Classroom Performance and Voice Characteristics as Measured by the Contour Sound Spectrogram: Preliminary Report

Abstract

The relationship between changes in voice characteristics and academic performance were investigated. Ss who received a final grade of A showed increases in syllabic rate, pitch, and formant rate change while those receiving a grade of D or F tended to show decreases on these measures.

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