Time- and spectrum-related variabilities in stressed speech under laboratory and real conditions

Speech Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 111-129

  Ruiz, Robert ^a   Absil, Emmanuelle ^b   Harmegnies, Bernard ^b   Legros, Claude ^a   Poch, Dolors ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emotion; Pitch; Spectrum; Stress; Voice analysis

Indexed keywords

SOUND RECORDING; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CUMULATIVE HISTOGRAM; STRESSED SPEECH;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030284019     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(96)00048-9     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. M.T. Allen and M.D. Crowell (1989), "Patterns of autonomic response during laboratory stressors", Psychophysiology, Vol. 26, pp. 603-614.
2. P. Benson (1995), "Analysis of the acoustic correlates of stress from an operational aviation emergency", Proc. ESCA-NATO Tutorial and Research Workshop on Speech under Stress, Lisbon, September 1995, pp. 61-64.
3. J.W. Black (1951), "The effect of noise induced temporary deafness upon vocal intensity", Speech Monogr., Vol. 18(b), pp. 74-77.
4. M. Brenner, T. Doherty and T. Shipp (1994), "Speech measures indicating workload demand", Aviat. Space Environ. Med., Vol. 65, pp. 21-26.
5. E.T. Doherty and H. Hollien (1978), "Multiple-factor speaker identification of normal and distorded speech", J. Phonetics, Vol. 6, pp. 1-8.
6. G. Fairbanks and L.W. Hoaglin (1941), "An experimental study of the duration characteristics of the voice during the expression of emotion", Speech Monogr., Vol. 8, pp. 85-90.
7. B. Gramatica, R. Ruiz and C. Legros (1992), "Modification de la fréquence fondamentale de la voix des pilotes: Incidents réels et simulés", J. Physique III, Vol. 2, pp. C1-335-338.
8. G.R. Griffin and C.E. Williams (1987), "The effects of different levels of task complexity on three vocal measures", Aviat. Space Environ. Med., Vol. 58, pp. 1167-1170.
9. W.A. Hargreaves and J.A. Starkweather (1964), "Voice quality changes in depression", Language and Speech, Vol. 7, pp. 84-88.
10. B. Harmegnies and A. Landercy (1992), "A multi-variate approach for the analysis of speech under cognitive stress", Proc. ESCA, Cannes-Mandelieu, pp. 231-234.
11. M.H.L. Hecker, K.N. Stevens, G. Von Bismark and C.E. Williams (1968), "Manifestation of task induced stress in the acoustic speech signal", J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 993-1001.
12. H. Helfrich, R. Standke and K.R. Scherer (1984), "Vocal indicators of psychoactive drug effects", Speech Communication, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 245-252.
13. J.C. Junqua (1992), "The variability of speech produced in noise", Proc. ESCA, pp. 43-52.
14. J.C. Junqua (1993), "The Lombard reflex and its role on human listeners and automatic speech recognizers", J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., Vol. 93, No. 1, pp. 510-524.
15. H. Lane and B. Tranel (1971), "The Lombard sign and the role of hearing in speech", J. Speech and Hearing Research, Vol. 14, pp. 679-709.
16. E. Lombard (1911), "Le signe de l'élévation de la voix", Ann. Maladies Oreille. Larynx, Nez. Pharynx, Vol. 37, pp. 101-119.
17. J.D. Mosko, K.N. Stevens and G.R. Griffin (1983), Interactive voice technology: Variations in the vocal utterances of speakers performing a stress-inducing task, Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory Report 1300, Pensacola, FL.
18. S.S. Newman and V.G. Matter (1938), "Analysis of spoken language of patients with affective disorders", Amer. J. Psychiatry, Vol. 94, pp. 912-942.
19. P.F. Ostwald (1965), "Acoustic methods in psychiatry", Scientific American, Vol. 212, pp. 82-91.
20. E. Pedhazur and L. Pedhazur Schmelkin (1991), Measurement, Design and Analysis (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ).
21. 0 manipulations on perceived emotional stress", Proc. ESCA-NATO Tutorial and Research Workshop on Speech under Stress, Lisbon, September 1995, pp. 1-4.
22. L. Rubenstein (1966), "Electro-acoustical measurement of vocal responses to limited stress", Behav. Res. & Therapy, Vol. 4, pp. 135-138.
23. R. Ruiz and C. Legros (1994), "The cumulative spectral probability diagram: Theory and experiments", Acta Acustica, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 215-222.
24. R. Ruiz and C. Legros (1995), "Vowel spectral characteristics to detect vocal stress", Proc. 15th Internat. Congress on Acoustics, Trondheim, Norway, Vol. 3, pp. 141-144.
25. R. Ruiz, C. Legros and A. Guell (1990), "Voice analysis to predict the psychological or physical state of a speaker", Aviat. Space Environ. Med., Vol. 61, pp. 266-271.
26. K.R. Scherer (1981), "Vocal indicators of stress", in: J. Darby, Ed., Speech Evaluation in Psychiatry (Grune and Stratton, New York), pp. 189-220.
27. P.V. Simonov and M.V. Frolov (1973), "Utilization of human voice for estimation of man's emotional stress and state of attention", Aerospace Med., Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 256-258.
28. P.V. Simonov and M.V. Frolov (1977), "Analysis of the human voice as a method of controling emotional state: Achievments and goals", Aviat. Space Environ. Med., Vol. 46, pp. 1014-1016.
29. J.R. Stroop (1935), "Studies of interference in serial verbal reactions", J. Exp. Psychol., Vol. 18 pp. 643-662.
30. J. Sulc and V. Remek (1985), "Possibilities and limits of using speech signals in aviation and space psychophysiology", Acta Neurobiological Exp., Vol. 46, pp. 347-352.
31. J. Thompson and J.S. Mason (1995), "Effects of anxiety in visual and audio speech databases", Proc. ESCA-NATO Tutorial and Research Workshop on Speech under Stress, Lisbon, September 1995, pp. 21-24.
32. J.C. Webster and R.G. Klumpp (1962), "Effects of ambiant noise and nearby talkers on a face-to-face communication task", J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., Vol. 34, pp. 936-941.
33. C.E. Williams and K.N. Stevens (1972), "Emotions and speech: Some acoustical correlates", J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., Vol. 52, pp. 1238-1250.
34. C.E. Williams and K.N. Stevens (1981), "Vocal correlates of emotional states", in: J. Darby, Ed., Speech Evaluation in Psychiatry (Grune and Stratton, New York).