Phonetics and Speech Sciences (말소리와 음성과학)

Korean Society of Speech Sciences (한국음성학회)
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Correlation Between the External Laryngeal Length and the Habitual Speaking Fundamental Frequency

외 후두부 길이와 발화기본주파수 간의 상관관계

  • 남도현 (연세대학교 의과대학 강남세브란스병원 이비인후과) ;
  • 임성수 (고려대학교 정보통계학과 세종캠퍼스) ;
  • 최홍식 (연세대학교 의과대학 강남세브란스병원 이비인후과 음성언어의학연구소)
  • Published : 2009.12.30
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Abstract

For this study, the external laryngeal lengths of 9 females and 9 males with normal voices were measured together with their ages, heights, and weights, and after they read aloud sentences for 3 minutes, their habitual speaking fundamental frequencies, speaking low pitches, speaking high pitches, and vocal fold closed quotients were measured. The Spearman rank correlation analysis on these data showed a significant negative correlation between the external laryngeal length and the habitual speaking fundamental frequency for both females and males, a significant negative correlation between the external laryngeal length and the speaking high pitch for only males, a significant negative correlation between the external laryngeal length and the speaking low pitch for both females and males, and a significant positive correlation between the external laryngeal length and the vocal fold closed quotient for only males.

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