• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.33-42
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• 2012

Background and Objectives : Dysarthria refers to speech disorder that causes difficulties in speech communication due to paralysis, muscle weakening, and incoordination of speech muscle mechanism caused by damaged central or peripheral nerve system. Pitch, strength and speed are influenced by dysarthria during detonation due to difficulties in muscle control. As evaluation items, alternate motion rate and diadochokinesis have been commonly used, and articulation is also an important evaluation items. The purpose of this study is to find acoustic characteristics on sound production of dysarthria patients. Materials and Methods : Research subjects have been selected as 20 dysarthria patients and 20 subjects for control group, and voice sample was composed of bilabial, alveolar sound, and velar sound in diadochokinetic rate, while consonant articulation test was composed of bilabial plosive, alveolar plosive, velar plosive. Analysis items were composed of 1) speaking rate, energy, articulation time of diadochokinesis, 2) voice onset time (VOT), total duration (TD), vowel duration (VD), hold of plosives. Results and Conclusions : The number of diadochokinetic rate of dysarthria was smaller than control group. Both control group and dysarthria group was highly presented in the order of /t/>/p/>/k/. Minimum energy range per cycle during diadochokinetic rate of dysarthria group was smaller than control group, and presented statistical significance in /p/, /k/, /ptk/. Maximum energy range was larger than control group, and presented statistical significance in /t/, /ptk/. Articulation time, gap, total articulation time during diadochokinetic rate of dysarthria group was longer than control group and presented statistical significance. The articulation time was presented in both control group and dysarthria group in the order of /k/>/t/>/p/, while Gap was presented in the order of /p/>/t/>/k/ for control group and /p/>/k/>/t/ for dysarthria group. VOT, TD, VD regarding plosives of dysarthria group were longer than control group. Hold showed large deviation compared to control group that had appeared due to declined larynx and articulation organ motility.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2011

This paper investigated how prosodic position and word type affect the phonetic structure of Korean coronal stops. Initial segments of prosodic domains were known to be more strongly articulated and longer relative to prosodic domain-medial segments. However, there are few studies examining whether the properties of prosodic domain-initial segments are affected by the information content of words (real vs. nonsense words). In addition, since the scope of domain-initial effect was known to be local to the initial consonant and the effects on the following vowel have been found to be limited, it is thus worth examining whether the prosodic domain-initial effect extends into the vowel after the initial consonant in a systematic way across different prosodic domains. The acoustic properties of Korean coronal stops (lenis /t/, aspirated /$t^h$/, and tense /t'/) were compared across Intonational Phrase, Phonological Phrase and Word-initial positions both in real and nonsense words. The durational intervals such as VOT and CV duration were cumulatively lengthened for /t/ and /$t^h$/ in the higher prosodic domain-initial positions. However, tense stop /t'/ did not show any variation as a function of prosodic position and word type. The domain-initial lenis stop showed significantly longer duration in nonsense words than in real words. But the prosodic domain-initial effect was not found in the properties of F0 and [H1-H2] of the vowel after initial stops. The present study provided evidence that speakers tend to enhance speech clarity when there is less contextual information as in prosodic domain-initial position and in nonsense words.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.32-39
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• 1994

한국어 음성인식 시스템을 구현하기 위한 기초 연구로서 한국어 전음소를 대상으로 1) 각 음소의 특성을 가장 잘 나타내는 최적의 위치, 2) 최고의 인식률을 얻기 위한 적당한 지속시간길이를 찾기위해서 음소인식을 수행하였다. 인식실험을 위해 특징파라메터로 21차원 켑스트럼계수를 이용하여 베이즈 결정법칙으로서 세화자에 대한 종속인식실험을 행하였다. 인식실험결과 최고의 인식률을 보이는 최적의 특징추출의 위치는 모음에서는 10~50ms, 마찰음및 파찰음은 40~100ms, 비음, 유음은 10~50ms, 그리고 파열음은 10~50ms임을 알 수 있었다. 또, 35 전음소를 대상으로한 인식에 있어서는 최고의 인식률을 얻기위한 지속시간 정 보의 길이는 60~70ms정도가 충분함을 알 수 있었다.

• 음성과학
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.219-228
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• 2000

Assessment of speech nasality provides important information for the treatment of velopharyngeal incompetence. Objective procedures may be used to assess velopharyngea1 function, in examples Nasometer, Aerodynamics, x-ray, Electromyography, Nasoendoscopy and Videofluoroscopy etc. The aim of this study was to obtain comprehensive nasalance data for Korean adults, aged 20 years and to investigate any gender differences within that age group using Nasometer II. The results were as follow: (1) The nasalance of the vowels(/a/, /i/, /e/, /o/, /u/, /ja/, /je/, /wi/) in the group of adults was higher in females than in males (p<0.05). (2) The nasalance of the plosives (/p/, /$p^h$/, /p'/, /t/, /$t^h$/, /t'/, /k/, /$k^h$/, /k'/) in the group of adults was higher in females than in males (p<0.05). (3) The nasalance of the affricatives (/c/, /$c^h$/, /c'/) in the group of adults was higher in females than in males (p<0.05). (4) The nasalance of the fricatives (/s/, /s'/, /$\int$/) in the group of adults was higher in female than in males (p<0.05). (5) There was no statistically significant effect for the nasalance of nasal consonants (/m/, /n/, /$a{\eta}$/).

• 대한음성학회지:말소리
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• 제21_24호
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• pp.111-122
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• 1992

본 논문에서는 한국어에 있어서 세 가지 유형의 파열음과 일본어에 있어서 두 가지 유형의 파열음과 일본어에 있어서 두 가지 유형의 파열음이 보여주는 시간적 특성을 어두 위치 및 모음간 위치로 나누어 비교해 보았다- 한국어에 있어서 세 가지 유형의 파열음은 어두 위치에서 모두 무성음으로 실현되므로 성의 대립으로는 이들을 유형화 할 수 없고, 그보다는 조음의 힘과 기식의 유무에 따라 연음, 무기 경음, 유기 경음으로 분류하는 것이 타당하다. 이에 비해 일본어 파열음은 유성음인 연음과 무성음인 경음의 두가지 유형으로 대립된다. 유성음과 무성음, 그리고 유기음과 무기음의 구분에는 파열음의 개방에서부터 성대 진동까지의 시간인 성 시작 시간(VOT)과 기식의 길이가 변수가 된다. 경음과 연음의 구분에는 선행 모음의 길이, 폐쇄 지속 시간, Vl/(Vl+CL)의 비율이 유용한 정보가 된다. 양국어 어두 파열음의 VOT를 비교해 볼 때, 일본어 유성음은 음수의 VOT를 가지며, 한국어 무기 경음에서는 VOT가 10msec정도로 짧게 나타나고, 그 다음으로 한국어 연음. 일본어 무성음, 한국어 유기 경음의 순서로 길어진다. $\frac{선행 모음의 길이}{(선행 모음의 길이+폐쇄 지속 시간)}$의 비율은 언어의 특성도 반영해 주는데, 한국어의 경우 연음: 무기 경음: 유기 경음의 비는 0.63: 0.30:0.35, 일본어의 경우 유성음:무성음의 비는 0.69: 0.45로 나타났다. 청취 실험을 통해 한국인의 자음 인식 경향을 살펴본 결과, 성대 진동의 유무를 변별적으로 사용하지 않는 한국인 화자는 일본어 유성음은 연음으로, 무성음은 경음으로 인식하는 경향이 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국음향학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국음향학회 1994년도 FIFTH WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL ACOUSTICS CONFERENCE SEOUL KOREA
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• pp.1033-1038
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• 1994

This paper describes recognition results using the modified Learning Vector Quantization (MLVQ2) method which we proposed previously. At first, we investigated the property of duration of 29 Korean consonants and found that the variances of th duration were extremely big comparing to other languages. We carried out preliminary recognition experiments for three stop consonants P, T and K. From the recognition results, we defined the optimum conditions for the learning. Then we applied the MLVQ2 method to the recognition of Korean consonants. The training was carried out using the phoneme samples in the 611 word vocabulary uttered by 2 male speakers, where each of the speakers uttered two repetitions. The recognition experiment was carried out for the phoneme samples in two repetitions of the 611 word vocabulary uttered by another male speaker. The recognition scores for the twelve plosives were 68.2% for the test samples. The recofnition scores for the 29 Korean consonants were 64.8% for the test samples.

• 대한구순구개열학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2000

Assessment of speech nasality provides important information for the treatment of velopharyngeal incompetence. The perceptual judgement of nasality is still used in assessment of velopharyngeal incompetence, but it should not be the sole criterion for speech nasality. Objective procedures may be used to assess velopharyngeal function, in examples nasometer, aerodynamics, x-ray, electromyography, nasoendoscopy and videofluoroscopy etc, The aim of this study was to obtain comprehensive nasalance data for the Korean children, aged 7 years and to investigate any tonsil differences within that age group. The results were as follow: The nasalance of the children in respect of the tonsil was higher in grade III than grade I in vowels (/i/, /u/, /wi/), plosives (/p'/, /t'/, /k'/), affricatives (/c'/) and fricatives (/s/, /∫/). (p<0.05)

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2015

This study investigated the effects of the age of Korean speakers, place of articulation, and phonation types on voice onset time (VOT) of stops. Twenty-five preschoolers, 25 schoolers, and 25 adults who had no history of speech and language impairment produced plosives in /VCV/ words in isolation. A three-way ($3{\times}3{\times}3$) mixed design was used with the age of speakers (preschoolers, schoolers, adults) as a between-subject factor, the place of articulation (bilabials, alveolars, velars) and phonation types (plain, tense, aspirated consonants) as a within-subject factor. The dependent measure was the VOT values. Results revealed that three main effects were statistically significant. Preschoolers exhibited longer VOTs than adults (p<.05). There were significant differences in VOTs among the place of articulation, showing that speakers had the longest VOTs for velars (velars > alvelars > bilabials) (all p<.05). In addition, the VOTs for aspirated consonants were longer than those for plain and tense consonants, and the differences were significant among three phonation types (aspirated > tense > plain) (all p<.05). The current results suggested that VOTs would be linked to age and development, and schoolers over the age of 11 years had achieved adult-like VOTs. Moreover, the place of articulation and phonation types in Korean stops showed marked factors in normal speakers' VOT patterns.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.291-305
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• 2020

Purpose : The duration of speech segments reflects children's speech motor development. The purpose of this study was to determine whether segmental sound and word duration varies by age among preschool children. Methods : A total of 60 children aged 4~5 years participated in this study. Participants took the picture-naming test to produce single-word speech data. The duration of the consonant at the initial position of the word and the final position of the word, the voice onset time of plosive, the duration of the vowel following the initial consonant, and the duration of the word were measured. Results : As age increased, the duration of the initial consonant, the duration of the word, and the voice onset time decreased significantly. The main effects of age, manner of articulation, and place of articulation on the duration of the initial consonant were significant. The duration of consonants in the nasal sound and plosives and the duration of bilabial and alveolar sound differed significantly between groups. The main effects of age and vocal type on voice onset time were significant. The main effect of age on the duration of the consonant in the final position of word and on the duration of the vowel were not statistically significant. Conclusion : The results of this study showed that the duration of segmental sound and the word were associated with speech development between 4 and 5 years old. Accordingly, duration of the segmental sound and the word may serve as an acoustic cue as they reflect speech development and speech motor control maturity.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 1998년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.181-185
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• 1998

최근 통신 시스템의 연구와 발전 방향은 목소리의 음성 정보와 말하는 얼굴 영상의 화상 정보를 함께 적용하므로서 음성 정보만을 제공하는 경우보다 높은 인식율을 제공한다. 따라서 본 연구는 청각장애자들의 언어 대체수단 중 하나인 구화(speechreading)에서 가장 시각적 변별력이 높은 독순(lipreading)을 PC에서 구현하고자 한다. 간 논문은 기존의 방법과 달리 말하는 영상 시퀀스에서 독순(lipreading)을 행하기 위해 3차원 모델을 사용하여 입의 벌어진 정도, 턱의 움직임, 입술의 돌출과 같은 3차원 특징 정보를 제공하였다. 이와 같은 특징 정보를 얻기 위해 3차원 형상 모델을 입력 동영상에 정합시키고 정합된 3차원모델에서 각 특징점의 변화량을 인식파라미터로 사용하였다. 그리고, 인식 단위로 동영상을 분리하는 방법은 3차원 특징점 변화량에서 얻어지는 강도의 기울기에 의한다. 인식은 다차원(multi-dimensional), 다단계 라벨링 방법을 사용하여 3차원 특징벡터를 입력으로 한 이산 HMM을 사용하였다.