An Investigation into the Auditory Attributes of Volume and Density in Listening to Speech Sounds
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu15664630666069732021-08-03T07:12:44Z An Investigation into the Auditory Attributes of Volume and Density in Listening to Speech Sounds Infante, Linda Audiology Speech pathologists often encounter voices that defy classification using voice measurements presently available. Stevens (1975) demonstrated that pure tones can be described in terms of pitch, intensity, volume and density. Available voice profiles allow for the rating of pitch and intensity but do not provide for the evaluation of volume or density. The purpose of these studies was to determine the feasibility of judging the auditory attributes of volume and density in spoken speech. Density has been defined as "compactness, concentration or hardness of sound", while volume is defined as "size of the sound, how large it appears." (Stevens, 1975) A small number of highly trained listeners, using the technique of magnitude estimation judged selected isolated vowels, CVC syllables and sentence stimuli in separate studies. In vowel and sentence stimuli the attribute of density could be judged consistently by some listeners. Volume could not be consistently judged. In this experimenter's opinion, the voices used in the study were too similar in volume to permit a satisfactory test of usefulness of this attribute to voice description. The second major part of the study consisted of a large group of subjects with limited training using an equal interval scale. These subjects judged the attribute of density in both isolated vowel and sentence stimuli. These subjects were able to rank the talkers in a fashion similar to the small group of highly trained subjects. In summary, the following results were shown: trained listeners can judge the attribute of density consistently in isolated vowels and sentence stimuli but not in eve context; judgments of volume could not be considered reliable due to the limited selection of voices used, and untrained listeners could judge density in both vowel and sentence stimuli with reasonable interjudge consistency. Unexpectedly, the lower pitched voices of males were judged more dense than the higher pitched female voices. 1979 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463066606973 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463066606973 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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An Investigation into the Auditory Attributes of Volume and Density in Listening to Speech Sounds |
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