This report on speech research contains 21 papers describing research conducted on a variety of topics concerning speech perception, processing, and production. The initial two reports deal with brain function in speech; several others concern ear function, both in terms of perception and information processing. A number of reports describe electromyographic studies investigating the relationship between a particular physiological function and the production of speech sounds. Other reports deal with reading and linguistic awareness, machines and speech, and reading machines for the blind. (VM)