. Invited talk in the special session on vowel systems and language learners. The 149th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 2004 Nishi, K., Acoustic Comparisons of Japanese and English Vowels Produced by Native Speakers of Japanese. Speech Research Laboratory (Director: D. Pisoni), Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 2003 Nishi, K., Hey! I want a Vanilla shake, not a Banana shake! -- Why don t they understand me? Language development colloquium series, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 2002 Nishi, K., On the Relationship between Perception and Production of American English Vowels by Native Speakers of Japanese: Two Case Studies. Ph.D. Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences Fall Colloquium series, The City University of New York -- Graduate School and University Center, N ew York, NY. Last updated: March 2, 2010 Kanae Nishi Curriculum Vitae: Page 7 of 7