Sex differences in vocal behavior in virtual rooms compared to real rooms

Georgios Papadimitriou; Jonas Brunskog; Franz M Heuchel; Viveka Lyberg Åhlander; Greta Öhlund Wistbacka

doi:10.1121/10.0025523

Sex differences in vocal behavior in virtual rooms compared to real rooms

Georgios Papadimitriou
, Jonas Brunskog
, Franz M Heuchel
, Viveka Lyberg Åhlander
, Greta Öhlund Wistbacka

Speech and Language Pathology

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Abstract

This study investigates speech production under various room acoustic conditions in virtual environments, by comparing vocal behavior and the subjective experience of speaking in four real rooms and their audio-visual virtual replicas. Sex differences were explored. Males and females (N = 13) adjusted their voice levels similarly to room acoustic changes in the real rooms, but only males did so in the virtual rooms. Females, however, rated the visual virtual environment as more realistic compared to males. This suggests a discrepancy between sexes regarding the experience of realism in a virtual environment and changes in objective behavioral measures such as voice level.

Original language	English
Article number	045201
Journal	JASA express letters
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0025523
Publication status	Published - 3 Apr 2024
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This research was supported by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE) for the project \u201CCommunication, a challenge for the older employee: Need for a communication supporting workplace,\u201D project ID 2019-01329, for authors JBR, VL\u00C5 and G\u00D6W, and G\u00F6sta Branders research fund, \u00C5bo Akademi Research Foundation, for author G\u00D6W.

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Female
Male
Humans
Sex Characteristics
Speech
Acoustics

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