The perception of two vocal qualities in a synthesized vocal utterance: ring and pressed voice.

Two vocal qualities, ring quality and pressed quality, were analyzed perceptually. Listeners were asked to rate (on a scale from 0 to 10) the "amount of ring" in one listening and the "amount of pressedness" in another listening. The stimulus was the synthesized utterance /ya-ya-ya-ya-ya/.

Source and filter adjustments affecting the perception of the vocal qualities twang and yawn.

Two vocal qualities, twang and yawn, were synthesized and rated perceptually. The stimuli consisted of synthesized vocal productions of a sentence-length utterance 'ya ya ya ya ya,' which had speech-like intonation. In a continuum transformation from normal to twang, the area in the pharynx was gradually decreased, along with vocal tract shortening and a decreased open quotient in the glottal airflow.