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To determine and compare the relative contributions of fundamental frequency (F0) and vocal tract resonances to listener perception of maleness and femaleness in adult voices.

March 1, 1976Journal of Speech and Hearing Research

A Comparison of the Contributions of Two Voice Quality Characteristics to the Perception of Maleness and Femaleness in the Voice

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RCRalph O. ColemanGoogle (United States)

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Experimental study reveals fundamental frequency strongly influences gender perception in adult voices, indicating basic differences in male and female glottal characteristics.

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To determine and compare the relative contributions of fundamental frequency (F0) and vocal tract resonances to listener perception of maleness and femaleness in adult voices.
Evaluated correlations between acoustic features (fundamental frequency and vocal tract resonances) and listener perceptions of maleness and femaleness in natural voices.
Replaced natural glottal tones with an artificial laryngeal vibrator set to simulated male (120 Hz) and female (240 Hz) fundamental frequencies across natural vocal tract shapes to evaluate sex identification.
In natural speech, fundamental frequency correlated very highly with perceptions of maleness and femaleness, whereas vocal tract resonances demonstrated a substantially weaker correlation.
Under simulated glottal vibration, the male 120 Hz frequency maintained dominant perceptual cues, whereas the female 240 Hz frequency was a weak indicator of femaleness when paired with male vocal tract resonances.

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Ralph O. Coleman (1976) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7100c4ac440176ef29af48 https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.1901.168

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Experimental study reveals fundamental frequency strongly influences gender perception in adult voices, indicating basic differences in male and female glottal characteristics.

A Comparison of the Contributions of Two Voice Quality Characteristics to the Perception of Maleness and Femaleness in the Voice

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A Comparison of the Contributions of Two Voice Quality Characteristics to the Perception of Maleness and Femaleness in the Voice

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