| Presentation | 2016-10-16 Study on subjective impressions and acoustic characteristics of elderly speech Shuhei Takemori, Mitsunori Mizumachi, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | There are a variety of works concerning subjective impressions of elderly speech, and hoarseness is commonly selected as the most dominant subjective characteristics of elderly speech. On the other hands, acoustic parameters, which characterize elderly speech, have not been sufficiently investigated, and different speech databases have been used for the analysis. This study aims at investigating the acoustic parameters related to the subjective impressions of elderly speech based on the previously proposed hearing and speech database, which consists of individual audiograms and uttered speech signals. Concerning the Japanese vowel /a/, it is suggested that the decrease of the hearing level makes the tilt of the spectral envelope small. It is, however, difficult to find out the comprehensive relationship between subjective impressions and acoustic parameters for the whole vowels due to the wide individuality of elderly speech. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | Elderly speech / subjective impressions / hoarseness of speech / acoustic parameters / tilt of spectral envelope |
| Paper # | WIT2016-38 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-10-09 (WIT) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | WIT |
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| Conference Date | 2016/10/16(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Karatsu Royal Hotel (Saga pref.) |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Ergonomics and Well-being Information Technology, etc. |
| Chair | Kiyohiko Nunokawa(Tokyo International Univ.) |
| Vice Chair | Chikamune Wada(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) |
| Secretary | Chikamune Wada(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) |
| Assistant | Tomohiro Amemiya(NTT) / Takeaki Shionome(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) / Manabi Miyagi(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) / Takashi Handa(Saitama Industrial Technology Center) |
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| Registration To | Technical Committee on Well-being Information Technology |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Study on subjective impressions and acoustic characteristics of elderly speech |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | Elderly speech |
| Keyword(2) | subjective impressions |
| Keyword(3) | hoarseness of speech |
| Keyword(4) | acoustic parameters |
| Keyword(5) | tilt of spectral envelope |
| 1st Author's Name | Shuhei Takemori |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Kyushu Institute of Technology(KIT) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Mitsunori Mizumachi |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Kyushu Institute of Technology(KIT) |
| Date | 2016-10-16 |
| Paper # | WIT2016-38 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.116 |
| Number (no) | WIT-248 |
| Page | pp.pp.29-34(WIT), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-10-09 (WIT) |