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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Acoust Soc Am. 2008 Jan;123(1):327–335. doi: 10.1121/1.2805683

Table I.

Area vectors for each vocal tract shape. Each original area function has been segmented to consist of 44 area sections given in cm2; the length of each section is given by Δ in cm. The glottal end of each area vector is at section 1 and the lip end at section 44. The total vocal tract length (VTL) in cm is computed as 44 Δ.

section i ɪ e ε æ ʌ ɑ ɔ o ʊ u
1 0.51 0.28 0.29 0.37 0.31 0.23 0.56 0.27 0.38 0.37 0.54
2 0.59 0.21 0.26 0.30 0.21 0.34 0.62 0.43 0.45 0.38 0.61
3 0.62 0.21 0.30 0.24 0.18 0.47 0.66 0.54 0.57 0.49 0.66
4 0.72 0.30 0.40 0.23 0.23 0.60 0.78 0.67 0.77 0.62 0.75
5 1.24 0.47 0.55 0.29 0.33 0.77 0.97 0.83 1.31 0.85 1.13
6 2.30 0.71 0.74 0.41 0.50 1.06 1.16 0.92 1.92 1.28 1.99
7 3.30 1.12 0.99 0.58 0.78 1.26 1.12 0.89 1.74 1.62 2.83
8 3.59 1.48 1.09 0.82 0.96 1.09 0.82 0.73 1.11 1.47 2.90
9 3.22 1.35 0.90 0.97 0.85 0.80 0.55 0.55 0.75 1.04 2.52
10 2.86 1.05 0.69 0.82 0.63 0.65 0.45 0.44 0.59 0.81 2.40
11 3.00 0.92 0.77 0.62 0.46 0.56 0.37 0.37 0.57 1.03 2.83
12 3.61 0.92 1.31 0.54 0.36 0.47 0.29 0.28 0.68 1.44 3.56
13 4.39 1.19 2.13 0.54 0.33 0.37 0.21 0.18 0.73 1.49 3.99
14 4.95 1.94 2.74 0.68 0.46 0.24 0.15 0.14 0.67 1.28 3.89
15 5.17 2.83 3.03 1.09 0.73 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.58 1.06 3.50
16 5.16 3.31 3.23 1.62 1.00 0.18 0.25 0.14 0.49 0.85 3.04
17 5.18 3.48 3.33 2.03 1.30 0.23 0.34 0.13 0.44 0.69 2.64
18 5.26 3.60 3.27 2.35 1.66 0.27 0.43 0.14 0.42 0.56 2.44
19 5.20 3.64 3.09 2.51 1.97 0.28 0.54 0.18 0.49 0.42 2.31
20 5.02 3.49 2.84 2.39 2.06 0.29 0.61 0.20 0.53 0.27 2.07
21 4.71 3.20 2.66 2.22 2.03 0.33 0.67 0.23 0.38 0.27 1.80
22 4.13 2.90 2.46 2.13 2.01 0.52 0.98 0.49 0.30 0.41 1.52
23 3.43 2.59 2.14 2.00 1.89 0.97 1.76 1.03 0.45 0.51 1.14
24 2.83 2.21 1.79 1.78 1.66 1.50 2.75 1.58 0.61 0.49 0.74
25 2.32 1.87 1.44 1.58 1.49 1.91 3.52 2.06 0.71 0.47 0.42
26 1.83 1.54 1.17 1.43 1.42 2.23 4.08 2.61 0.79 0.50 0.22
27 1.46 1.20 1.00 1.31 1.37 2.65 4.74 3.35 0.86 0.58 0.14
28 1.23 0.92 0.88 1.23 1.34 3.29 5.61 4.34 1.01 0.80 0.20
29 1.08 0.74 0.80 1.24 1.41 4.13 6.60 5.51 1.41 1.19 0.47
30 0.94 0.59 0.81 1.38 1.58 5.00 7.61 6.70 2.09 1.62 0.89
31 0.80 0.52 0.85 1.61 1.82 5.77 8.48 7.75 3.00 2.27 1.15
32 0.67 0.54 0.84 1.82 2.19 6.33 9.06 8.63 4.10 3.24 1.42
33 0.55 0.59 0.86 1.96 2.63 6.61 9.29 9.29 5.16 4.16 2.17
34 0.46 0.65 0.96 2.01 2.97 6.63 9.26 9.59 6.22 5.00 3.04
35 0.40 0.71 1.18 2.00 3.17 6.45 9.06 9.42 7.34 5.70 3.69
36 0.36 0.67 1.35 1.95 3.40 6.04 8.64 8.78 8.15 6.11 4.70
37 0.35 0.61 1.48 1.77 3.56 5.39 7.91 7.82 8.61 6.21 5.74
38 0.35 0.57 1.62 1.48 3.57 4.42 6.98 6.50 8.37 6.29 5.41
39 0.38 0.50 1.49 1.30 3.58 3.29 6.02 4.95 6.76 6.24 3.82
40 0.51 0.48 1.29 1.21 3.44 2.37 5.13 3.47 4.37 4.91 2.34
41 0.74 0.54 1.24 1.10 3.15 1.74 4.55 2.15 2.30 2.61 1.35
42 0.92 0.73 1.17 0.99 3.38 1.36 4.52 1.38 1.06 1.09 0.65
43 0.96 0.93 1.04 0.91 3.99 1.17 4.71 1.11 0.58 0.63 0.29
44 0.91 0.82 0.95 0.78 4.17 0.99 4.72 0.90 0.47 0.59 0.16

Δ (cm) 0.384 0.376 0.386 0.393 0.366 0.390 0.388 0.395 0.417 0.440 0.445
VTL (cm) 16.90 16.55 16.98 17.30 16.11 17.14 17.09 17.40 18.33 19.34 19.59