In this paper we introduce new phase-related features denoting the delay between the harmonics and the fundamental frequency of a periodic signal, notably of voiced singing. These features are identified as Normalized Relative Delay (NRD) and denote the phase contribution to the shape invariance of a periodic signal. Thus, NRDs are amenable to a physical and psychophysical interpretation and ar...

We use time-domain pulse widths to estimate static stress drops for 279 M L 2.5 to 4.0 aftershocks of the 17 January 1994, M w 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake. The stress drops obtained range from 0.02 to 40 bars, with a log average of 0.75 bar. Error bars computed for our estimates are typically a factor of 5, indicating that the three order of magnitude scatter in stress drops is not s...

An exposure-test paradigm was used to examine whether Dutch listeners can adapt their perception to non-canonical marking of lexical stress in Hungarian-accented Dutch. During exposure, one group of listeners heard only words with correct initial stress, while another group also heard examples of unstressed initial syllables that were marked by high pitch, a possible stress cue in Dutch. Subseq...

• BioVoice, a user-friendly software tool for the acoustical analysis of human voice is presented. BioVoice performs both time and frequency analyses, estimating more than 20 parameters. Basic parameters are computed as well new ones specifically developed newborn cry singing analysis. Examples presented showing capabilities also compared to another existing tool. This paper introduces voice. I...