Relationships between a listener's identification of a spoken vowel and its properties as revealed from acoustic measurement of its sound wave have been a subject of study by many investigators. Both the utterance and the identification of a vowel depend upon the language and dialectal backgrounds and the vocal and auditory characteristics of the individuals concerned. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the control methods that have been used in the evaluation of these effects in a vowel study program at Bell Telephone Laboratories. The plan of the study, calibration of recording and measuring equipment, and methods for checking the performance of both speakers and listeners are described. The methods are illustrated from results of tests involving some 76 speakers and 70 listeners.
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Control Methods Used in a Study of the Vowels
Gordon E. Peterson;
Gordon E. Peterson
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey
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Harold L. Barney
Harold L. Barney
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey
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J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 24, 175–184 (1952)
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December 03 1951
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Gordon E. Peterson, Harold L. Barney; Control Methods Used in a Study of the Vowels. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 March 1952; 24 (2): 175–184. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1906875
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