TABLE III.
Vowel space area (Hz2), vowel space dispersion (Hz), and vowel peripheralization (Hz) results for each English and Croatian talker in two speaking styles. Negative sign indicates vowel space area reduction and a move towards the vowel space center rather than towards the periphery for talker EF1.
| Vowel space area (Hz2)
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Vowel space dispersion (Hz)
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Vowel space peripheralization (Hz) in clear speech (relative to conv.)
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| Talker | Conv. | Clear | Cl-Conv. | Diff. (prop. conv.) | Conv. | Clear | Cl-Conv. | Diff. (prop. conv.) | a | i | u | Ave. |
| EF3 | 101 048.06 | 159 701.50 | 58 653.44 | 0.58 | 457.17 | 549.52 | 92.35 | 0.20 | 54.39 | 191.50 | 37.80 | 94.57 |
| EF2 | 116 190.42 | 167 536.05 | 51 345.63 | 0.44 | 513.62 | 595.70 | 82.09 | 0.16 | 67.01 | 144.98 | 35.80 | 82.60 |
| EF1 | 235 006.41 | 221 917.33 | −13 089.09 | −0.06 | 633.96 | 648.83 | 14.87 | 0.02 | 32.36 | 64.92 | −68.10 | 9.73 |
| EM2 | 157 295.10 | 203 727.19 | 46 432.09 | 0.30 | 444.15 | 508.21 | 64.06 | 0.14 | 21.00 | 86.42 | 85.15 | 64.19 |
| EM1 | 83 843.63 | 141 049.68 | 57 206.05 | 0.68 | 436.50 | 509.62 | 73.12 | 0.17 | 53.09 | 67.75 | 185.31 | 102.05 |
| Avg. | 138 676.72 | 178 786.35 | 40 109.62 | 0.39 | 497.08 | 562.38 | 65.30 | 0.14 | 45.57 | 111.12 | 55.19 | 70.63 |
| CM1 | 121 897.66 | 197 783.65 | 75 886.00 | 0.62 | 420.21 | 508.72 | 88.51 | 0.21 | 39.86 | 75.71 | 186.29 | 100.62 |
| CM2 | 164 867.28 | 246 607.29 | 81 740.00 | 0.50 | 489.70 | 549.09 | 59.38 | 0.12 | 67.94 | 65.14 | 91.64 | 74.91 |
| CM3 | 137 553.06 | 178 709.15 | 41 156.10 | 0.30 | 493.70 | 522.40 | 28.70 | 0.06 | 28.56 | 53.52 | 46.39 | 42.82 |
| CF2 | 488 133.66 | 585 893.24 | 97 759.58 | 0.20 | 791.85 | 815.35 | 23.50 | 0.03 | 81.52 | 54.71 | 110.12 | 82.12 |
| CF1 | 184 795.81 | 284 005.05 | 99 209.24 | 0.54 | 522.64 | 663.28 | 140.64 | 0.27 | 4.63 | 214.11 | 259.18 | 159.30 |
| Avg. | 219 449.49 | 298 599.68 | 79 150.18 | 0.43 | 543.62 | 611.77 | 68.15 | 0.14 | 44.50 | 92.64 | 138.72 | 91.95 |