Table 2.
Overview of measures
Measure (units) | Source | Token | |
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Pitch and loudness | fo – min/max/mean (Hz, ST) | Acoustic | Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage |
fo – habitual (Hz) | Accelerometer | Daily conversation | |
fo variability (Hz, ST) | Acoustic | Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage | |
Loudness and variability (dB SPL) | Acoustic | Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage | |
Physiological measures | Formants (Hz) and laryngeal height (cm) | Acoustic | Steady-state /ɑ/, /i/, / æ/, /eɪ/ |
Subglottal pressure estimates (cmH2O) | Aerodynamic | ɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ, i–pi-pi-pi-pi-pi | |
Phonation threshold pressure (cmH2O) | Aerodynamic | pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ | |
Vibratory ratings | Laryngoscopy video | Comfortable modal sustained vowel | |
Voice quality | Voice quality | Expert listener ratings (CAPE-V) | CAPE-V sentences |
CPP (dB) | Acoustic | Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage | |
LH ratio (dB) | Acoustic | Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage | |
Airflow (L/s) | Aerodynamic | /ɑ/ during ɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ | |
Jitter (%) | Acoustic | Steady-state /ɑ/ | |
Shimmer (%) | Acoustic | Steady-state /ɑ/ | |
Harmonics-to-noise ratio (dB) | Acoustic | Steady-state /ɑ/ | |
Perception of gender | Gender perceptual rating | Listener ratings | Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage |