There is a substantial body of literature showing that men and women speak differently and
that these differences are endemic to the speech signal. However, the psycholinguistic …

Purpose The aim of this study was to provide a systematic review of the aspects of verbal
communication contributing to listener perceptions of speaker gender with a view to …

Since the early days of (phonetic) convergence research, one of the main questions is which
individuals are more likely to adapt their speech to others. Especially differences between …

Our ability to infer a speaker's emotional state depends on the processing of acoustic
parameters such as fundamental frequency (F0) and timbre. Yet, how these parameters are …

The shape and design of the modern violin are largely influenced by two makers from
Cremona, Italy: The instrument was invented by Andrea Amati and then improved by Antonio …

Speaker sex and gender leave a robust acoustic signature in spoken language. In this
chapter, we discuss how the articulatory, acoustic, and perceptual characteristics of speech …

Purpose Using naturalistic synthesized speech, we determined the relative importance of
acoustic cues in voice gender and age perception in cochlear implant (CI) users. Method We …

While the human perceptual system constantly adapts to the environment, some of the
underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. For instance, although previous …

While the perception of sexual orientation in voices often relies on stereotypes, it is unclear
whether speech stereotypes and accurate perceptions of sexual orientation are each based …

Here we describe the Jena Speaker Set (JESS), a free database for unfamiliar adult voice
stimuli, comprising voices from 61 young (18–25 years) and 59 old (60–81 years) female …