Research

Competitive Grants

• 2020.4.1 – 2024.3.31

Principal Investigator

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [Project Number 20K00754]

日本学術振興会科学研究費助成事業【基盤研究(C)】研究代表者

課題名：母語音声と非母語音声の処理能力の直接的関係

• 2020.4.1 - 2023.3

Collaborator

Collaborative Research Project, Seikei University Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

成蹊大学アジア太平洋研究センター【研究プロジェクト】共同研究者

課題名：多様性の時代－日本の英語教育を考える

• 2020.4.1 – 2021.3.31

Principal Investigator

Grants for Special Research Projects, Seikei University

成蹊大学2020年度特別研究費　研究代表者

課題名：非母語話者におけるサウンドマスキングの空間的マスキングリリース

• 2017.4.1 – 2020.3.31

Principal Investigator

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [Project Number 17K13509]

日本学術振興会科学研究費助成事業【若手研究(B)】研究代表者

課題名：雑音・残響を伴う英語聴取訓練教材の高性能化と汎用性

• 2017.4.1 – 2018.3.31

Principal Investigator

Grants for Special Research Projects, Seikei University

成蹊大学2017年度特別研究費　研究代表者

課題名：母語と第二言語習熟度が外国語音声習得に与える影響

• 2016.4.1 – 2017.3.31

Principal Investigator

Grants for Special Research Projects, Seikei University

成蹊大学2016年度特別研究費　研究代表者

課題名：音声知覚から探る非母語音声のコミュニケーション特性

• 2014.4.1 – 2017.3.31

Principal Investigator

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research: Challenges in Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [Project Number 26580118]

日本学術振興会科学研究費助成事業【挑戦的萌芽研究】　研究代表者

課題名：雑音・残響環境下における英語の子音聴取訓練教材の開発（課題番号2658011）

• 2014.4.1 – 2015.3.31

Principal Investigator

Grants for Special Research Projects, Waseda University [Project Number 2014S-100]

　早稲田大学競争的資金【特定課題研究助成費（新任）】　研究代表者

課題名：日本人英語学習者の英語習熟度が英語音声知覚に与える影響（課題番号2014S-100）

• 2012.10.1 – 2014.3.31

Principal Investigator

Research Activity Start-up, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [Project Number 24820043]

文部科学省科学研究費補助金【研究活動スタート支援】　研究代表者

課題名：日本人英語学習者と英語母語話者における知覚の差の解明と学習支援方法の開発（課題番号24820043）

Journal Articles

• 1. C.T. Justine Hui, Hinako Masuda, Yusuke Hioka & Catherine I. Watson (2023) "Word identification of New Zealand English by native Japanese listeners with and without exposure to New Zealand English," Acoustical Science & Technology, Vol.44, Issue 1, pp.29-32.

  2.  Hinako Masuda, Yusuke Hioka, C.T. Justine Hui, Jesin James &  Catherine I. Watson (2022) "Performance evaluation of speech masking design among listeners with varying language backgrounds," Applied Acoustics, Vol.201, 109122.

  3. C.T. Justine Hui, Yusuke Hioka, Hinako Masuda & Catherine I. Watson (2022) "Differences between listeners with early and late immersion age in spatial release from masking in various acoustic environments," Speech Communication, Vol. 139, pp.51-61.

  4. C.T. Justine Hui, Eugena Au, Shirley Xiao, Yusuke Hioka, Hinako Masuda & Catherine I. Watson (2021) "Differences in speech intelligibility in noise between native and non-native listeners under ambisonics-based sound reproduction system," Applied Acoustics, Vol. 184, 108368. (DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108368)

  5. Eugena Au, Shirley Xiao, C.T. Justine Hui, Yusuke Hioka, Hinako Masuda & Catherine I. Watson (2020) "Speech intelligibility in noise with varying spatial acoustics under Ambisonics-based sound reproduction system," Applied Acoustics, Vol. 174. (DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107707)

  6. Rinus G. Verdonschot & Hinako Masuda (2018) "Sumacku or Smack? The value of analyzing acoustic signals when investigating the fundamental phonological unit of language production," Psychological Research. DOI:10.1007/s00426-018-1073-9)

  7. Hinako Masuda (2018) "Effect of L1 influence and L2 proficiency on the perception and production of foreign sounds," Phonological Studies, Vol.21, pp.99-108.

  8. Hinako Masuda (2016) "Misperception patterns of American English consonants by Japanese listeners in reverberant and noisy environments," Speech Communication, Vol. 79, pp. 74-87. Elsevier.  (DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2016.02.007)

  9. Hinako Masuda, Takayuki Arai & Shigeto Kawahara (2015) "Identification of English consonants in intervocalic contexts in multispeaker babble noise by Japanese listeners: Correlation between English proficiency and consonant identification ability," Acoustical Science and Technology: Special Issue on Acoustic Education, 36 (1), pp.31-34. (ISSN: 1347-5177). (Translation of 7)

  10. Shigeto Kawahara, Hinako Masuda, Donna Erickson, Jeff Moore, Atsuo Suemitsu & Yoshiho Shibuya (2015) Quantifying the effects of vowel quality and preceding consonants on jaw displacement: Japanese data. Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan 18(2), pp.54-62. (ISSN: 1342-8675)

  11. 川原繁人・本間武蔵・今関祐子・吉村隆樹・荻原萌・深澤はるか・増田斐那子・篠原和子・杉岡洋子・杉山由希子(2015)「マイボイス：言語学が失われる声を救うために」音韻研究18, pp.127-136. 東京:開拓社.

  12. 増田斐那子・荒井隆行・川原繁人 (2014) 「日本語母語話者によるバブルノイズ下の母音間英語子音知覚－英語習熟度と子音知覚の相関関係－」日本音響学会誌, 70巻5号(音響教育特集号), pp. 284-287. (ISSN: 0369-4232)

  13. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2013) “Identification of English voiceless fricatives by Japanese and English listeners: Influence of English proficiency,” Acoustical Science and Technology, 34 (5), pp. 356-360.

  14. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2010) “Processing of consonant clusters by Japanese native speakers: Influence of English learning backgrounds,” Acoustical Science and Technology, 31 (5), pp. 320-327.

Invited talks

• 1. Hinako Masuda (2018) "Listening to non-native speech in noise: Role of predictability," Workshop on Learning of non-native speech sounds, Sophia University Linguistics Society, July 2018. Tokyo, Japan.

  2. Hinako Masuda (2017) "How noise and reverberation affects perception of English sounds by Japanese listeners," Acoustics Research Centre in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auckland University, December 2017. Auckland, New Zealand.

  3. Hinako Masuda (2017) "Effect of L1 influence and L2 proficiency on the perception and production of foreign sounds," The Phonological Society of Japan, June 2017. Tokyo, Japan.

  4. Hinako Masuda (2017) "Perception of English consonants in noise and reverberation by Japanese learners of English," Sophia University Linguistics Society, July 2017. Tokyo, Japan.

Proceedings

• 1. Timothy J. Vance, Manami Hirayama & Hinako Masuda (2023) "Auditory and written perception of Japanese sequential voicing," Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Prague, August 2023.

  2. Yusuke Hioka, C.T. Justine Hui, Hinako Masuda, & Catherine I. Watson (2023) "Effect of room acoustics on speech intelligibility under noise between native and nonnative listeners," In Novem2023, Jan 2023.

  3. C. T. Justine Hui, Yusuke Hioka, Catherine I. Watson & Hinako Masuda (2021) "Spatial release from masking in varying spatial acoustic under higher order ambisonic-based sound reproduction system," INTER-NOISE 50th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

  4. C. T. Justine Hui, Eugena Au, Shirley Xia, Yusuke Hioka, Catherine I. Watson, Hinako Masuda (2020) "Benefit from spatial release from masking for native and non-native listeners in simulated room acoustics," INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, InterNoise20, Seoul, Korea, pages 2990-3981, pp. 3020-3030 (11).

  5. Hinako Masuda (2019) "Task differences in the identification of English consonants in noise by Japanese listeners," Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), pp.2758-2762, 2019.

  6. Hinako Masuda, Yusuke Hioka, Jesin James & Catherine Watson (2019) "Protecting speech privacy from native/non-native listeners - effect of masker type," Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), pp.3070-3074, 2019.

  7. Hinako Masuda (2017) "Word identification in adverse listening conditions by Japanese learners of English -Role of predictability-," IEICE Technical Report (New Zealand/Japan Joint Research Meeting on Psychological & Physiological Acoustics and Electroacoustics).

  8. Hinako Masuda (2016) "Effect of consonant manner on L2 speech perception in reverberation," Proceedings of International Congress on Acoustics 2016, Paper #185.

  9. Hinako Masuda (2016) "Effect of consonant manner on L2 speech perception in  multispeaker babble noise," Proceedings of Inter-Noise 2016, pp.402-407.

  10. Hinako Masuda (2015) "Japanese listeners' identification of English voiceless fricatives in reverberant listening environments," Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS).

  11. Hinako Masuda, Takayuki Arai & Shigeto Kawahara (2013) “Preliminary analysis on the identification of English consonants in noise and/or reverberation by native Japanese and English listeners,” Proceedings of the Autumn Meeting of Acoustical Society of Japan, pp. 417-420.

  12. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2012) “Perception of voiced English consonants in quiet and multi-speaker babble noise by Japanese and English native listeners,” Proceedings of the Autumn Meeting of Acoustical Society of Japan, pp. 361-364.

  13. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2012) “Perception of /r/ and /l/ in quiet and multi-speaker babble noise by Japanese and English native listeners,” Proceedings of the Spring Meeting of Acoustical Society of Japan, pp. 477-480. 

  14. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2011) “Perception of English voiceless fricatives by Japanese and English native listeners under various signal-to-noise ratios,” Proceedings of the Spring Meeting of Acoustical Society of Japan, pp. 471-474. 

  15. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2010) “Perception of voiceless fricatives by Japanese listeners of advanced and intermediate level English proficiency,” Proceedings of INTERSPEECH, pp. 1866-1869.

  16. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2010) “Perception of English consonant clusters in quiet by Japanese native listeners with advanced and intermediate level English proficiency,” Proceedings of the Autumn Meeting of Acoustical Society of Japan, pp. 379-382. 

  17. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2010) “Preliminary study of the perception of English consonants by Japanese learners of English,” Proceedings of the Spring Meeting of Acoustical Society of Japan, pp.449-452. 

  18. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2009) “Degree of vowel epenthesis in Japanese-English bilinguals and English native speakers,” Proceedings of the Autumn Meeting of Acoustical Society of Japan, pp.421-424. 

  19. Nao Hodoshima, Hinako Masuda, Keiichi Yasu & Takayuki Arai (2009) “Development of scientific English learning materials in noise and reverberation,” IEICE Technical Report (SP2009-1), pp.1-6 (in Japanese). 

  20. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2009) “Effect of consonant voicing on the vowel epenthesis of Japanese learners of English,” Proceedings of the Spring Meeting of Acoustical Society of Japan, pp.397-400. 

  21. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2008) “Perception and production of consonant clusters in Japanese-English bilingual and Japanese monolingual speakers,” Proceedings of INTERSPEECH, pp.1988-1991. 

  22. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2008) “Perception of consonant clusters in Japanese native speakers: Influence of foreign language learning,” Proceedings of ISCA Workshop on Experimental Linguistics, pp.161-164.

  23. Hinako Masuda &  Takayuki Arai (2008) “Kotonaru eigo gakushuu haikei wo motsu nihongo bogowasha no haretsushiinrenzoku ni okeru boin sounyu (in Japanese)” Proceedings of the Autumn Meeting of Acoustical Society of Japan, pp.323-326. 

  24. Hinako Masuda & Tsutomu Sugawara (2007) “10 dai kouhan kara 20 dai kouhan ni okeru toukyoushiki hougen no heibanshiki akusento no nakadakagataka (in Japanese)” Proceedings of the Phonetic Society of Japan, pp. 105-110. 

  25. Hinako Masuda (2007) “Toukyoshiki hougen ni okeru heibanshiki akusentogata keiyoushi no nakadakagataka -20 dai zenhan kouhan no hikaku- (in Japanese)”, Proceedings of the Sophia Linguistics Society, pp. 3-11.

Other Articles

• 1. Hinako Masuda (2016) "Second Language Acquisition" in Acoustic Keyword Book. Acoustical Society of Japan (Ed.), pp.280-281. Tokyo:Corona Publishing.

Book (Translation)

• 1. Word accent in Japanese and English (2014) Translated by Hinako Masuda. Supervised by Donna Erickson. Hitsuji Publisher. (Original book by Miyoko Sugito, 2012)

【原著：杉藤美代子『日本語のアクセント、英語のアクセント』 2012年. ひつじ書房】(ISBN: 9784894767201)

Textbooks

1. Chris Sheppard, Masatsugu Fujii, Emmanuel Manalo, Hinako Masuda, Nobue Tanaka-Ellis & Yoshio Ueno (2015) Communication Strategies 2, 3rd edition. DTP Publishing, Tokyo.

2. Chris Sheppard, Masatsugu Fujii, Emmanuel Manalo, Hinako Masuda, Nobue Tanaka-Ellis & Yoshio Ueno (2015) Communication Strategies 1, 3rd edition. DTP Publishing, Tokyo.

Bulletin

1. 増田斐那子 (2008) “日本語母語話者による子音連続の知覚と発話－英語学習経験を考慮して－”, Sophia University Working Papers in Phonetics, pp. 21-26.

2. 増田斐那子 (2007) “東京式方言の平板式アクセント形容詞の中高型化について”, Sophia University Working Papers in Phonetics, pp. 154-166.

International Conference/Workshop Presentations

• 1. C. T. Justine Hui, Hinako Masuda, Yusuke Hioka and Catherine Watson (2020) "Speech intelligibility of New Zealand English (NZE) by native Japanese listeners," LangSoc 2020 (Language and Society Conference 2020) , Online. 10 - 12 February 2021.

  2. Hinako Masuda (2019) "Non-native listeners' use of contexual cues in speech perception in noise," Bilingualism and languages in contact, Valladolid, Spain. March 2019.

  3. Hinako Masuda (2016) "Preliminary analysis of training non-native sounds in noise," 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Hawaii、U.S.A. November - December 2016.

  4. Ralph Rose & Hinako Masuda (2016) "Construction of a multimodal learner corpus of STEM student language production: A pilot study," 8th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics, Malaga, Spain. March 2016.

  5. Hinako Masuda (2016) "Perception of American English consonants by Japanese listeners in background noise, reverberation, and background noise + reverberation," Speech in Noise Workshop, Groningen, Netherlands. January 2016.

  6. Hinako Masuda (2009) “The role of the international teaching assistant in ESE classes,” International Conference on English needed by scientists and engineers in today's global society, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. March 2009.

  7. Hinako Masuda & Takayuki Arai (2008) “Observation of the preceding consonant of voiced stop consonant clusters: In the case of Japanese native speakers of different English proficiency,” Second International Workshop on Language and Speech Science: Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. September 2008.