谈话者性别和身体尺寸在水平语音指导性中的作用
Allison Trine1, Vahid Delaram1, Rohit M Ananthanarayana1
1Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|August 18, 2025
概括
个人的身体特征会影响语音的方向性,影响我们在杂环境中听到的声音. 较高的体重指数与特定的辐射模式相关,影响语音感知.
科学领域:
- 声学 声学 声学 声学
- 语音感知 语音感知
- 人体生理学 人体生理学
背景情况:
- 人类的语音指向性对于理解语音至关重要,尤其是在多个扬声器的复杂声学环境中.
- 语音定向的变化部分是由于说话者之间的个体物理差异.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究水平语音指向性的个体变化.
- 检查频率,性别和身体质量指数 (BMI) 对语音定向模式的影响.
主要方法:
- 分析了30名演讲者 (15名女性,15名男性) 的高保真多通道语音录音.
- 计算每个通话器的取决于频率的指向性指数 (DI).
- 统计测试频率,性别和BMI对DI的影响.
主要成果:
- 语音辐射的最小值发生在0°,最大值发生在90°,在700-850 Hz之间.
- 在特定频率 (1kHz和6-7kHz) 中观察到一些基于性别的导向差异.
- 更高的BMI与更高的频率位点相关,用于0°的最小导向性.
结论:
- 个人的身体特征显著塑造了语音辐射模式.
- 这些模式可能会影响用于在多讲者环境中分离目标语音的听觉线索.
- 这些发现对理解语音感知挑战和潜在的辅助技术有影响.
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