A Second Evaluation of the Speaking Fundamental Frequency Characteristics of Post-Adolescent Girls

1 April 1969

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Language and Speech

Vol. 12 (2) , 119-124
https://doi.org/10.1177/002383096901200204

Abstract

Normative data on the speaking fundamental frequency characteristics (SFF) of 467 post-adolescent girls are presented—160 from the present study combined with 307 from previous research by Michel, Hollien and Moore (the two groups were combined to provide a representative experimental population). The mean fundamental frequencies for the three age groups studied were found to be 215.7, 213.9 and 211.5 c.p.s. respectively. These data are in general agreement with those of similar studies for other age groups and would indicate that most girls probably (1) undergo voice change before the fifteenth year and (2) attain reasonably stable adult voices during the immediate post-pubescent period.

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Speaking Fundamental Frequency Characteristics of 15, 16 and 17 Year-Old Girls
Language and Speech, 1966
An Acoustical Study of Vocal Pitch in Seven- and Eight-Year-Old Girls
Child Development, 1949