频谱线索在使用 /ɑ/ 元音时影响语音发声时间的感知:陷和解决方案sa)
1Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|November 19, 2025
概括
来自母音 /ɑ/ 的光谱线索混了语音发声时间 (VOT) 的感知,影响了听觉时间处理研究. 建议使用母音 /i/,以有效地隔离VOT时间线索.
科学领域:
- 语音感知 语音感知
- 听觉神经科学 听觉神经科学
- 语音学 语音学 语音学
背景情况:
- 语音发声时间 (VOT) 感知对于听觉时间处理至关重要.
- 邻近元音的第一个形成频率 (F1) 可以混VOT感知.
- 低音母音 /ɑ/ 在VOT研究中经常使用,但它具有显著的光谱混.
研究的目的:
- 测试F1线索是否影响VOT感知与/ɑ/但不是/i/.
- 为了确定这种光谱混是否可以被耳植入物用户感知.
- 用 /ɑ/ 语境重新评估现有的听觉时间处理研究.
主要方法:
- 生成 /d/-/t/ VOT continua 与 /ɑ/ 或 /i/ 元音配对.
- 使用回扣比率控制的VOT-F1共变.
- 在正常听力听众和耳植入物使用者中测试了感知.
主要成果:
- 对于两个听众群体来说,VOT-F1共变影响了 /ɑ/ 与 /ɑ/ 的辅音感知.
- 当辅音后面是 /i/.时,没有观察到这种效应.
- 在 /ɑ/ 中的光谱混杂对耳植入物使用者来说是可感知的.
结论:
- 使用辅音+/ɑ/刺激的研究需要重新评估,因为光谱混.
- 声母 /i/ 提供了一个更好的背景来隔离 VOT 感知中的时间线索.
- 关于听觉时间处理的未来研究应该优先考虑 /i/母音语境.
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