01838caa a2200229 4500 210621s9999 xx 000 0 und d 2582-4961 Arjun, MS Closed set speaker identification using fricative /s/ and /S/ in Kannada speaking individuals All India Institute of Speech and Hearing 2014 All India Institute of Speech and Hearing Maharaja’s College, University of Mysore hemachari2@yahoo.com. 72-81 Volume 33 The aim of the present study was to obtain the percentage of speaker verication using fricative sounds in Kannada speaking individuals. The participants chosen for the study were ten Kannada speaking neuro-typical adults, in the age range of 20-30 years, constituted as Group A and further sub grouped as Group B and Group C constituting ve males and ve females respectively. The material used was eight commonly occurring, meaningful Kannada words containing the voiceless fricatives /s/ and /S/ in the word initial position. Spectrographic analysis using the PRAAT software was done and each token were measured for (1) the frication duration, (2) fricative amplitude ratio, (3) center frequency of frication/turbulence. The results of the present study showed that fricative sound /s/ and /S/ was good for the condition - fricative duration with fricative amplitude (T2) which could be considered as an ecient parameter for speaker verication compared to other conditions. Fricative duration, Fricative amplitude, Centre frequency of frication, Euclidean distance Hema, N Journal of All India Institute of Speech & Hearing http://192.168.102.7/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/799/489 FJAS FJAS 17676 17676