Voice frequency

This article is about a technical treatment of the human voice. For voice categories derived from a European musical history, see vocal range. For a more general discussion of musical vocal ranges, see Voice classification in non-classical music.
Audio bands in telephony[1]
Name Range (Hz)
Narrowband 300–3,400
Wideband 50–7,000
Superwideband 50–14,000
Fullband 20–20,000

A voice frequency (VF) or voice band is the range of audio frequencies used for the transmission of speech.

  1. ^ Cox, R. V.; Neto, S. F. De Campos; Lamblin, C.; Sherif, M. H. (October 2009). "ITU-T coders for wideband, superwideband, and fullband speech communication [Series Editorial]". IEEE Communications Magazine. 47 (10): 106–109. doi:10.1109/MCOM.2009.5273816.