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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2007 Oct;50(5):1210–1227. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/085)
Parameter Descriptions
F0/voice pitch (Hz/cents)
 F0_valley_utterance Minimal F0 at utterance level
 F0_peak_utterance Maximal F0 at utterance level
 F0_onset_final F0 at onset of utterance-final word
 F0_offset_final F0 at offset of utterance-final word
 F0_mean_nonfinal1 Mean F0 of first non-utterance-final word are
 F0_mean_nonfinal2 Mean F0 of second non-utterance-final word you
 F0_mean_final1 Mean F0 of first syllable of utterance-final word rea
 F0_mean_final2 Mean F0 of second syllable of utterance-final word dy
 PITCH_range_utterance Peak-to-valley voice pitch range at utterance level
 ΔPITCH_final Amount of voice pitch change from onset to offset of utterance-final word
 ΔPITCH_rate_final Rate (slope) of voice pitch change at utterance-final word
Duration (ms)
 DUR_utterance Duration of entire utterance are you ready
 DUR_final Duration of utterance-final word ready
 DUR_nonfinal Duration of non-utterance-final words are you
 DUR_ratio_nonfinal / utterance Duration ratio of non-utterance-final word to entire utterance
 DUR_ratio_final / utterance Duration ratio of utterance-final word to entire utterance
Intensity (dB)
 INT_peak_nonfinal1 Peak intensity at first non-utterance-final word are
 INT_peak_nonfinal2 Peak intensity at second non-utterance-final word you
 INT_peak_final1 Peak intensity at first syllable of utterance-final word rea
 INT_peak_final2 Peak intensity at second syllable of utterance-final word dy
 INT_ratio_nonfinal1 / nonfinal2 Peak intensity ratio of first non-utterance-final word to second non-utterance-final word
 INT_ratio_nonfinal2/nonfinal2 Peak intensity ratio of second non-utterance-final word to second non-utterance-final word
 INT_ratio_final1/nonfinal2 Peak intensity ratio of first utterance-final word to second non-utterance-final word
 INT_ratio_final2/nonfinal2 Peak intensity ratio of second utterance-final word to second non-utterance-final word

Note. The capital letters—F0, (Δ)PITCH, DUR, and INT—denote the acoustic parameters, that is, F0, voice pitch (change), duration, and intensity. The component that follows each refers to the specific measurement made, for example, at a single point (valley, peak, onset, and offset) or by taking the mean, range, or ratio. The last part of the abbreviated form refers to the location where the measurement is made (utterance-final word, non-utterance-final words, and utterance).