• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.105-109
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• 2009

This thesis describes the method for well voice announcement using the TTS(Text-To-Speech) technology in the shop music broadcasting service. Offering a high quality TTS sound service for each shop requires a great expense. According to a report on the architectural acoustics the room acoustic indexes such as reverberation time and early decay time are closely connected with a subjective awareness about acoustics. By using the result the customers will be able to recognize better the voice announcement by applying sound effect to speech files made by TTS. The result of an aural comprehension examination has shown better about almost all of the parameters by applying reverb effect to TTS sound.

• 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.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2009

The speech of Sino-Korean has been evolved from geopolitical cause since 1945. The aim of this study is to collect Yanji dialectal speech and to compare with South Korean dialectal speech. Twenty Yanbian university students participated as informants. Acoustic speech informations are analyzed using the Multi-Speech Windows Vista version. Dialectal speech characteristics of Yanji sino-Korean showed posterior vowel /${\alpha}$/, neutralization of mid-vowel /o/ between /o/ and /Ɔ/. Lenis stop sound showed the tendency of glottalization based on VOT value. Sibilant sound contains aspiration following constriction and lateral /l/ realized the approximant /r/.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2024

본 연구는 4세 아동에 대한 말소리발달 평가를 위해 세 문장 따라말하기 선별검사를 개발하고 또래와 비교할 수 있는 규준을 제공하기 위한 것이다. 이를 위해 4세 전반과 후반 각각 24명씩 총 48명의 아동에게 선별검사를 실시하였다. 선별검사 결과는 기존의 말소리장애 평가 검사 결과와 .7의 상관을 보였다. 선별검사를 통해 구한 음운발달 지표와 오류패턴에서 4세 전반과 후반으로 나눈 두 집단에 차이가 있는지 비교하였다. 후반 아동의 발달지표가 높은 것으로 나왔지만 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다. 모든 분석은 한국어말소리분석도구(Korean Speech Sound Analysis Tool, KSAT)를 사용하였으며, 자동분석 결과와 임상가의 수동분석 내용을 비교하였다. 자동분석과 수동분석의 오류패턴분석 일치도는 93.63%였다. 본 연구의 의의는 유도 문장수준에서 세 문장 따라말하기 선별검사의 4세 아동의 말소리 규준을 제시했다는 것과 KSAT의 임상과 연구 현장에서 적용 가능성을 검토하였다는 것이다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2017

Besides their effect on the f0 contour of the following vowel, Korean stops are undergoing a sound change in which a partial or complete consonantal merger on voice onset time (VOT) is taking place between aspirated and lax stops. Many previous studies on sound change have mainly focused on group-normative effects, that is, effects that are representative of the population as a whole. Few systematic quantitative studies of change in adult individuals have been carried out. The current study examines whether the sound change holds for individual speakers. It focuses on inter-speaker and intra-speaker variability on sound change in contemporary Korean. Speech data were collected for thirteen Seoul Korean speakers studying abroad in America. In order to minimize the possible effects of speech production, socio-phonetic factors such as age, gender, dialect, speech rate, and L2 exposure period were controlled when recruiting participants. The results showed that, for nine out of thirteen speakers, the consonantal merger is taking place between the aspirated and lax stop in terms of VOT. There were also intra-speaker variations on the merger in three aspects: First, is the consonantal (VOT) merger between the two stops is in progress or not? Second, are VOTs for aspirated stops getting shorter or not (i.e., the aspirated-shortening process)? Third, are VOTs for lax stops getting longer or not (i.e., the lax-lengthening process)? The results of remarkable inter-speaker and intra-speaker variability indicate a synchronous speech sound change of the stop system in contemporary Korean. Some speakers are early adopters or active propagators of sound change whereas others are not. Further study is necessary to see whether the inter-speaker differences exceed intra-speaker differences in sound change.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 건축음향시뮬레이션을 통하여 재실자에게 비상방송 설비에서 발생되는 비상 방송음이 명확하게 전달되는지를 알아보기 위하여 장방형 복도를 대상으로 NFSC 202의 기준에 따라 25 m 간격으로 비상 방송용 확성기가 설치되었을 때 건축마감재료 변경에 따라 음압레벨, 음성명료도 지표를 비교분석하였다. 마감재료로 흡음특성이 낮은 재료를 적용한 경우 충분한 음압 레벨은 확보할 수 있었지만, 재실자가 비상 방송음을 알아듣기 매우 어려운 수준의 음성명료도를 보였다. 마감재료로 흡음재료를 적용함에 따라 음성 명료도, 음성 전달 지수는 재실자가 잘 알아들을 수 있는 수준으로 개선이 가능한 것으로 나타났지만 재실자에게 전달되는 음압 레벨이 감소되며 같은 공간 내 레벨 차이가 크게 발생되는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 흡음재료를 사용하여 음성명료도를 확보하고자 할 경우 고른 음압 레벨 분포를 확보하기 위하여 비상 방송용 확성기를 설치간격 조정 등이 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2017

This study attempts to determine the extent to which late talkers are at the risk of delayed phonological development, in order to identify groups at risk and to find factors affecting delayed phonological development. A group of 1,452 children (51% boys, 49% girls) were recruited from the nationwide Panel Study on Korean Children. The current study collected data from 418 children who were previously identified as late-talkers (LT) at their age of three on average (Time 1: expressive vocabulary test) and three years later (Time 2: phonological test). Their phonological outcomes of the Time 2 were analyzed and then compared to those of a group of 1,056 children with typical language development (NLT: no late-talkers) at the age of three in terms of the number of incorrect consonants, and the speech sound disorders rating scores. LT showed a lower articulation score than NLT, and boys showed a lower score than girls. These findings indicate that the late onset of speech and the gender of young children could be potential risk factors of speech sound disorders.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.129-141
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• 2012

본 논문은 강의실의 실내흡음력이 증가함에 따라 발생하는 물리적 음명료도 (D50, STI)의 변화가 한국어와 중국어의 주관적 음이해도 (음성요해도)에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 이를 위해 중규모 강의실에서 흡음재를 설치하기 전과 후의 물리적 음향성능을 측정하고, 음절요해도 테스트 법을 사용해 음성요해도를 평가하였다. 음성요해도 평가시 한국어와 중국어의 두 가지 언어를 대상으로 진행함으로써 두 언어의 특성에 따른 음성요해도의 차이를 비교하였다. 실험결과 흡음재를 설치함에 따라 물리적 음명료도가 증가하였으며, 음성요해도 또한 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 동일한 조건에서 음절요해도 테스트를 수행한 결과 한국어보다 중국어의 음성요해도가 더 높은 것으로 평가되었으며 이것은 한국어와 중국어의 발음특성의 차이에 기인한 것으로 사료된다. 한편 물리적 음명료도와 주관적 음명료도의 상관관계 분석결과 ($R^2$) D50의 경우 한국어는 0.696, 중국어는 0.707로 나타났으며 STI의 경우 한국어는 0.651, 중국어는 0.665로 매우 높은 상관관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2007년도 한국음성과학회 공동학술대회 발표논문집
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• pp.176-179
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• 2007

This study examined the acoustic characteristics in women diver's Soombijil sound. A total of 18 women divers was attended this study. Acoustic analysis was performed via Praat. Soombijil sound were classified into three types as pitch variations in beginning, middle, and ending part. Type I showed increasing-decreasing-flat. Type II was identified by the shape of flat-flat-increasing. The shape of type III showed increasing-decreasing-increasing. Duration of Soombijil sound was mean 1.48 sec. The range of frequency was 1591.54 ${\sim}$ 4477.13 Hz. FFT analysis showed that frequencies were concentrated 500${\sim}$2000 Hz. Type I and II showed two peaks at 500 Hz and 1500${\sim}$2000 Hz. Type III has one peak below 500 Hz.

• 음성과학
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.167-179
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• 1999

The hearing mechanism is a complicated system. Sound is generated by a source that sends out air pressure or power. The pressure or power makes the sound waves. These waves reach the eardrum, or tympanic membrane, which vibrates at a rate and magnitude proportional to the nature of the sound waves. The tympanic membrane transforms this vibration into the mechanical energy in the middle ear, which in turn converts it to the hydraulic energy in the fluid of the inner ear. The hydraulic energy stimulates the sensory cells of the inner ear which send neuroelectrical impulses to the central auditory nervous system. The passive perception of auditory information starts just here. The listener gives attention to the speech sound, differentiates the sound from background noise, and integrates his experience with similar sounds. The listener then puts all of these aspects of audition into the context of the moment to identify the nature of sound. This has a major role in human communication. This paper provides an overview of the nature and characteristics of sound, the structure and function of the auditory system, and the way in which sound is processed by the auditory system.