Effects of perturbation magnitude and voice F0 level on the pitch-shift reflex
Effects of perturbation magnitude and voice F0 level on the pitch-shift reflex
复制标题
DOI:
10.1121/1.2800254
复制
发表时间:
2007-12-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Larson, Charles R.
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Liu, Hanjun;Larson, Charles R.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the responsiveness of the pitch-shift reflex to small magnitude stimuli and voice fundamental frequency (F-0) level. English speakers received pitch-shifted voice feedback (+/- 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 cents, 200 ms duration) during vowel phonations at a high and a low F-0 level. Mean pitch-shift response magnitude increased as a function,of pitch-shift stimulus magnitude, but when expressed as a percent of stimulus magnitude, declined from 100% with +/- 10 cents to 37% with +/- 50 cents stimuli. Response magnitudes were larger and latencies were shorter with a high F0 level (16 cents; 130 ms) compared to a low F0 level (13 cents; 152 ms). Data from the present study demonstrate that vocal response magnitudes are equal to small perturbation magnitudes, and they are larger and faster with a high F0 voice. These results suggest that the audio-vocal system is optimally suited for compensating for small pitch rather than larger perturbations. Data also suggest the sensitivity of the:audio-vocal system to voice perturbation may vary with F-0 level. (c) 2007 Acoustical Society of America.