"That pitch really resonates with me!": A voice-gender modulation study
| dc.contributor.author | Gibbard, Jess | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-04-27T15:06:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-04-27T15:06:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Voice-gender modulation is a burgeoning field within linguistics, and research on this topic is deeply needed in order to better support the transgender community. In this study, two groups of participants were taught differing voice-gender modulation techniques in order to determine whether or not there is a difference in modulation capabilities as a result of using a specific approach. One group was taught exercises which focused on prosodic factors of voice-gender (pitch and glottalization), while the other group explored exercises related to harmonic factors of voice-gender (resonance and vocal weight). Pre-training recordings were collected from each participant over a set of sustained vowels, short words and short phrases. The participants then underwent a three-week long voice training regimen. Upon completion of training, additional recordings of the same tokens were collected again. Data from the samples on pitch (F0), formant frequencies (F1 to F3), jitter, and intensity (range: 2000hz-7000hz) were collected using Praat and VoceVista Video. Statistics were calculated using a MANOVA analysis to compare the difference scores of pre- and post-training recordings. Findings of this study indicate a difference between pre- and post-training samples across factors of pitch and resonance, but not a difference between harmonic and prosodic groups. | |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Undergraduate | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/23731 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Victoria | |
| dc.subject | transgender | |
| dc.subject | voice | |
| dc.subject | speaking | |
| dc.subject | resonance | |
| dc.subject | pitch | |
| dc.subject | modulation | |
| dc.subject | Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA) | |
| dc.subject.department | School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures | |
| dc.title | "That pitch really resonates with me!": A voice-gender modulation study | |
| dc.type | Poster |