声音性别多样性:表达,感知和声学
Victor Rosi1, Carolyn McGettigan1
1Department of Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
Royal Society open science
|October 23, 2025
概括
性别多样化的声音挑战了声乐规范,通常被认为是二元类别之外的. 研究表明,声学特征如音调影响感知,但需要包括的方法来准确理解.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 语音科学 语言科学
背景情况:
- 声音是性别认同的主要指标.
- 性别不合规个体的声音往往偏离传统的二元语音标准.
- 最近的一项综述综合了关于性别表达和性别多样性声音的认知方面的研究.
研究的目的:
- 审查和综合来自45项研究 (2020-2025) 关于性别表达和性别多样性声音的感知.
- 检查声学研究中如何衡量性别认同和性别表达.
- 分析声学语音特征与自我报告和感知性别之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 2020年1月至2025年1月期间发表的45项研究的系统文献综述.
- 分析用于测量性别认同和声音表达的方法.
- 检查声学特征 (例如基本频率,形式) 和它们与感知性别的相关性.
主要成果:
- 新兴研究表明,人们正在向更具包容性的模式转变,超越二元性别框架.
- 性别多样性的声音通常被认为是中间的或与肯定的性别认同不一致的.
- 像基本频率和形式等声学特征对于声乐的性别表达和感知至关重要,尽管目前的方法可能会引入偏差.
结论:
- 目前关于声乐性别感知的研究可能受到二元框架的限制,并专注于转女性声音.
- 听众身份显著影响声音的性别认知,性别不符合的听众表现出不同的解释.
- 未来的研究应该优先考虑包容性的感知任务,考虑听众人口统计,并更深入地探索声乐性别的自我感知.
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