Variability of the consonant modulation spectrum across individual talkers

Authors

  • Pamela Souza Dept. of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, 1417 NE 42nd Street, Seattle, WA 98105, United States
  • Frederick Gallun National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland VA Medical Center, 3710 SW US Veterans' Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97239, United States

Keywords:

Vectors, Modulation spectrums, Single vectors, Spectral correlations, Speech recordings

Abstract

The variability of consonant modulation spectra across individual talker was investigated. Speech recordings were drawn from a database which included adult male and female, and child male and female talkers. Each talker produced the same set of vowel-consonant-vowel tokens. Each phoneme was represented by a matrix of thirty-six values. Spectral Correlation Index (SCI) values were calculated across subsets of the stimulus set. The SCI between two signals was obtained by concatenating the 36 modulation spectrum values into a single vector and correlating the vectors. Results indicated that the modulation spectrum for a single VCV token was very similar across talkers. It was also observed that the SCI values for all talkers are 0.9 or higher.

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Published

2008-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Souza P, Gallun F. Variability of the consonant modulation spectrum across individual talkers. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2008 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];36(3):116-7. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2065

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Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada