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. 2020 Jul 16;278(5):1687–1692. doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06200-7

Table 1.

Velocity (cm/s) of airflow during the first 200 ms

Speaker 1 (Female)
Average velocity (minimum–maximum) cm/s
Speaker 2 (Male)
Average velocity (minimum–maximum) cm/s
Long exhalation 180 77 (64–88)
Exhalation through a 5 mm straw (SOVT) 102 82 (72–90)
Voicing through a 5 mm straw (SOVT) 80 (75–90) 82 (72–90)
/a/ 38 (25–44) 28 (14–33)
/a/ « louder» 48 (40–57)
/m/ 67 (31–84) 43 (25–63)
/m/ louder 57 (52–64) 76 (68–87)
/m/ whispered 90 (80–100) 78 (57–123)
/t/ 84 (73–87) 80 (78–100)
/t/ louder 80 (75–82) 91 (72–118)
/t/ whispered 105 (97–120) 100 (76–118)
/f/ isolated and brief 132 99 (68–144)
/f/ sustained 94 (88–110) 108 (104–113)
/v/ sustained 79 72
/ʃ/ isolated and brief 154 81 (72–90)
/ʃ/ sustained 76 (66–92) 68 (57–79)
/ʒ/ sustained 44 77