Reliability of pitch discrimination of vowel and piano tones

J Voice. 1995 Dec;9(4):394-402. doi: 10.1016/s0892-1997(05)80201-2.

Abstract

This study evaluated the reliability of pitch judgments as a basic step toward increasing interrater and intrarater reliability of multidimensional perceptual judgments of the speaking voice. Forty-five undergraduate university students studying speech/language pathology made piano-to-piano tone pitch matches and vowel-to-piano pitch matches using a computer software program. The mean percentage correct of piano-to-piano tone matches was 91.3% and of vowel-to-piano matches was 75.6%. Subjects who scored 100% correct were significantly faster at the pitch matching task. Further research of perceptual judgments of pitch and its contribution to multidimensional rating tasks is warranted.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Music*
  • Observer Variation
  • Phonetics*
  • Pitch Perception*
  • Speech Discrimination Tests
  • Speech Perception
  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Workforce