Malachi Henry, MA, CCC-SLP
@mhhenry.bsky.social
Speech Scientist🗣️ | Acoustician🔊 | Sociolinguist🌍 | Programmer (amateur)🖥️
PhD candidate working with Tessa Bent in the Speech Perception Lab at Indiana University
https://www.malachi-henry.com/
PhD candidate working with Tessa Bent in the Speech Perception Lab at Indiana University
https://www.malachi-henry.com/
If you’re at ASHA, you should come to one of my talks on Friday! I’m looking forward to sharing data before one of these comes out as a paper, and both are relevant for school SLPs working with preschool and early school-age populations! #ASHA2025 #SchoolSLP #ASHA #SLP #SLP2Be #SLPLife #PhDLife
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It was really fun learning about twang with my lab mate! Please check out the article and learn about the perceptual advantages of twang in real-world listening environments!
Tzu-Pei Tsai, @mhhenry.bsky.social, & Tessa Bent's work on the advantages of twangy speech for speech-in-noise perception featured in WSJ! www.wsj.com/science/want...
Want to Be Heard? Speak With Some Twang
The bright tones of country singers are marked by their twang, a vocal quality that makes voices easier to understand in noisy environments.
www.wsj.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It was really fun learning about twang with my lab mate! Please check out the article and learn about the perceptual advantages of twang in real-world listening environments!
Reposted by Malachi Henry, MA, CCC-SLP
The Dolly Parton Effect? Why Twangy Voices Prevail In Noisy Environments https://studyfinds.org/tdolly-parton-effect-timbre-twangy-voices-noisy-environments/?B∙R∙AI∙N=http%3A%2F%2Fscitech.news #abovethefold
The Dolly Parton Effect? Why Twangy Voices Prevail In Noisy Environments
Twangy voices are easier to understand than neutral ones in traffic noise, especially for female speakers. New research explains the effect.
studyfinds.org
July 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Dolly Parton Effect? Why Twangy Voices Prevail In Noisy Environments https://studyfinds.org/tdolly-parton-effect-timbre-twangy-voices-noisy-environments/?B∙R∙AI∙N=http%3A%2F%2Fscitech.news #abovethefold
Wild what people come up with when reading an article… Cool to see some of our work hitting the “news” circuit though!
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
What Is the ‘Dolly Parton Effect’ and Does It Actually Work?
If the great Dolly Parton ever shouted directions at you in a hurricane, chances are you’d understand every word...
www.vice.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Wild what people come up with when reading an article… Cool to see some of our work hitting the “news” circuit though!
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
Excited to share my latest blog post! So much has happened this summer and even more good things are in the works... Dive in here: wix.to/anClfvM #LeadershipDevelopment #Summer #BlogPost
Summer Photo Dump, Failure to Launch, and Leadership Growth
So many things have happened since the last blog post that I can't get to everything, but I will hit the highlights. Also, I had to have fuchsia as the thumbnail, because these beautiful flowers are a...
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July 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Excited to share my latest blog post! So much has happened this summer and even more good things are in the works... Dive in here: wix.to/anClfvM #LeadershipDevelopment #Summer #BlogPost
This stuff happens when people who don’t like or know science, try to be experts… pure ignorance…
Trump’s anti-trans Executive Order is bad BUT it technically defines everyone as female. It states:
“'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell."
Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.
“'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell."
Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.
January 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This stuff happens when people who don’t like or know science, try to be experts… pure ignorance…
So fortunate to have such an amazing mentor and advisor!
It will be great to someday look back at my PhD training and all of the wonderful experiences I have had because of Tessa and @asa-news.bsky.social 🥹
It will be great to someday look back at my PhD training and all of the wonderful experiences I have had because of Tessa and @asa-news.bsky.social 🥹
ACOUSTICS TODAY
In this essay, Tessa Bent shares "A Series of Fortunate Events" that led to her career in linguistics research: doi.org/10.1121/AT.2...
#acoustics
In this essay, Tessa Bent shares "A Series of Fortunate Events" that led to her career in linguistics research: doi.org/10.1121/AT.2...
#acoustics
December 17, 2024 at 6:14 PM
So fortunate to have such an amazing mentor and advisor!
It will be great to someday look back at my PhD training and all of the wonderful experiences I have had because of Tessa and @asa-news.bsky.social 🥹
It will be great to someday look back at my PhD training and all of the wonderful experiences I have had because of Tessa and @asa-news.bsky.social 🥹
When that first manuscript rejection hits 🫠
In actuality, I’m really excited that I tried for a new audience, and I feel like the feedback was constructive and positive! After a grounding nap, it’ll be time to work on revisions and move forward!
Here’s to the first of [not too] many rejections 🍻
In actuality, I’m really excited that I tried for a new audience, and I feel like the feedback was constructive and positive! After a grounding nap, it’ll be time to work on revisions and move forward!
Here’s to the first of [not too] many rejections 🍻
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ALT: a cartoon character says " wimpers " while sitting in front of a blue couch
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December 4, 2024 at 11:45 PM
When that first manuscript rejection hits 🫠
In actuality, I’m really excited that I tried for a new audience, and I feel like the feedback was constructive and positive! After a grounding nap, it’ll be time to work on revisions and move forward!
Here’s to the first of [not too] many rejections 🍻
In actuality, I’m really excited that I tried for a new audience, and I feel like the feedback was constructive and positive! After a grounding nap, it’ll be time to work on revisions and move forward!
Here’s to the first of [not too] many rejections 🍻
The Speech Perception Lab is heading to the West coast this week for #ASHA2024 in Seattle! If you aren’t busy on Thursday at 4pm, join me in Arch-213 (lvl 2) to hear about how linguistic complexity and noise influence the perception of L1 and L2 English accent!
#slpeeps #bskyspeechies
#slpeeps #bskyspeechies
December 3, 2024 at 2:03 AM
The Speech Perception Lab is heading to the West coast this week for #ASHA2024 in Seattle! If you aren’t busy on Thursday at 4pm, join me in Arch-213 (lvl 2) to hear about how linguistic complexity and noise influence the perception of L1 and L2 English accent!
#slpeeps #bskyspeechies
#slpeeps #bskyspeechies
If you’re headed to #psynom24, you should check out Tessa’s talk during Speech Perception I on Friday morning at 8:40 in the Lyceum Complex. She’ll be sharing some new data on our accent distance perception project, which is (excitingly) nearing completion!
November 20, 2024 at 8:49 PM
If you’re headed to #psynom24, you should check out Tessa’s talk during Speech Perception I on Friday morning at 8:40 in the Lyceum Complex. She’ll be sharing some new data on our accent distance perception project, which is (excitingly) nearing completion!
Reposted by Malachi Henry, MA, CCC-SLP
Sharing this alternative link to the Speech and Language Therapy starter pack. Let me know if you should be added! go.bsky.app/QKf7XWq
November 15, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Sharing this alternative link to the Speech and Language Therapy starter pack. Let me know if you should be added! go.bsky.app/QKf7XWq
Less than a day on here, and I’ve noticed that instead of random bots following me every day there are REAL people who I’m actually interested in interacting with!
a man with a beard and a heart in his hair is looking at his phone and saying wow .
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November 19, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Less than a day on here, and I’ve noticed that instead of random bots following me every day there are REAL people who I’m actually interested in interacting with!
Happily shifting away from X… hope to share some research updates soon! Until then, there’s this:
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media.tenor.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Happily shifting away from X… hope to share some research updates soon! Until then, there’s this: