Table 3 The coefficients of variation (CV) of individual speakers in the 10–19 age group

Speaker Gender Mean (sec/syll) SD (sec/syll) CV (sec/syll)
S1 Male 0.1632 0.046 28
S2 Male 0.1655 0.052 31
S3 Male 0.1608 0.058 36
S4 Male 0.1511 0.034 23
S5 Male 0.178 0.064 36
S6 Female 0.2044 0.075 37
S7 Female 0.1921 0.05 26
S8 Female 0.1961 0.061 31
S9 Female 0.1884 0.051 27
S10 Female 0.1958 0.059 30
Speaker Gender Mean(syll/sec) SD(syll/sec) CV(syll/sec)
S1 Male 6.54 1.561 24
S2 Male 6.508 1.653 25
S3 Male 6.753 1.679 25
S4 Male 6.912 1.364 20
S5 Male 6.157 1.701 28
S6 Female 5.334 1.413 26
S7 Female 5.486 1.147 21
S8 Female 5.477 1.327 24
S9 Female 5.642 1.33 24
S10 Female 5.464 1.311 24