Certain effects on vocal pitch of frequency modulated instantaneous auditory feedback

Abstract

The dynamic relationships between manipulations of auditory feedback and the vocal responses of the individual have been of both theoretical and practical interest. The present study sought to investigate one of the auditory feedback variables, namely, vocal pitch, which had heretofore received little attention. An attempt was made to assess the effects of an experimental pitch‐shift of auditory feedback on the speaker's own vocal pitch, while maintaining normal relationships of the other feedback variables. Vocal pitch changes were seen to accompany the pitch‐shifts of auditory feedback. However, these differences were not statistically significant and did not prove predictable from the amount and direction of change in the auditory feedback.