Perceived pitch of whispered vowels-relationship with formant frequencies: A preliminary study
| Autor: | Masahiko Higashikawa, Atsushi Sakakura, Hiroaki Takahashi, Ken Nakai |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Whispered voice Verbal Behavior media_common.quotation_subject Speech recognition Pitch perception Phonetics Audiology LPN and LVN Whispering Listening test Speech and Hearing Formant Otorhinolaryngology Perception Vowel medicine Humans Female Pitch Perception Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Voice. 10:155-158 |
| ISSN: | 0892-1997 |
| Popis: | To clarify the role of formant frequency in the perception of pitch in whispering, we conducted a preliminary experiment to determine (1.) whether speakers change their pitch during whispering; (2.) whether listeners can perceive differences in pitch; and (3.) what the acoustical features are when speakers change their pitch. The listening test of whispered Japanese speech demonstrates that one can determine the perceived pitch of vowel /a/ as ordinary, high, or low. Acoustical analysis revealed that the perception of pitch corresponds to some formant frequencies. Further data with synthesized whispered voice are necessary to confirm the importance of the formant frequencies in detail for perceived pitch of whispered vowels. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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