We present a framework for experimentally linking speech production and hearing. Using this approach, we describe experimental results, that lead to the concept that sounds made by different individuals and perceived to be the same can be transformed into each other by a "speech scale". The speech scale is empirically determined using only speech data. We show the similarity of the speech scale to the MEL scale of Stevens and Volkmann, which was derived only from hearing experiments. We thus experimentally link speech production and hearing.

翻译：我们提出一个将言语产生与听觉进行实验关联的框架。通过这一方法，我们描述了实验结果，这些结果引出如下概念：不同个体发出的、被感知为相同的声音，可以通过一种“言语尺度”相互转换。该言语尺度仅使用言语数据通过经验方法确定。我们揭示了此言语尺度与Stevens和Volkmann所提出的仅从听觉实验推导出的MEL尺度之间的相似性。由此，我们从实验上建立了言语产生与听觉之间的联系。