Effect of formant frequency spacing on perceived gender in pre-pubertal children's voices.

BACKGROUND: It is usually possible to identify the sex of a pre-pubertal child from their voice, despite the absence of sex differences in fundamental frequency at these ages. While it has been suggested that the overall spacing between formants (formant frequency spacing--ΔF) is a key component of...

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Main Authors: Valentina Cartei, David Reby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3849092?pdf=render