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KMID : 0361020070500060480
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2007 Volume.50 No. 6 p.480 ~ p.485
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A Study for the Acoustic Characteristics of PB Word List according to Frequency
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Park Moo-Kyun
Lee Jang-Hyeog
Kwon Hyuck-Sung
Im Gi-Jung
Woo Jeong-Soo
Lee Heung-Man
Hwang Soon-Jae
Chae Sung-Won
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Abstract
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Background & Objectives: The Korean phonetically balanced (PB) word list (Ham’s Korean PB Word List) is currently the most commonly used word list for speech discrimination test. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency characteristics of the Ham’s Korean PB word list and to compare frequency characteristics of the Ham’s Korean PB word list with that of the 21st Century Sejong words, which represent characteristics of the contemporary spoken Korean language.
Subjects & Methods: The 300 syllables most commonly used were collected from the words in 21st Century Sejong project. The 21st Century Sejong words were weighted according to the frequency of usage. The 21st Century Sejong words and words from the Ham’s Korean PB word list were analyzed using an acoustic analysis program that has the MATLAB function.
Results: Syllables with frequencies above 2,000 Hz comprise 34% of the 21st Century Sejong words and 16% of the Ham’s Korean PB word list. The Ham’s Korean PB word list does not represent the high frequency characteristics of the contemporary spoken Korean language. The 21st Century Sejong words have more ’a…³’, ’a…μ’ and open syllables than the Ham’s Korean PB word list.
Conclusion: The Ham’s Korean PB word list does not reflect the high frequency characteristics of the contemporary spoken Korean language included in the 21st Century Sejong words. Therefore, a new PB word list that incorporates a greater number of syllables with high frequency characteristics is required.
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KEYWORD
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Speech audiometry, Speech discrimination test, Speech acoustics
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