This paper describes the correlations between various acoustic features and perceptual voice quality similarity. We focus on identifying the acoustic features that are correlated with voice quality similarity. First, a large-scale perceptual experiment using the voices of 62 speakers is conducted and perceptual similarity scores between each pair of speakers are acquired. Next, multiple linear ...

acoustic analysis of sounds produced during speech provides significant information about the physiology of larynx and vocal tract. the analysis of voice power spectrum is a fundamental sensitive method of acoustic assessment that provides valuable information about the voice source and characteristics of vocal tract resonance cavities. the changes in long-term average spectrum (ltas) spectral ...

This paper presents an objective singing quality evaluation approach based on a study of the relationship between acoustic measurements and perceptual ratings of singing voice quality. Individual perceptual criteria’s contributions to the overall rating are also investigated to find significant evaluation terms. Experimental results show that critical perceptual criteria for singing evaluation ...

Aurally-adequate recording and analysis technology has been available to acoustic engineers working to measure and analyze sound in a way analogous to human hearing since the early eighties. Aurally-adequate measurement technology, using the Artificial Head for recording sound and applying psychoacoustic calculation for analysis, is vital in achieving acoustic quality and good sound design. How...

Over the past several decades, many acoustic markers have been proposed to be sensitive to and measure overall voice quality. This meta-analysis presents a retrospective appraisal of scientific reports, which evaluated the relation between perceived overall voice quality and several acoustic-phonetic correlates. Twenty-five studies met the inclusion criteria and were evaluated using meta-analyt...

conclusions significant difference in the fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer, silence duration, friction duration, vocalization duration, and vocal cords contact quality index between the two groups was observed (p < 0.01). results the mean of fundamental frequency for the hearing loss children and the control group were 323.04 hz and 267.53 hz, jitter 10.05% and 1.52%, shimmer 17.24 and 5....

A number of studies have been initiated to explore how to improve the soundscape quality in urban parks. However, good soundscape quality in parks cannot be provided without a thorough understanding of the complex relationships among sound, environment, and individuals. As acoustic comfort is considered to be an important outcome of soundscape quality, this study investigates the relative impac...

with the aim of identifying failure mechanism in oriented strand boards, failure behavior of wood strands under tensile load was investigated using acoustic emission technique. resinated and unresinated strands were arranged at top, middle and bottom section of the board before pressing. tensile and acoustic emission tests were performed simultaneously on treated and control samples. using tens...