Keywords
- Voice,
- Prepubertal,
- Perceptual,
- gender identity
How to Cite
Sirisha Duvvuru, & Sreedevi N. (1). Perceptual Gender Identity of Voices in Pre-pubertal children. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 28(1), 54-58. Retrieved from http://203.129.241.91/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/377
Abstract
The present study investigated sexual dimorphism in voices of children. Ten children each in the age group of 4-5 years and 5-6 years participated in the study. Listener’s identification of gender in phonation and speech tasks were obtained. Results revealed that gender identification was better in the older age group, and in speech compared to phonation. The results are discussed with reference to perceptual cues taken by the listeners to identify the gender of the preadolescents.
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Kent, R.D. (1976). Anatomical and neuromuscular maturation of speech mechanism: Evidence from acoustic studies. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 59, 675-678.
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Moses, P. (1954). The voice of neurosis. New York: Grune and Stratton.
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Rashmi, M. (1985). Acoustic aspects of speech of children. Unpublished masters dissertation, University of Mysore.
Richards, M (1974) cited in S.Bennett, & Weinberg, B. (1979). Acoustic correlates of perceived sexual identity in preadolescents childrens voices. Journal of the Acoustic Society of America, 66, 989-1000.
Weinberg, B., & Bennett, S. (1971). Speaker sex recognition of 5 and 6 year old childrens voices. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 50, 1210-1213.
Zemlin,W.R. (1981). Speech and Hearing Sciences (III Ed). Englewood cliffs: NewJersey: Prentice hall Inc.