Fundamental frequency fluctuation in continuous vowel utterance and its perception
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Additionally, experiments comparing voice qualities were performed using vowels synthesized using averaged F0s, fluctuation-reduced F0s obtained using highor low-pass filters, and the original F0s with fine fluctuations, to determine which frequency bands of the F0 fluctuations were significant for perceiving voice quality of each group. The experiment results were analyzed using a multidimensional scaling (MDS) technique. They suggest that each group had a distinctive F0 fluctuation frequency that enabled it to be discriminated perceptually.
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