Cross-gender acoustic differences in hypernasal speech and detection of hypernasality

Spectrum of hypernasal speech produced by cleft palate (CP) speakers carries acoustic information regarding hypernasality (HP). This study compares the variation of acoustic features of HP in continuous read speech with gradually increasing severity of HP within and across gender and detect HP. Three point vowels /i/, /a/ and /u/ from continuous read speech produced by seven male and seven female speakers are used. In first part of this study,...