Proceedings of the KSPS conference (대한음성학회:학술대회논문집)

The Korean Society Of Phonetic Sciences And Speech Technology (대한음성학회)
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Age and Sex Differences in Acoustic Parameters of Adult Voice.

성인기 이후 연령과 성에 따른 음향음성학적 특성

  • Lee, Hyo-Jin (Department of Communication Disorders, Korea Nazarene Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Soo-Jin (Department of Communication Disorders, Korea Nazarene Univ.)
  • 이효진 (나사렛대학교 언어치료학과) ;
  • 김수진 (나사렛대학교 언어치료학과)
  • Published : 2005.11.17
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the acoustic changes according to age and to provide the evaluation criteria of elderly voice. The number of 120 Korean adults (three age groups * two sex groups) proceeded sustained three vowels, read apart of 'Taking a walk' and explained a picture. The data was analyzed acoustically with MDVP of CSL. The results showed that: 1)there was statistically most significant changes in sex and age in F0 than the others but no significant in Shimmer. 2)acoustic parameters were changed from young adulthood to old age. Different patterns of change with aging were observed in men and women.

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