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. 2011 Oct 21;12:104. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-12-104

Table 1.

Parameters for syllables produced by 129, B6, and F1.

Average Peak Frequency Duration
kHz B6 F1 129 msec B6 F1 129

Sh* 75.2 ± 0.4 †72.2 ± 0.8‡ 69.7 ± 1.0 Sh 7.4 ± 0.7 7.4 ± 0.7 8.5 ± 0.5
Up* 75.5 ± 0.4 †73.2 ± 0.5 70.7 ± 0.9 Up 23.4 ± 0.7 24.5 ± 1.0 30.1 ± 1.1
Dn* 73.0 ± 0.5 71.4 ± 1.2 68.9 ± 0.7 Dn 35.0 ± 0.2 38.5 ± 5.7 42.0 ± 1.6
Cv* 73.8 ± 0.5 76.3 ± 0.9 72.2 ± 0.7 Cv* 47.7 ± 3.0 57.4 ± 4.1 57.1 ± 1.4
Fl 73.2 ± 0.4 68.1 ± 0.9 65.1 ± 0.6 Fl 29.3 ± 1.1 27.4 ± 1.8 29.2 ± 8.7
Cx* 73.0 ± 0.5 70.6 ± 0.8 68.8 ± 0.7 Cx* 56.6 ± 3.1 65.1 ± 5.3‡ 89.2 ± 3.2
OS* 71.9 ± 0.5 71.8 ± 1.1‡ 64.6 ± 0.9 OS* 45.7 ± 4.5 45.1 ± 0.2‡ 60.5 ± 1.9
MS* 70.0 ± 0.7 †63.1 ± 1.8 61.4 ± 0.9 MS 104.6 ± 9.4 †82.0 ± 2.4 95.8 ± 6.6

* p < 0.05 for B6 vs 129; † p < 0.05 for B6 vs F1; ‡ p < 0.05 for F1 vs 129

Average frequencies (left) and duration (right) of syllables compared among 129, B6, and F1. Overall, B6 had a higher average peak frequency than 129 males. F1 lay in the middle of the two. 129 produced longer Cv, Cx, and OS. F1 lay in the middle of the two.