This paper aims at exploring the invariant parameters involved in auditory normalization of French vowels. A set of 490 stimuli, including the ten French vowels produced by an articulatory model simulating seven growth stages and seven fundamental frequency values, has been submitted as a perceptual test to 43 subjects. Results confirm the important effect of the tonality distance between F1 and F0 in perceived height. Regarding place of articulation, F2-F1, and F3-F2, in Bark, appear to be good predictors of the perceived front-back dimension. Roundedness is also examined and correlated to the effective second formant, involving spectral integration of higher formants within the 3.5-Bark critical distance.
Cite as: Ménard, L., Schwartz, J.-L., Boë, L.-J., Kandel, S., Vallée, N. (2001) Perceptual identification and normalization of synthesized French vowels from birth to adulthood. Proc. 7th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 2001), 163-166, doi: 10.21437/Eurospeech.2001-52
@inproceedings{menard01_eurospeech,
author={Lucie Ménard and Jean-Luc Schwartz and Louis-Jean Boë and Sonia Kandel and Nathalie Vallée},
title={{Perceptual identification and normalization of synthesized French vowels from birth to adulthood}},
year=2001,
booktitle={Proc. 7th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 2001)},
pages={163--166},
doi={10.21437/Eurospeech.2001-52}
}