Acoustic characteristics of children who speak Arabic.
The vocal characteristics of mean fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer, harmonics-to-noise ratio, and breathiness were analyzed in 110 (F = 54, M = 56) Arabic-speaking children. The subjects were from Amman, Jordan, ranging in age from 5 to 20 years. Each subject was tape recorded during the production of the vowels /a/ and /i/. Two second samples of each vowel were analyzed using GW Instrument's Sound Scope software program. Means, standard deviations, and ranges were obtained and summarized for the acoustic measures in each age and gender category.
Department of Speech Language Pathology, State University of New York College at Buffalo, 14222-1095, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D010699:Phonation; D013061:Speech Acoustics