• 대한음성학회지:말소리
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• 제33_34호
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• pp.57-69
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• 1997

In this paper, 1 will try to examine the aspects of formants, based on the LPC analysis. In this analysis, five Japanese vowels (a, i, u, e, o) will experience two kinds of experiments: vowels in isolated forms, and vowels in carrier sentences. The analysis results of Japanese vowels of the Japanese natives show a peculiar feature that Japanese vowels form respective vowel groups. Each Japanese vowel makes a statistically significant difference. In the Fl analysis of the vowels grouped by the informant's sex, Japanese vowel (a) shows the greatest standard deviation without regard to the informant's sex. In the F2 analysis of Japanese vowels, each vowel has a statistically significant difference. The fact that the male's [u] shows great standard deviation means that there is a great difference of the frontness of the tongue among the Japanese males in articulating [u]. Isolated vowels and carried vowels show statistically little significance between Fl and F2 frequency values. In another contrastive analysis between the isolated vowel group and the carried vowel group, whether a vowel is articulated in isolation or in a sentence appears to have little effect on its formant frequency.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2006년도 춘계 학술대회 발표논문집
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• pp.77-81
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• 2006

This paper presents a technique of imposing the prosodic features of a native speaker's utterance onto the same sentence uttered by a non-native speaker. Three acoustic aspects of the prosodic features were considered: the fundamental frequency (F0) contour, segmental durations, and the intensity contour. The fundamental frequency contour and the segmental durations of the native speaker's utterance were imposed on the non-native speaker's utterance by using the PSOLA (pitch-synchronous overlap and add) algorithm [1] implemented in Praat[2]. The intensity contour transfer was also done in Praat. The technique of transferring one or more of these prosodic features was elaborated and its implications in the area of language education were discussed.

• 음성과학
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.75-86
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• 2001

This study explored the effectiveness of a hierarchical treatment of aphasic perseveration (TAP) program in a Korean client with transcortical sensory aphasia. The subject with 52% perserveration score (Korean version of Boston Naming Test : K-BNT) was 44 year-old female with MCA (Middle cerebral artery) infarction. The experimental design used was an alternating treatment design with the hierarchical TAP and conventional audio-visual stimulation. The frequency of occurrence of perseverative behaviors and correct response in naming performance were analyzed and compared. It was claimed that the hierarchical TAP was more effective in naming performance than conventional audio-visual stimulation in terms of correct naming response. The frequency of occurrence of perseverative behaviors was lower in hierarchical TAP but the difference was relatively small. Unlike in English, sentence completion task was no longer stimulable while unison speech was very stimulable among the specific strategies of TAP program in Korean. Therefore, it could be said that TAP is language-dependent.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.55-65
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• 1998

This study was intended to suggest the desirable direction in the 7th national curriculum revision through the analysis of the elementary science textbooks in the 6th national curriculum. The analysis system was composed of three categories, (1)knowledge (2)inquiry process and (3)attitude. And knowledge was divided into fact, concept and rule. And inquiry process was divided into thirteen subcategories such as manipulating experimental apparatus, observing, measuring, recording data, classifying, interpreting/ predicting, determining relationship/ causal explanation, extrapolating/ interpolating, drawing conclusions/ formulating a generalization or model, evaluating, formulating a problem, generating a hypothesis and designing an experiment/ controlling variables. Each sentence in the textbooks was considered as an analyzing unit. The frequency and percentage of each category were counted and the ratios were calculated. The findings could be summarized as follows: 1. The content of the elementary science textbooks was composed of knowledge 10.3%, inquiry process 88.8%, attitude 0.8% respectively. 2. As increasing the grades, the ratio of knowledge showed high frequency, but that of attitude showed low frequency. 3. In All the grades, the ratio of observing was the highest in inquiry process. 4. In the domain of physics and chemistry, the manipulating experimental apparatus showed high frequency. In the domain of biology and earth science, the role of observing was emphasized.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.139-144
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• 2013

Objective: The current study investigated a non-obtrusive measure for detecting physical fatigue based on the analysis of formant frequencies of human voice. Background: Fatigue has been considered as a main cause in industrial and traffic accidents. Therefore, it is critical to detect worker's fatigue for accident prevention. Method: After running exercises on a treadmill, participants were instructed to read a sentence and their voices were recorded under four different physical fatigue levels. Korean vowels of "아", "어", "오", "우", and "이" from the voice recorded were then used to collect formant 1 frequencies. Results: Results of separate ANOVAs showed a significant main effect of physical fatigue on formant 1 frequency of "아", "어", and "이". Furthermore, post-hoc comparisons revealed that formant 1 frequency of "아" was most sensitive to physical fatigue level employed in this experiment. Conclusion: Formant 1 frequencies of some vowels significantly decrease as the physical fatigue level increases. Application: Potential application of this study includes the development of a measure of physical fatigue state that is free from sensor attachment and requires little preparation.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2009

The aim of this study was to investigate voice characteristics of adductive spasmodic dysphonia(ADSD) by measuring electroglottal and acoustic examination at the sentence level. The clinical records of 86 ADSD female patients (age group of $20{\sim}50$ years) and the control records of 86 normal females (age group of $20{\sim}40$ years) were recorded by speech studio(Laryngograph Ltd., UK). An independent t-test was used to compare ADSD and normal group. Results were as follows. (1) Fundamental frequency($F_0$) was significantly decreased in ADSD compared with normal group. (2) Irregularity of frequency and closed quotient(CQ) was significantly increased in ADSD compared with normal group. (3) Voiceless duration increased and voiced duration was significantly decreased in ADSD compared with normal group. (4) Fricative duration was increased in ADSD compared with normal group but it wasn't significant. In conclusion, strained, tight and choked voice shows an increase of CQ, tremor voice shows an increase of irregularity of frequency and less feminine voice shows decrease of $F_0$. Increase of voiceless duration and fricative duration and decrease of voiced duration related with diminution speech intelligibility.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2022

내포문에 위치한 의문사 구는 의문사 억양으로 발화되었을 경우 모문의 작용역으로 해석되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 40명의 경상 방언 화자가 모문 작용역으로 해석되는 문맥 속에서 발화한 동일 문장 발화를 자극으로 하여, 그 작용역을 판단하는 지각 실험이 24명의 경상 방언 화자를 대상으로 이루어졌다. 자극당 3회 청취로, 문장당 72개 응답이 수집되었으며, 40개 중 20개의 자극에서 36회 이상의 내포문 작용역 응답이 나타났다. 이는 경상 방언에서 명시적으로 의문사의 작용역을 표시하는 종결어미가 있음에도 불구하고 적절한 의문사 억양으로 발화하지 못하는 화자가 다수 있음을 보여준다. 다중 회귀 분석을 통해 모문 작용역 응답을 가장 잘 예측하는 운율 단서는 내포 동사와 보문소가 나타나는 어절의 돋들림 크기로, 해당 어절의 fundamental frequency(F0) 정점에서 보문소에 나타난 F0값을 차감한 수치로 계산되며, 이 돋들림이 크면 클수록 내포문 작용역으로 판단하는 음의 상관관계를 가진 것으로 나타났다. 이처럼 의문사 작용역은 내포문 동사와 보문소가 있는 어절의 돋들림 크기에 기반한 범주적 인지로 나타나며 인지의 경곗값은 실험 참가자에 따라 매우 다르게, 큰 차이를 보이는 결과로 나타났다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.17-32
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• 2021

화자인식은 자동 음성시스템에서 중요한 기능을 담당하며, 최근 휴대용 기기의 발전 및 음성 기술, 오디오 콘텐츠 분야 등이 계속해서 확장됨에 따라 화자인식 기술의 중요성은 더구나 부각 되고 있다. 이전의 화자인식 연구는 음성 파일을 기반으로 화자가 누구인지 자동으로 판정 및 정확도 향상을 위한 목표를 가지고 진행되었다. 한편 말투는 중요한 사회언어학적 소재로 사용자의 사회적 환경과 밀접하게 관련되어 있다. 추가로 화자의 말투에 사용되는 종결어미는 문장의 유형을 결정하거나 화자의 의도, 심리적 태도 또는 청자에 대한 관계 등의 기능과 정보를 가지고 있다. 이처럼 종결어미의 활용형태는 화자의 특성에 따라 다양한 개연성이 있어 특정 미확인 화자의 종결어미의 종류와 분포는 해당 화자를 인식하는 것에 도움이 될 것으로 보인다. 기존 텍스트 기반의 화자인식에서 말투를 고려한 연구가 적었으며 음성 신호를 기반으로 한 화자인식 기법에 말투 정보를 추가한다면 화자인식의 정확도를 더욱 높일 수 있을 것이다. 따라서 본 연구의 목적은 한국어 화자인식의 정확도를 개선하기 위해 종결어미로 표현되는 말투(speech style) 정보를 활용한 방법을 제안하는 것이다. 이를 위해 특정인의 발화 내용에서 등장하는 종결어미의 종류와 빈도를 활용하여 벡터값을 생성하는 문장 시퀀싱이라는 방법을 제안한다. 본 연구에서 제안한 방법의 우수성을 평가하기 위해 드라마 대본으로 학습 및 성능평가를 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 방법은 향후 실존하는 한국어 음성인식 서비스의 성능 향상을 위한 수단으로 사용될 수 있으며 지능형 대화 시스템 및 각종 음성 기반 서비스에 활용될 것을 기대한다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to increase the current understanding of the acoustic characteristics of voices with advancing age. The relationship between age-related changes in body physiology and certain acoustic characteristics of voice was studied in a sample of 80 men representing four chronological age groupings (20-29, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79) who were all of good physical condition. Each subject was asked to phonate the vowel /a/, /i/, and /u/ for as long as possible at comfortable frequency and intensity level and read the sentence. A promising voice analysis program (Multi-Dimensional Voice $Program^{TM}$) was used to measure the fundamental frequency ($f_0$), jitter, shimmer, $f_0$ variation, peak-amplitude variation, smoothed pitch perturbation quotient, smoothed amplitude perturbation quotient, soft phonation index, $f_0$-tremor intensity index, amplitude tremor intensity index, and noise-to-harmonics ratio from the samples.

• Journal of Audiology & Otology
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.187-192
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• 2019

Background and Objectives: Clear speech is an effective communication strategy used in difficult listening situations that draws on techniques such as accurate articulation, a slow speech rate, and the inclusion of pauses. Although too slow speech and improperly amplified spectral information can deteriorate overall speech intelligibility, certain amplitude of increments of the mid-frequency bands (1 to 3 dB) and around 50% slower speech rates of clear speech, when compared to those in conversational speech, were reported as factors that can improve speech intelligibility positively. The purpose of this study was to identify whether amplitude increments of mid-frequency areas and slower speech rates were evident in Korean clear speech as they were in English clear speech. Subjects and Methods: To compare the acoustic characteristics of the two methods of speech production, the voices of 60 participants were recorded during conversational speech and then again during clear speech using a standardized sentence material. Results: The speech rate and longterm average speech spectrum (LTASS) were analyzed and compared. Speech rates for clear speech were slower than those for conversational speech. Increased amplitudes in the mid-frequency bands were evident for the LTASS of clear speech. Conclusions:The observed differences in the acoustic characteristics between the two types of speech production suggest that Korean clear speech can be an effective communication strategy to improve speech intelligibility.