• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2015

This study investigated the effects of the age of Korean speakers, place of articulation, and phonation types on voice onset time (VOT) of stops. Twenty-five preschoolers, 25 schoolers, and 25 adults who had no history of speech and language impairment produced plosives in /VCV/ words in isolation. A three-way ($3{\times}3{\times}3$) mixed design was used with the age of speakers (preschoolers, schoolers, adults) as a between-subject factor, the place of articulation (bilabials, alveolars, velars) and phonation types (plain, tense, aspirated consonants) as a within-subject factor. The dependent measure was the VOT values. Results revealed that three main effects were statistically significant. Preschoolers exhibited longer VOTs than adults (p<.05). There were significant differences in VOTs among the place of articulation, showing that speakers had the longest VOTs for velars (velars > alvelars > bilabials) (all p<.05). In addition, the VOTs for aspirated consonants were longer than those for plain and tense consonants, and the differences were significant among three phonation types (aspirated > tense > plain) (all p<.05). The current results suggested that VOTs would be linked to age and development, and schoolers over the age of 11 years had achieved adult-like VOTs. Moreover, the place of articulation and phonation types in Korean stops showed marked factors in normal speakers' VOT patterns.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2003년도 10월 학술대회지
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• pp.159-162
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• 2003

This study investigates Korean phonation types in terms of spectral characteristics of release bursts. Particularly, this study compares intensity of the speech signal in the release burst, the center of gravity and skewness of the spectra of the release bursts across phonation types for the Korean alveolar plosives. The results showed that there was no significant difference in intensity, center of gravity, or skewness across phonation types but a significant difference across speakers.

• 대한음성학회지:말소리
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• 제64호
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• pp.53-76
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• 2007

This study investigates phonation types of Korean obstruents associated with the vowels immediately following singletons or geminates in intervocalic positions. F0, H1-H2, and spectral tilt were measured from the 20 ms segment at the onset of the vowels for the tokens of /paCa/ and /paCCa/, where Cs are of the same manner and place of articulation. The results showed a remarkable change in the values of F0, H1-H2, and spectral tilt as the preceding obstruents shifts from the lenis singletons to the lenis geminates, which suggests that the spectral characteristics of the vowels following the lenis geminates are not different from those of the vowels following fortis singletons or geminates. Significantly enough, this study adds data about the spectral characteristics of Korean phonation types.

• 음성과학
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2000

In this paper, the H1*-H2* measure is introduced and exact procedures for obtaining the H1*-H2* value are fully specified, The H1*-H2* measure (a corrected difference in dB between the first and second harmonics) has been devised to provide an acoustic correlate of the phonation mode of a vowel following a consonant. With this measure, we can investigate the phonation mode of a vowel that is free from the F1 amplitude perturbation effect caused by the preceding consonant, which is especially salient at the voicing onset position of the vowel. For identical research purposes, on the other hand, the H1-H2 measure (the observed difference in dB between the first and second harmonic) has been employed in many previous studies. This paper compares these two measures by illustrating experimental results of exploring post-release phonation modes of vowels following the different manner classes of stop consonants in Korean $\square$i.e., the tense, lenis, and aspirated stops.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.37-49
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• 2013

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of Respiratory Capacity by Vojta's treatment in children with spastic cerebral palsy. Method : The subjects of this study, children diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy, 12 patients were picked up, who were agreed with this research and were having hospital care for 4weeks at MH and PR medical centers. Result : In comparison of Respiratory muscle activity and Phonation capacity were significant in the group(p<.01) and MPT and Rectus abd(Rt) were significantly correlated in the pre test and SMR and Ex/oblique (Lt) were significantly correlated in the post test. Conclusion : Therefore, the Vojta's treatment is useful to improve the Respiratory muscle activity and Phonation capacity in children with spastic cerebral palsy.

• 음성과학
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2007

The aim of this study was to investigate the pitch and formant characteristics of vowels produced by monolingual and bilingual children. We collected sustained phonation of single vowels, /a/, /i/, /u/, from children aged 6 through 10 and compared their acoustic characteristics, fo, F1, F2. Results showed a significant difference between the groups in fo and F1 in the sustained phonation /a/, but not in F2. In the sustained phonation /i/, F2 revealed a significant difference but fo and F1 showed no significant difference. The F2 showed a significant difference in the sustained phonation /u/, but fo and F1 revealed no significant difference between the groups. It is needed to study further on the acoustic characteristics of bilingual children so that we can make a proper language intervention strategy for them.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.14-16
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• 2006

Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the change of vocal tract length according to the level of the pitch by the singers. Materials and Methods: Fifteen tenors were asked to produce successive /a/ sound in G4(382Hz) for the head register, C3(131Hz) for the chest register and usual speaking sound. The control group consisted of 15 males of an similar age who are not professional singers. The length of vocal tract was calculated by applying the formula of Fn=(2n-1) c/4L(F : formant frequency, c : the speed of sound in the vocal tract(350m/sec), L : length of vocal tract, $n=1,2,3,4,{\ldots}{\infty}$). Results: In singer's group, there showed no significant statistical difference of length among head and chest register and usual speaking sound. However in the control group, there showed statistically significant difference of length. Comparison of the absolute difference in the length of vocal tract by changing level of pitch in phonation, between the control group and the singers group. Changing from G4 phonation to C3 phonation and C3 phonation to usual speaking sound showed statistically difference of vocal tract length was less in the singers group than the control group. Conclusion: The change of vocal tract length, in either speaking or singing, was less in singers than the control group. We could assume that the singers maintain their larynx position constantly throughout the pitch range when phonation.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.91-107
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• 2019

PURPOSE: This study examined the effects of breathing exercise in the water on the pulmonary function and maximum phonation time in children with cerebral palsy. METHODS: The subjects were 24 children with cerebral palsy at GMFCS levels I-III, who were allocated randomly to either the aquatic breathing exercise group or general breathing exercise group 12 subjects per group. Each subject was required to complete 40 minutes of exercise twice a week for eight weeks. Those in the aquatic breathing exercise group performed aquatic breathing exercise, whereas those in the general breathing exercise group performed general aquatic exercise. RESULTS: Significant differences in $FEV_1$, PEF, VC, TV, ERV, and maximum phonation time were observed in the aquatic breathing exercise group after intervention, but there were no significant differences in either FVC, $FEV_1/FVC$, IC, or IRV. In the general breathing exercise group, there were no significant differences in the FVC, $FEV_1$, $FEV_1/FVC$, PEF, VC, IC, TV, IRV, ERV, and maximum phonation time after intervention. In terms of the pulmonary function, the two groups showed a significant difference in the change in $FEV_1$, PEF, and TV after intervention, but not in the FVC, $FEV_1/FVC$, VC, IC, ERV, IRV, and maximum phonation time. CONCLUSION: These results above show that aquatic breathing exercise training in water is more effective in improving the pulmonary function than general breathing exercise training.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.23-27
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• 2006

목적: 일측성 성대마비 환자의 FDG-PET에서 영상 판독에 오류를 일으킬 수 있는 성대의 비대칭 섭취가 여러 차례 보고되었다. 저자들은 일측 성대마비 환자와 정상인에서 발성시와 침묵시의 성대근육의 활동정도를 FDG의 섭취로 비교하여 보았다. 방법 : 11명의 일측 성대마비 환자와(원인:thyroidectomy=7, lung cancer=1, others=3) 12 명의 정상인을 대상으로 FDG-PET 을 시행하였다. 이들을 각각 두그룹으로 나누어 발성군은 FDG 주사후 20분간 책을 읽고 비발성군은 평소 검사와 같이 발성을 금하였다. 성대근육을 5부위로 나누어 SUV를 측정하였고 이를 위해 최근 시행한 CT와 융합 영상을 만들었다. 결과: 일측성대마비환자는 건측 갑상피열근에 높은 섭취를 보였으며 발성군은($SUV=5.88{\pm}2.65$) 비발성군에 비하여($SUV=2.30{\pm}0.39$) 유의하게 높은 섭취를 보였다. 정상군에서는 발성시 외윤상피열근에 대칭적인 FDG 섭취증가를 보였고 후위의 피열간근이 가장 높은 섭취($SUV=3.68{\pm}0.96$)를 보였다. 결론: 발성시 FDG-PET 검사를 하면 일측 성대마비환자와 정상인은 각각 서로 다른 후두근육에 FDG 섭취를 보였다. PET-CT 영상 융합을 사용하여 일측 성대마비 환자의 보상에 관여하는 후두근육의 비대칭적인 FDG섭취를 이해하는 것이 영상 판독에 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.269-274
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• 2017

본 논문은 임상에서 음성장애 환자의 객관적 음성 분석 대상으로 주로 쓰이는 모음연장 발성이 분석하는 구간에 따라 어떠한 음향학적 차이를 보이는지 밝히고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 성대결절 환자 17명의 /아/ 모음연장 발성을 시작, 중간, 끝 구간으로 편집하여 MDVP를 통해 각 구간의 jitter, shimmer, NHR을 산출하였고, 비교를 위하여 정상 음성 집단 12명의 음성도 분석하였다. 산출 결과는 R 통계프로그램을 활용하여 Fridman test와 사후 검정을 실시하였다. 음성장애 환자집단은 모음연장 발성의 끝 구간이 중간 구간에 비해 jitter, shimmer, NHR 값이 모두 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 발성의 시작 구간은 중간 구간에 비해 세 파라미터 모두에서 높게 산출됐지만 유의한 차이는 없었다. 반면, 정상 집단은 발성의 시작, 중간, 끝 모든 구간에서 유의한 차이가 없었다. 모음연장 발성은 구간에 따라 음향학적 파라미터의 분석 결과가 다르고 발성 끝 구간에서 중간 구간보다 유의하게 음성이 불안정해지는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결론은 임상 현장에서 모음연장 발성의 분석 구간 선택과 결과 해석에 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것이다.