Acoustical-perceptual correlates of 'whisper pitch' in synthetically generated vowels

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 583-591

  Higashikawa, Masahiko ^a   Minifie, Fred D ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Formant frequency; Generated vowel; Perceptional test; Whisper pitch

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION; VOCAL CORD; VOWEL;

EID: 0033065909     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4203.583     Document Type: Article

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