Perceptual and Physiological Correlates of Voice Quality Settings
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Zuleica Camargo
Abstract
This study adopts a phonetic approach to voice quality, exploring perceptual and physiological counterparts of voice qualities related to supralaryngeal events. Auditory judgments using the Vocal Profile Analysis System (VPAS) were compared to vocal tract images (ultrasound) of the tongue (sagittal plan). Based on the principle of segmental susceptibility to the effects of voice quality settings (VQSs), perceptual and physiological data from six speakers were studied. Samples from five speakers with non-neutral and one with neutral supralaryngeal settings (tongue tip and body) were selected from the Voice Quality Database. VQS images of different oral vowels were generated and randomly inserted in an electronic form. For each image, nine evaluators were asked to indicate the body tongue positions in the vertical and horizontal axes, without any indication of the vowel produced. The perceptual data correlated with the physiological findings (tongue contours in the sagittal plane), especially in the plane of the anteroposterior displacement of the tongue. These findings reinforce theoretical principles of the phonetic model for the description of voice quality (segmental susceptibility to the effects of VQS) and reveal contributions to the field of prosody research as well as clinical applications.
Abstract
This study adopts a phonetic approach to voice quality, exploring perceptual and physiological counterparts of voice qualities related to supralaryngeal events. Auditory judgments using the Vocal Profile Analysis System (VPAS) were compared to vocal tract images (ultrasound) of the tongue (sagittal plan). Based on the principle of segmental susceptibility to the effects of voice quality settings (VQSs), perceptual and physiological data from six speakers were studied. Samples from five speakers with non-neutral and one with neutral supralaryngeal settings (tongue tip and body) were selected from the Voice Quality Database. VQS images of different oral vowels were generated and randomly inserted in an electronic form. For each image, nine evaluators were asked to indicate the body tongue positions in the vertical and horizontal axes, without any indication of the vowel produced. The perceptual data correlated with the physiological findings (tongue contours in the sagittal plane), especially in the plane of the anteroposterior displacement of the tongue. These findings reinforce theoretical principles of the phonetic model for the description of voice quality (segmental susceptibility to the effects of VQS) and reveal contributions to the field of prosody research as well as clinical applications.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents IX
- Prosody and L2 Learning Interface: The Case of Spanish L2 and Brazilian Portuguese L1 Intonation 1
- The Role of Prosody in the Processing of Ambiguities in Brazilian Portuguese 31
- Defining and Identifying Discourse Markers in Spontaneous Speech 65
- A Contribution to a Better Understanding of Silent Pause 103
- Perceptual and Physiological Correlates of Voice Quality Settings 127
- Multimodal Analysis of Speech Attractiveness Expression 151
- Posture and Gestures Can Affect the Prosodic Speaker Impact in a Remote Presentation 181
- An Acoustic Analysis of Creaky Voice Patterns in Singing 223
- Evaluating OpenAI’s Whisper ASR for Punctuation Prediction and Topic Modeling of life histories of the Museum of the Person 247
- Index
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents IX
- Prosody and L2 Learning Interface: The Case of Spanish L2 and Brazilian Portuguese L1 Intonation 1
- The Role of Prosody in the Processing of Ambiguities in Brazilian Portuguese 31
- Defining and Identifying Discourse Markers in Spontaneous Speech 65
- A Contribution to a Better Understanding of Silent Pause 103
- Perceptual and Physiological Correlates of Voice Quality Settings 127
- Multimodal Analysis of Speech Attractiveness Expression 151
- Posture and Gestures Can Affect the Prosodic Speaker Impact in a Remote Presentation 181
- An Acoustic Analysis of Creaky Voice Patterns in Singing 223
- Evaluating OpenAI’s Whisper ASR for Punctuation Prediction and Topic Modeling of life histories of the Museum of the Person 247
- Index
