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. 2017 Aug 9;12(8):e0182428. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182428

Table 2. Statistical parameters of vocal features.

Vocal Feature Minimum Maximum Median Mean Std. Dev.
Several measures of variation in fundamental frequency Jitter(%) 0.0008 0.1000 0.0049 0.0062 0.0056
Jitter(Abs) 0 0.0004 0 0.0000 0.0001
Jitter:RAP 0.0003 0.0575 0.0022 0.0030 0.0031
Jitter:PPQ5 0.0004 0.0696 0.0025 0.0033 0.0037
Jitter:DDP 0.0010 0.1726 0.0067 0.0090 0.0094
Several measures of variation in amplitude Shimmer 0.0031 0.2686 0.0275 0.0340 0.0258
Shimmer(dB) 0.0260 2.1070 0.253 0.3110 0.2303
Shimmer:APQ3 0.0016 0.1627 0.0137 0.0172 0.0132
Shimmer:APQ5 0.0019 0.1670 0.0159 0.0201 0.0167
Shimmer:APQ11 0.0025 0.2755 0.0227 0.0275 0.0200
Shimmer:DDA 0.0048 0.488 0.0411 0.0515 0.0397
Two measures of ratio of noise to tonal components in the voice Noise to Harmonics Ratio 0.0003 0.7483 0.0184 0.0321 0.0597
Harmonics to Noise Ratio 1.6590 37.875 21.92 21.6795 4.2911
A nonlinear dynamical complexity measure Recurrence period density entropy 0.1510 0.9661 0.5423 0.5415 0.1010
Signal fractal scaling exponent Detrended fluctuation analysis 0.5140 0.8656 0.6436 0.6532 0.0709
A nonlinear measure of fundamental frequency variation Pitch period entropy 0.0220 0.7317 0.2055 0.2196 0.0915