Purpose The aim of this study was to provide a systematic review of the aspects of verbal
communication contributing to listener perceptions of speaker gender with a view to …

In the seventh version of their Standards of Care, WPATH recognizes that, as each person is
unique, so is the person's gender identity. The goal of speech-language …

Speech prosody, the melodic and rhythmic properties of a language, plays a critical role in
our everyday communication. Researchers have identified unique patterns of prosody that …

Twenty years after the publication of a special issue in this journal on non-modal phonation
(JPhon 2001: 49 (4)), the phonetic study of voice quality has shown impressive progress …

The aim of this chapter is to outline a theory of the voice that relates specific vocal fold
articulations to acoustic parameters that are perceptible to listeners. The “voice” here is …

The present study investigated the perception of phrase-level prosodic prominence in
American English, using the Rapid Prosody Transcription (RPT) task. We had two basic …

Identifying the gender of a speaker from speech has a variety of applications ranging from
speech analytics to personalizing human-machine interactions. While gender identification …

Speech prosody plays an important role in communication of meaning. The cognitive and
computational mechanisms supporting this communication remain to be understood …

'Sweet voice', a distinctive Japanese vocal style, illustrates the role played by voice quality
as a marker of authenticity in the construction of linguistic styles. The acoustic properties and …

We provide an update on the state of research on phonation (the production of sound by the
vocal folds) since Gordon and Ladefoged's, Journal of Phonetics, 2001 29, 383–406 …