This work investigates the effect of body position on voice quality, based on cepstral peak prominence (CPP) and spectrum balance (SB) metrics layered on a mapped speech range profile (SRP) across a sound pressure level (SPL) and fundamental frequency (fo) plane. Eight participants were tested in an upright position, supine position at 0º and an inverted position at -10º. Findings show varied and small changes in voice quality in connected speech between positions and that effects may occur at specific SPL and fo ranges among some participants.
This conference paper is a summary of the lead author's Bachelor thesis, which can be found at https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?dswid=6218&pid=diva2%3A1768562
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