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Some acoustic characteristics of oral reading by ten- to twelve-year-old children. 1983

Y Horii

In contrast to the amount of information available on acoustic characteristics of adults' effective speech, little data are available on children's vocal effectiveness. A study, therefore, has been initiated to examine the relationship between some acoustic characteristics and listener judgments of children's vocal effectiveness. This paper reports the results of the first part of the study, that is, the acoustic analysis of oral reading by 36 10- to 12-yr-old children. The voice fundamental frequency characteristics, speaking time, pause time, and phonation-time ratio were measured using an automatic analysis method. Effects of the passage, repeated readings, and speaker sex are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011932	Reading	Acquiring information from text.
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002663	Child Language	The language and sounds expressed by a child at a particular maturational stage in development.	Child Languages,Language, Child,Languages, Child
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012737	Sex Factors	Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.	Factor, Sex,Factors, Sex,Sex Factor
D013060	Speech	Communication through a system of conventional vocal symbols.	Public Speaking,Speaking, Public
D013061	Speech Acoustics	The acoustic aspects of speech in terms of frequency, intensity, and time.	Acoustics, Speech,Acoustic, Speech,Speech Acoustic
D013997	Time Factors	Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.	Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor