Morris R J, Brown W S, Hicks D M, Howell E
Department of Communication Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-2007, USA.
J Voice. 1995 Jun;9(2):142-8. doi: 10.1016/s0892-1997(05)80247-4.
The purpose of this study was to compare the mean speaking fundamental frequency (SFF), speaking frequency range, and mean speaking intensity for a group of trained male singers and a group of age-matched non-singers in three age ranges: 20 to 35 years old; 40 to 55 years old; and older than 65 years. Each subject was recorded as he read "The Rainbow Passage" and produced the vowel /a/ to the limits of his phonational frequency range. The data indicated that the mean SFF of the nonsingers was significantly lower among the middle-aged speakers than with the young or elderly. In contrast, the tenors exhibited no age-related SFF trends, and the young bass/baritones exhibited lower SFF levels than the middle-aged or elderly. The elderly nonsingers produced frequency ranges that were smaller than any other group. Finally, the young nonsingers used greater speech intensity than did the other groups.
本研究的目的是比较一组经过训练的男性歌手和一组年龄匹配的非歌手在三个年龄范围（20至35岁、40至55岁、65岁以上）中的平均说话基频（SFF）、说话频率范围和平均说话强度。每位受试者在朗读《彩虹段落》并发出元音/a/至其发声频率范围极限时进行录音。数据表明，中年非歌手的平均SFF显著低于年轻人或老年人。相比之下，男高音未表现出与年龄相关的SFF趋势，年轻的男低音/男中音的SFF水平低于中年或老年男性。老年非歌手产生的频率范围比其他任何组都小。最后，年轻非歌手比其他组使用了更大的言语强度。
