About the Authors

Shanqing Cai

scai@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Speech Communication Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Deryk S. Beal

Affiliations Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Speech Communication Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Satrajit S. Ghosh

Affiliations Speech Communication Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark K. Tiede

Affiliations Speech Communication Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Frank H. Guenther

Affiliations Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joseph S. Perkell

Affiliations Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Speech Communication Group, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC DSB SSG MKT FHG JSP. Performed the experiments: SC DSB. Analyzed the data: SC DSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DSB. Wrote the paper: SC DSB SSG MKT FHG JSP.