Table 1. Acoustic characteristics of the labels presented with AD prosody (Experiment 1) and ID prosody (Experiment 2).
M F0 (Hz) |
SD F0 (Hz) |
Range F0 (Hz) |
M Duration (sec) |
SD Duration (sec) |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AD labels | 189.7 | 15.2 | 69.1-303.4 | .826 | .13 |
ID labels with variation |
271.9 | 44.4 | 80.2-521.5 | 1.002 | .10 |
ID labels without variation |
310.9 | 5.7 | 91.6-499.5 | 1.034 | .11 |
Notes. Fundamental frequency (F0) is an indicator of voice pitch. In all experiments, the stimuli were amplified to the same root-mean-square amplitude using Adobe Audition software. They were presented at 65 dB ± 5 dB, as measured by a digital sound level meter located at the infant’s head.