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Frequency characteristics of male and female speakers in the pulse register. 1984

D Sorensen, and Y Horii

Ten subjects (five male, five female) participated in a study of pulse register. Subjects produced the vowels /i/, /a/, and /u/ at three levels within their modal register, and at three levels within their pulse register. Significant differences were found between male and female groups in the modal register, but no significant difference was noted in their pulse register productions. Speculations on the mechanisms that account for this fundamental frequency equality in pulse register are given.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010699	Phonation	The process of producing vocal sounds by means of VOCAL CORDS vibrating in an expiratory blast of air.	Phonations
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013061	Speech Acoustics	The acoustic aspects of speech in terms of frequency, intensity, and time.	Acoustics, Speech,Acoustic, Speech,Speech Acoustic
D014827	Vocal Cords	A pair of cone-shaped elastic mucous membrane projecting from the laryngeal wall and forming a narrow slit between them. Each contains a thickened free edge (vocal ligament) extending from the THYROID CARTILAGE to the ARYTENOID CARTILAGE, and a VOCAL MUSCLE that shortens or relaxes the vocal cord to control sound production.	Vocal Fold,Vocal Folds,Vocal Ligament,Cord, Vocal,Cords, Vocal,Fold, Vocal,Folds, Vocal,Ligament, Vocal,Ligaments, Vocal,Vocal Cord,Vocal Ligaments
D014831	Voice	The sounds produced by humans by the passage of air through the LARYNX and over the VOCAL CORDS, and then modified by the resonance organs, the NASOPHARYNX, and the MOUTH.	Voices