Relationships between vocal pitch perception and production: a developmental perspective.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between vocal pitch discrimination abilities and vocal responses to auditory pitch-shifts. Twenty children (6.6-11.7 years) and twenty adults (18-28 years) completed a listening task to determine auditory discrimination abilities to vocal fundamental frequency (f_o) as well as two vocalization tasks in which their perceived f_o was modulated in real-time. These pitch-shifts were either unexpected, providing information on auditory feedback control, or sustained, providing information on sensorimotor adaptation. Children were subdivided into two groups based on their auditory pitch discrimination abilities; children within two standard deviations of the adult group were classified as having adult-like discriminat

SUBMITTER: Heller Murray ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7054315 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature