Perception of voice pitch waver over headphones and loudspeakers

Schmidt-Nielsen, Astrid; Everett, Stephanie S.

doi:10.1121/1.388342

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“…We are more interested in the experiential differences between headphones and speakers, and thus, studies in, for example, speech science, are more relevant. One such study is that of Schmidt-Nielsen and Everett (1982), who found that mild fluctuations of pitch in synthetic vowels were more easily detected when the stimulus was presented using speakers instead of headphones. Another relevant field is traffic safety.…”

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Headphones or Speakers? An Exploratory Study of Their Effects on Spontaneous Body Movement to Rhythmic Music

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Previous studies have shown that music may lead to spontaneous body movement, even when people try to stand still. But are spontaneous movement responses to music similar if the stimuli are presented using headphones or speakers? This article presents results from an exploratory study in which 35 participants listened to rhythmic stimuli while standing in a neutral position. The six different stimuli were 45 s each and ranged from a simple pulse to excerpts from electronic dance music (EDM). Each participant listened to all the stimuli using both headphones and speakers. An optical motion capture system was used to calculate their quantity of motion, and a set of questionnaires collected data about music preferences, listening habits, and the experimental sessions. The results show that the participants on average moved more when listening through headphones. The headphones condition was also reported as being more tiresome by the participants. Correlations between participants' demographics, listening habits, and self-reported body motion were observed in both listening conditions. We conclude that the playback method impacts the level of body motion observed when people are listening to music. This should be taken into account when designing embodied music cognition studies.

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Section: Comparative Studies Of Headphones and Speakersmentioning

confidence: 99%