Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Universidade Veiga de Almeida, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
J Voice. 2013 Sep;27(5):656.e13-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2013.04.008. Epub 2013 Jul 19.
The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent lesbian women demonstrate pitch and pitch variation that is different from that of heterosexual women.
Static group comparison.
The average pitch and pitch variation of a group of 34 self-identified lesbian women and an age-matched group of 68 heterosexual women were compared. The speech sample consisted of read speech. Acoustic analysis was performed by means of PRAAT.
Mean fundamental frequency in the group of lesbian women was significantly lower than that of the group of heterosexual women. The lesbian woman also showed significantly less pitch variation.
Lesbian women tend to demonstrate a lower average pitch and less pitch variation than heterosexual women, but this does not mean a confirmation of the popular stereotype that lesbian women are masculine women. In their assessment of clients with voice disorders, clinicians should reckon with the sociophonetic variation that is associated with sexual orientation.
本研究旨在探讨女同性恋者的音高和音高变化在何种程度上不同于异性恋女性。
静态组比较。
比较了一组 34 名自我认同的女同性恋者和一组年龄匹配的 68 名异性恋女性的平均音高和音高变化。语音样本由朗读语音组成。通过 PRAAT 进行声学分析。
女同性恋组的平均基频明显低于异性恋组。女同性恋者的音高变化也明显较少。
女同性恋者的平均音高和音高变化均低于异性恋者，但这并不意味着女同性恋者具有男性化特征的刻板印象得到了证实。在评估患有嗓音障碍的患者时，临床医生应该考虑与性取向相关的社会语音变化。
