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Area of Science:

  • Speech Acoustics
  • Human Physiology
  • Anthropometry

Background:

  • Vowel formant frequencies are crucial for speech intelligibility.
  • Body mass composition can influence various physiological parameters.
  • Understanding potential links between physical characteristics and vocal acoustics is important for comprehensive human physiology studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between total body mass composition and vowel formant frequencies and dispersions in adult males.
  • To determine if anthropometric measures correlate with acoustic speech parameters.

Main Methods:

  • Sixty healthy adult males participated in the study.
  • Spectrographic analysis was used to determine formant frequencies (F1-F4) and dispersions for the vowels /ɑː/ and /iː/.
  • Body mass composition, including weight, height, body mass index (BMI), fat-free mass, and fat mass, was measured.

Main Results:

  • No significant correlations were found between body mass composition and vowel formant frequencies or dispersions.
  • Weak negative correlations (r < 0.36) were observed between certain formants (F2, F3, F4) and height, muscle mass, and fat-free mass for the /iː/ vowel.
  • The F1-F2 interspace for the /ɑː/ vowel showed a weak positive correlation with fat weight and trunk fat mass.
  • The F1-F2 interspace for the /iː/ vowel showed a weak negative correlation with weight and BMI.

Conclusions:

  • The study found no significant correlation between body mass composition and formant frequencies or dispersions in men.
  • All identified correlations were weak (r < 0.36), suggesting that body mass composition has a negligible impact on these specific vocal acoustic parameters.