Abstract
The relative fundamental frequency (RFF) surrounding the production of a voiceless consonant has previously been estimated using unprocessed and low-pass filtered microphone signals, but it can also be estimated using a neck-placed accelerometer signal that is less affected by vocal tract formants. Determining the effects of signal type on RFF will allow for comparisons across studies and aid in establishing a standard protocol with minimal within-speaker variability. Here RFF was estimated in 12 speakers with healthy voices using unprocessed microphone, low-pass filtered microphone, and unprocessed accelerometer signals. Unprocessed microphone and accelerometer signals were recorded simultaneously using a microphone and neck-placed accelerometer. The unprocessed microphone signal was filtered at 350 Hz to construct the low-pass filtered microphone signal. Analyses of variance showed that signal type and the interaction of vocal cycle × signal type had significant effects on both RFF means and standard deviations, but with small effect sizes. The overall RFF trend was preserved regardless of signal type and the intra-speaker variability of RFF was similar among the signal types. Thus, RFF can be estimated using either a microphone or an accelerometer signal in individuals with healthy voices. Future work extending these findings to individuals with disordered voices is warranted.
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