SPEAKER SEX IDENTIFICATION FROM VOICED, WHISPERED, AND FILTERED ISOLATED VOWELS

被引:158
作者
LASS, NJ [1 ]
HUGHES, KR [1 ]
BOWYER, MD [1 ]
WATERS, LT [1 ]
BOURNE, VT [1 ]
机构
[1] W VIRGINIA UNIV,SPEECH & HEARING SCI LAB,MORGANTOWN,WV 26506
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D O I
10.1121/1.380917
中图分类号
O42 [声学];
学科分类号
070206 ; 082403 ;
摘要
Experiments show the relative importance of a speaker's laryngeal fundamental frequency and vocal tract resonance properties in hearing taks involving sex identification. Six sustained isolated vowels are recorded and played to 15 listeners. Results show that the fundamental frequency is a more important acoustic cue than are resonance characteristics of the speaker.
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页码:675 / 678
页数:4
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