• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2023

본 연구는 연장음의 길이에 따른 비유창성 지각 정도에 대해 각각 등간척도와 직접크기평정을 통한 청지각적 평가를 실시한 후, 두 평가의 결과치가 선형적인 또는 비선형적인 관계를 보이는지를 알아보고자 진행되었다. 이를 통해 연장음의 길이에 따른 비유창성 지각 정도에 대한 적절한 평가 방법을 제안하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 한국어를 모국어로 하는 만 19세 이상 성인 남녀 34명(남: 9명, 여: 25명, 평균연령: 32.9세)이 평가자로 참여였다. 실험참여자는 먼저 한국어 평마찰음 /s/를 원래 길이에서 80 ms씩 연장하여 2,000 ms(i.e., 285 ms, 365 ms., ..., 2,125 ms, 2,205 ms)까지 연장 변조한 총 25개의 자극이 들어 있는 문장을 듣고, 등간척도(1-7점, 1은 '정상', 7은 '심도')로 평가하였다. 이후에 등간척도 평가 결과, '경중도'(4점)에 해당하는 음성샘플을 선정해 이를 기준 평가치(modulus)로 하여 직접크기평정을 실시하였다. 두 평가 결과치에 대한 산포도를 작성한 후, 모형 분석을 통해 두 측정치 간의 관계가 선형적(linear)인지 비선형적(curvilinear)인지 R²값을 통해 조사하였다. 연구 결과, 두 평가 결과치의 관계가 비선형적인 양상을 보이는 것으로 나타났으며 이는 연장음의 길이에 따른 비유창성 정도 평가에 있어 등간척도보다는 직접크기평정이 적절한 평가 방법임을 보여주는 결과이다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.165-170
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• 2009

This study was to investigate for comparison between single rating and average ratings from multiple presentations of the same stimulus for measuring the voice quality of dysphonia using 7-point equal-appearing interval (EAI) rating scale. Overall severity of voice quality for 46 /a/ vowel stimuli (23 stimuli from dysphonia, 23 stimuli from control) was rated by 3 experienced speech-language pathologists (averaged 19 years; range = 7 to 40 years). For average ratings, each stimulus was rated five times in random order and averaged from two to five times. Although higher inter-rater reliability was found in average ratings than in single rating, there were no significant differences in rating scores between single and multiple average ratings judged by experienced listeners, suggesting that auditory perceptual ratings judged by well-trained listeners have relatively good agreement with the same stimulus across the judgment. Larger variations in perceptual ratings were observed for moderate voices than for mild or severe voices, even in the average ratings.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.139-146
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• 2012

This study was designed to examine comfort levels of pitch and loudness with target matching and their effects on electroglottographic (EGG) and acoustic measures. Twelve speakers, six males and six females, were instructed to produce /a/ sustained vowel for three seconds at a comfortable pitch and loudness level without any instruction and with a target matching procedure of either a certain f0 or SPL separately with visual and auditory feedback. The range of pitch for females and males were presented by progressing up and down randomly at intervals of 5Hz from 150 Hz to 310 Hz (total 33 frequency targets) and from 85 Hz to 190 Hz (total 22 frequency targets), respectively. The loudness levels were 65, 75, 85, 95 dB (total of four intensity targets) for both males and females. Subjective estimations of comfortable levels were obtained using a 10-point equal-appearing interval rating scale following each phonation. The results showed that males and females demonstrated similar trends in loudness levels with greatest comfort at 75 dB, whereas pitch comfort ratings showed a greater variability with females having a wider range with target matching. In the comfort levels of individuals, most male and female speakers rated higher comfort at soft, rather than loud phonations. On the other hand, most male speakers perceived highest comfort levels below the comfort pitch levels they phonated under natural conditions. Higher frequency ranges, however, were perceived to be more comfortable than those of natural condition in most female speakers, although the comfortable pitch levels in spontaneous phonations were within the comfort level ranges determined by targeted phonations. When comparing acoustic (%jitter, %shimmer, SNR) and EGG measures (CQ%) between spontaneous comfortable phonations and targeted phonations produced by the same subject at similar f0 and intensity, no significant differences were observed (p>0.05). Thus, target matching procedures may be considered a compatible and alternative method to reduce the variability of comfortable pitch and loudness levels by eliciting consistent comfortable phonations.