Voiced speech fundamental frequency ?

[Martin Braun <nombraun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The pitch of speech varies considerably between linguistic communities. See
the review paper by Dolson:

Dolson, M., 1994. The pitch of speech as a function of linguistic community.
Music Perception 11, 321-331.

In a recent large pitch-range study of native Dutch speakers the ranges
were:

138-469 Hz for 8 adult females
65-333 Hz for 7 adult males.

Ladd, D. R. & Terken, J., 1995. Modelling intra- and inter-speaker pitch
range variation. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of
Phonetic Sciences Stockholm (eds. Elenius, K. & Branderud, P.), Vol.2,
386-389.

Shriberg, E., Ladd, D. R., Terken, J. & Stolcke, A., 1996. Modelling pitch
range variation within and across speakers: Predicting F0 targets when
'speaking up'. In: Proceedings Addendum of the 4th International Conference
on Speech and Language Processing Philadelphia, 1-4.

Martin


----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Faulkner <andyf@PHONETICS.UCL.AC.UK>
To: <AUDITORY@LISTS.MCGILL.CA>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: Voiced speech fundamental frequency ?


> Talker  Typical frequency range (Hz)
> Adult male      85-155
> Adult female    165-255
> Child (age 10)  208-259
> Infant (12 months)      247-410
> Typical voice fundamental frequency ranges (data summarised from Baken,
1987).
>
> Baken, R. J. (1987). Clinical Measurement of Speech and Voice.
> London: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
>
>
> At 01:43 AM 10/21/00 +1100, you wrote:
> >I was wondering what the average fundamental frequency is for voiced
> >speech ?
> >Is it 120 Hz for grown ladies, or ore like 100 Hz ?
> >Is it 100 Hz for grown men, or more like 75 Hz ?
> >
> >thanks
> >Matt

Martin Braun
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