In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 108, No. 5_Supplement ( 2000-11-01), p. 2531-2531
Kurzfassung:
Previous studies of vowels produced by adult speakers showed substantial individual and gender differences in acoustic parameters related to glottal characteristics [H. M. Hanson, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, 466–481 (1997); H. M. Hanson and E. S. Chuang, ibid. 106, 1064–1077 (1999)]. The current study extends the earlier work to children. In pilot work, data produced by seven children (five male, two female, ages 5-8) showing no signs of speech or voice disorders were analyzed. Acoustic measures related to first-formant bandwidth, open quotient, and spectral tilt were made on the vowel /ε/ extracted from the word ‘‘red.’’ These preliminary data show, for example, that the average measure of spectral tilt (dB difference between amplitudes of first harmonic and third-formant prominence) for the children is about 14 dB greater than for adult females and about 24 dB greater than for adult males. The results suggest that, like adults, children display substantial individual differences in vocal-fold configuration. Data for additional subjects and vowels will be analyzed, and we will make measures related to aspiration noise. Mean data for children and adults will be compared and interpretation in terms of acoustic models will be proposed. [Work supported by NIH Grant DC03744.]
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publikationsdatum:
2000
ZDB Id:
1461063-2
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