The relative contributions of speaking fundamental frequency and formant frequencies to gender identification based on isolated vowels

Journal of Voice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 544-554

  Gelfer, Marylou Pausewang ^a   Mikos, Victoria A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Schaumburg School District #54   (United States)

Author keywords

Formant frequencies; Gender identification; Transgendered voice; Vowels

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX RATIO; SPEECH; VOWEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 27844589507     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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