VTL change in the syllable /da/

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The vocal tract length (VTL) changes from 16.2 to 10.5 cm, holding syllable type and GPR fixed (cycles format).

The first video presents the normalized version of the auditory image in cycles format.

VTL changes from 16.2 to 10.5 cm, holding syllable type and GPR fixed (cycles format). Loading the player... Download Da164.9p102.1s_da163.4p157.6s-3dB.mov [593.16 kB]

For comparison the second video presents the un-normalized version of the auditory image in time-interval format.

VTL changes from 16.2 to 10.5 cm, holding syllable type and GPR fixed (time-interval format). Loading the player... Download Da164.9p102.1s_da163.4p157.6s-3dB_TI.mov [883.43 kB]

The syllables in this example are from the database described in Vestergaard et al. (2009), Table 1. Specifically, they are the /da/ from spoke 3, point 4 (GPR, 165 Hz; VTL, 16.2 cm), and the /da/ from spoke 7, point 7 (GPR, 163 Hz; VTL, 10.5 cm).