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Measuring resonances of the vocal tract using frequency sweeps at the lips

Ahmadi, Farzaneh and McLoughlin, Ian Vince (2012) Measuring resonances of the vocal tract using frequency sweeps at the lips. In: 2012 5th International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing. IEEE, pp. 1-5. ISBN 978-1-4673-0274-6. E-ISBN 978-1-4673-0276-0. (doi:10.1109/ISCCSP.2012.6217814) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:48767)

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Abstract

Precise measurement of the resonances of the human vocal tract is important in the research of acoustical phonetics. It has also significant applications in speech therapy and language learning - providing feedback about the shape of the vocal tract and position of the tongue. This paper investigates a novel method of measuring these resonances using linear frequency sweeps at the lips. To investigate the effectiveness of the method, tests have been completed on constructed tube models of the vocal tract and also human subjects for six English vowels. The precision of the measurement in the current implementation is shown to be superior compared to traditional electro-larynx method.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1109/ISCCSP.2012.6217814
Uncontrolled keywords: electron tubes; solid modeling; frequency measurement; chirp; lips; resonant frequency; mouth
Subjects: T Technology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: Ian McLoughlin
Date Deposited: 25 Aug 2015 09:52 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:19 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/48767 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

McLoughlin, Ian Vince.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7111-2008
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