Acoustic Features of Transfeminine Voices and Perceptions of Voice Femininity.

作者: Kimberly L. Dahl , Leslie A. Mahler

DOI: 10.1016/J.JVOICE.2019.05.012

关键词: Variation (linguistics)Scale (music)Vocal intensityConnected speechFemininityFormantTransgenderAudiologyPerceptionPsychology

摘要: Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationships between acoustic measures transfeminine voices and both self- listener ratings voice femininity. Connected speech samples were collected from 12 individuals (M = 36.3 years, SD = 10.6 years) a control group five cisgender (cis) women cis men (M = 35.3 SD = 13.3 years). fundamental frequency (fo), fo variation, formant frequencies, vocal intensity calculated these samples. Transfeminine speakers rated their own on five-point scale Twenty inexperienced listeners heard an excerpt each sample same Spearman's rank-order correlation coefficients measure variables Significant positive correlations found self-ratings (r = 0.712, P = 0.009) femininity (r = 0.513, P

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