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KMID : 0917520030100030079
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Journal of Speech Sciences
2003 Volume.10 No. 3 p.79 ~ p.86
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A Cornparative Study on the Voices of Clergymen: Ministers vs. Priests
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Jo Sung-Mi
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This study compared the voices of ministers and priests. There has been a common notion that ministers are more passionate than priests in delivering their speech. Therefore, it can be assumed that ministers abuses or misuses his/her voice compared to priests. This study attempted acoustic analysis of the choices of 6 ministers and 5 priests before an after their speech. We measured F0, jitter, shimmer, NNE and HNR using Dr. Speech(version 4.0, Tiger DRS). A t-test was performed to determine any objective differences of their voices. The results showed that there were no significant differences in the voices of ministers and priests before an after their speech. However, there seemed to e an interesting reversed tendency between ministers and priests, although it did not reach a statistical significance. That is, F0 tended to increase after the speech in ministers, whereas it tended to decrease in priests. In addition, HNR tended o decrease after the speech in priests, while it tended to increase in ministers.
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