Higashikawa M, Nakai K, Sakakura A, Takahashi H
Department of Otolaryngology, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
J Voice. 1996 Jun;10(2):155-8. doi: 10.1016/s0892-1997(96)80042-7.
To clarify the role of formant frequency in the perception of pitch in whispering, we conducted a preliminary experiment to determine (1.) whether speakers change their pitch during whispering; (2.) whether listeners can perceive differences in pitch; and (3.) what the acoustical features are when speakers change their pitch. The listening test of whispered Japanese speech demonstrates that one can determine the perceived pitch of vowel /a/ as ordinary, high, or low. Acoustical analysis revealed that the perception of pitch corresponds to some formant frequencies. Further data with synthesized whispered voice are necessary to confirm the importance of the formant frequencies in detail for perceived pitch of whispered vowels.
为了阐明共振峰频率在低语音高感知中的作用，我们进行了一项初步实验，以确定：（1）说话者在低语时是否改变音高；（2）听众是否能感知音高差异；以及（3）说话者改变音高时的声学特征是什么。对低语日语语音的听力测试表明，人们可以将元音/a/的感知音高确定为普通、高或低。声学分析表明，音高感知与某些共振峰频率相对应。需要进一步的合成低语语音数据，以详细确认共振峰频率对低语元音感知音高的重要性。
