Neural correlation of item recognition and voice source retrieval

An experiment was conducted using event-related potentials to investigate the old/new effects of the item recognition and the voice source retrieval tasks on drawing. The results indicated that (1) the old/new effect for the voice source retrieval task was much wider than that of the item recognition task; (2) the distributive characteristics of the voice source memory effect were different from those in previous studies; (3) the old/new effects for target and non-target-old drawings were similar. These results demonstrated that the voice source retrieval task is more difficult than the item recognition task for drawing, which supports the dual-process model. The experimental material and the source characteristic regulate the spatial and temporal distributions of the old/new effect for the voice source retrieval task together.     

对IP网络电话发展趋势的探讨

IP电话技术,作为通信领域内一个令人瞩目的亮点,已经越来越受到人们的重视。文章从IP电话的系统结构出发,分析了目前IP电话网络系统所面临的问题,探讨了IP电话的发展趋势———IP电话技术必将成为通信技术的一个重要的组成部分。     

校园广播喇叭分布问题的研究

论证了两相同声源间中点的声强级最小,求出了两相同声源间的最佳距离为56.24 m.以韶关学院为例,给出了一种校园广播喇叭分布的优化方案.     

Acoustic Analysis of Pathological Voices Compressedwith MPEG System

The MPEG-1 Layer 3 compression schema of audio signal, commonly known as mp3, has caused a great impact in recent years as it has reached high compression rates while conserving a high sound quality. Music and speech samples compressed at high bitrates are perceptually indistinguishable from the original samples, but very little was known about how compression acoustically affects the voice signal. A previous work with normal voices showed a high fidelity at high-bitrate compressions both in voice parameters and the amplitude-frequency spectrum. In the present work, dysphonic voices were tested through two studies. In the first study, spectrograms, long-term average spectra (LTAS), and fast Fourier transform (FFT) spectra of compressed and original samples of running speech were compared. In the second study, intensities, formant frequencies, formant bandwidths, and a multidimensional set of voice parameters were tested in a set of sustained phonations. Results showed that compression at high bitrates (96 and 128 kbps) preserved the relevant acoustic properties of the pathological voices. With compressions at lower bitrates, fidelity decreases, introducing some important alterations. Results from both works, Gonzalez and Cervera and this paper, open up the possibility of using MPEG-compression at high bitrates to store or transmit high-quality speech recordings, without altering their acoustic properties.     

“Hot Potato Voice” in Peritonsillitis: A Misnomer

The "hot potato voice" is widely recognized as a symptom of peritonsillar cellulitis or abscess; yet there have been no studies assessing the resonance characteristics of the vocal tract in peritonsillitis. Analysis was undertaken of formant frequencies in the articulation of the vowels /i:/. /a:/ and /u:/ in six subjects with peritonsillitis and compared with articulation once the peritonsillitis had settled. Significant variation was found in F1 when articulating /i:/ and in F2 when articulating /a:/, which are explainable by dyskinesis of the peritonsillar musculature. These findings were compared with six subjects articulating the same vowels with and without a hot potato in their mouth. Variation was found in both F1 and F2 when articulating /i:/, which can be related to interference of the potato with movement of the anterior tongue. The changes in the vocal tract differ in these two cases and the title "hot potato voice" in peritonsillitis is a misnomer.     

跳频信道切换对模拟话音通信质量的影响

模拟话音在通过跳频通信系统传输时，在跳频信道切换时间内话音信号丢失，话音质量下降．本文通过实验评估了丢失一部分信号后话音的质量，在此基础上研究了在跳频体制下传送模拟话音时，保证一定话音质量对跳频信道切换时间以及跳频速率的限制．以供模拟跳频制式下选择跳频速率及分配信道切换时间作依据     

声音造型与音乐艺术构思的表现

歌唱,是人类用以抒发情感、交流情感的一种自然而普遍的形式。各具特色的人声和声音合理的运用是声音造型的两个关键点,音乐艺术的构思须以情感调控、内涵的理解、意境的想象、风格韵味以及忘我的演唱等艺术处理来体现。     

基于FIR滤波器的基音提取预处理

基音周期是语音信号的重要参数，在语音分析、语音合成和语音识别中，估计基音周期都是一个重要任务。基于MATLAB设计的FIR滤波器，可以随时对比设计要求和滤波器特性调整参数，直观简便，极大的减轻了工作量，使滤波器设计最优化，在语音信号基音提取预处理方面具有精度高、稳定性好、灵活性强等优点，滤波效果较好。把其应用于基音提取预处理将为基音提取后继工作打下良好基础。     

科技日语的被动句分析

重点介绍科技日语中被动句的种类,并通过例句分析各种被动句的特点以及翻译技巧。同时,还剖析了科技日语中形态相似的自发句与被动句的区别。