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 …

Speech carries essential information about the speaker's physiology and possible
pathophysiological conditions. Bio-acoustic voice qualities show promising value for …

On the basis of the idea that situational norms are mentally represented as associations
between environments and normative behavior, it was proposed that an environment can …

In human voices, low fundamental frequency is thought to be a cue to masculinity and
reproductive capability and large vocal tracts are associated with large body size of the …

Objectives We constructed age-and gender-specific norms for healthy adults on a large
number of speech and voice measures using standardized recording procedures. Study …

Sentences spoken “clearly” are significantly more intelligible than those spoken
“conversationally” for hearing-impaired listeners in a variety of backgrounds [Picheny et al …

Adults produce rapid, interleaved sequences of speech sounds by controlling the relative
motions in time and space of the oral articulators. The control and coordination of these …

Both rate reduction and increased loudness reportedly are associated with an increase in
the size of the articulatory-acoustic working space and improved acoustic distinctiveness for …

Purpose The purpose of the present investigation was to examine acoustic voice changes
across the life span. Previous voice production investigations used small numbers of …

The acoustic effects of the adjustment in vocal effort that is required when the distance
between speaker and addressee is varied over a large range (0.3–187.5 m) were …