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Robb, Michael P.; Smith, Allan B. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
Short-term changes in vowel fundamental frequency immediately preceding and following voiceless obstruents were examined in 30 4-year-olds, 8-year-olds, and 21-year-olds. Results suggest that fundamental frequency offset is simply an acoustic consequence of producing a voiceless obstruent preceded by a vowel since there were minimal age-related…
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