性别多样性演讲者的听力自由分类 (sa)
Brandon Merritt1, Tessa Bent2, Rowan Kilgore2
1Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|February 16, 2024
概括
听众感知说话者的性别超出了简单的二进制. 这项研究揭示了多种声音的细微听觉分析,突出了男性/女性以及声音感知中的性别原型性.
科学领域:
- 语音学 语音学 语音学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 感知心理学 感知心理学
背景情况:
- 传统的演讲者性别认知模型假定一个二元框架 (男性/女性).
- 增加性别多样性需要了解听众如何感知更广泛的声音范围.
- 社会声学变化凸显了声音和性别表达的复杂性.
研究的目的:
- 调查 cisgender 听众如何在感知上代表各种演讲者的性别,包括跨性别和 cisgender 个人.
- 检查听众用来分类说话者的性别和一般相似性的声学线索.
- 确定当前的感知模型是否充分捕捉了声音中性别多样性的复杂性.
主要方法:
- 采用了一个听觉自由分类范式.
- 半性别听众分类了30名跨性别 (议程,非二进制,跨性别男性,跨性别女性) 和30名半性别 (男性,女性) 发言人的发言.
- 多维缩放 (MDS) 分析了基于感知到的一般相似性和性别认同的分类.
主要成果:
- 一般相似性分类产生了一个二维的解决方案:男性性/女性性和性别原型性.
- 像基本频率和第一个形成频率这样的声学线索影响了这些维度.
- 性别认同分类崩成一个单一的维度解释为男性性/女性性.
结论:
- 听众对说话者性别的看法比二进制模型允许的要细致得多.
- 听众从事细粒度的声学分析,考虑的因素超出了简单的男性/女性二分法.
- 听觉研究中使用的术语可能会影响听众的性别判断,这表明方法论上的考虑至关重要.
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