title: The development of procedures for the measurement of vocal loudness behaviors.
abstract: Vocal loudness productions of five similar groups of speakers were analyzed. The groups differed significantly in "comfortable" loudness, in multiples (2x, 4x, and 0.5x) of comfortable loudness, and in ranges (4x -0.5x) of comfortable loudness. Interclass reliabilities for sets of measures were high and highly significant. Implications for the specification of vocal loudness behaviors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, California 92182.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception; D008297:Male; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014833:Voice Quality