Impact of the Passage of Time on the Correct Identification of the Speaker Using the Auditory Method

• Autorzy: Brachmanski Stefan , Hus Bartosz , Staroniewicz Piotr

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425//aoa.2023.146823

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Courts in Poland, as well as in most countries in the world, allow for the identification of a person on the basis of his/her voice using the so-called voice presentation method, i.e., the auditory method. This method is used in situations where there is no sound recording and the perpetrator of the criminal act was masked and the victim heard only his or her voice. However, psychologists, forensic acousticians, as well as researchers in the field of auditory perception and forensic science more broadly describe many cases in which such testimony resulted in misjudgement. This paper presents the results of an experiment designed to investigate, in a Polish language setting, the extent to which the passage of time impairs the correct identification of a person. The study showed that 31 days after the speaker’s voice was first heard, the correct identification for a female voice was 30% and for a male voice 40%.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

speaker recognition; crime acoustics; aural identification

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 49, nr 1
• Strony: 141–147, 2024
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 29 poz., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Brachmanski Stefan

• Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems, Department of Acoustics, Multimedia and Signal Processing Wrocław University of Science and Technology Wrocław, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9075-4337

autor

Hus Bartosz

• Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems, Department of Acoustics, Multimedia and Signal Processing Wrocław University of Science and Technology Wrocław, Poland

autor

Staroniewicz Piotr

• Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems, Department of Acoustics, Multimedia and Signal Processing Wrocław University of Science and Technology Wrocław, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).