听觉感知评估和声学分析声音中的性别表达
Diego Henrique da Cruz Martinho1, Ana Carolina Constantini1
1Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation
|February 9, 2024
概括
声学语音测量可以预测感知性别,但不同的法官优先考虑不同的声音特征. 这凸显了听众背景对语音性别评估的重大影响.
科学领域:
- 语音和听力科学 语言和听力科学
- 声学语音学的声音学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
背景情况:
- 声音性别表达的听觉感知评估 (APA) 对于理解演讲者身份至关重要.
- 以前的研究已经探索了声音性别的声学相关性,但研究结果在不同人群和方法上有所不同.
- 不同听众群体对声音性别的感知的影响需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 确定声学测量,预测巴西葡萄牙语发言者对性别表达的听觉感知评估.
- 为了比较不同听众群体的声学测量的预测能力,包括跨性别,非二进制, cisgender 个人和语音语言病理学家.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及47名不同性别身份的参与者的语音录音 (语音和持续元音) 的横截面研究.
- 236名法官使用100点视觉模拟尺度对语音性别的听觉感知评估.
- 提取了16个声学测量结果 (噪声,扰动,光谱, Cepstral) 并使用相关性和回归进行统计分析.
主要成果:
- 声学测量可以预测声音的性别感知,根据发音任务 (语音与元音) 和评审组而有所不同.
- 所有组的共同预测声学测量包括中位数基本频率 (F0),声比 (HNR) 和F0标准偏差 (F0sd).
- 具体的措施,如语音速率,动和闪是不同的预测,取决于法官组和任务.
结论:
- 声学语音分析可以提供对感知性别表达的见解.
- 对声音性别的声学线索的解释取决于上下文,受不同听众群体优先考虑的特定特征的影响.
- 了解这些变化对于准确而敏感的语音性别评估至关重要.
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