著者

颯田 琴次 菅原 淳夫 小橋 豊

出版者

一般社団法人 日本音響学会

雑誌

日本音響学会誌 (ISSN:03694232)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, no.2, pp.97-103, 1952-06-30 (Released:2017-06-02)

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The authors studies the body wall vibration(especially at the back of the nose)by phonation with a crystal pick-up to search the corelation among the amplitude of the wall vibration(μ), voice pressure(μbar)and the quantity of the nasal respiration(cc). It was found useful to decide the degree of nasalization from the ratio of the amplitude of wall vibration and the voice pressure, which was named by the authors as "vibration proportion". Comparison was made with Japanese vowels and nasal sounds uttered by 40 persons(9 male, 12 female, 5 singers and 14 patients of nasal speech). (A)Normal persons:1. The amplitude of wall vibration of nasal sounds is greatest in speech sounds. Yhe vowels "i"and "u" have greater amplitudes than others and "a" the smallest. 2. In average, the amplitude is greater in male voice than in female voice. In male voice the amplitude is great in low vocal range and in female voice it is great in high vocal range. It is very interesting to think of vocal difference by sex. 3. When nasopharynx is closed, the amplitude is smaller than when it is opened and this fact coincides with the degree of nasalization by acoustical examination. 4. The measured values slightly change sometimes on the same person(with same vocal range, voice intensity and speech sound). Accordingly, it is found that articulation is not always constant. 5. The vibration of nose wall increases with the nasalization and the relation between them, which is one of main objects of this study, is made more clear by "vibration proportion". Namly it is possible to know the degree of nasalization of a person from the "vibration proportion". (B)Singers(by singing voice):Difference between speech sounds which we perceived generally in normal persons decreases by singers and the vibration becomes more uniform. There is no wonder that it is the results of practice of singing method. (C)Patients of nasal speach:The amplitude of nose wall vibration is larger than normal extent(sometimes several times larger than normal). Therefore it is possible to know the degree of nasal speech by measurement of the wall viblation.