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Reproducibility of Voice Parameters: The Effect of Room Acoustics and Microphones.

Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation

Computer analysis of voice recordings is an integral part of the evaluation and management of voice disorders. In many practices, voice samples are taken in rooms that are not sound attenuated and/or sound-proofed; further, the technology used is rarely consistent. This will likely affect the recordings, and therefore, their analyses. The objective...

Biobehavioral Measures of Presbylaryngeus.

Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation

The objective of this observational study was to assess the relationship between established aging biobehavioral measures and voice decline in normally aging adults. Cross-sectional study. Participants 60-85 years of age were divided into two age and sex-matched groups, based on the presence or absence of presbylaryngeus. Both groups underwent a ba...

Changes in Vocal Fold Morphology During Singing Over Two Octaves.

Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation

Vocal folds are widely assumed to only elongate to raise vocal pitch. However, the mechanisms seem to be more complex and involve both elongation and tensioning of the vocal folds in series. The aim of the present study was to show that changes in vocal fold morphology depend on vocal fold elongation and tensioning during singing. This was a prospe...

Does the Accuracy of Medical Diagnoses Affect Novice Listeners' Auditory-Perceptual Judgments of Dysphonia Severity?

Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation

To determine whether the presence and accuracy of a laryngeal medical diagnosis affects novice listeners' judgments of dysphonia. Prospective, within subjects, modified factorial experimental design. Twenty-six speakers with dysphonia and four normophonic speakers provided speech recordings. Forty novice clinicians evaluated speech samples for roug...

World Voice Day 2020.

Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation

Relationship Between Laryngeal Signs and Symptoms, Acoustic Measures, and Quality of Life in Finnish Primary and Kinderg...

Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation

This study investigated the relationship between the acoustic measure smoothed cepstral peak prominence (CPPS), teacher's quality of life as measured by the voice activity and participation profile (VAPP), laryngeal signs and symptoms, voice related health problems and laryngoscopic findings in Finnish teachers. The relationship between CPPS and so...

Acoustic Predictors of Gender Attribution, Masculinity-Femininity, and Vocal Naturalness Ratings Amongst Transgender and...

Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation

This study aimed to identify the most salient set of acoustic predictors of (1) gender attribution; (2) perceived masculinity-femininity; and (3) perceived vocal naturalness amongst a group of transgender and cisgender speakers to inform voice and communication feminization training programs. This study used a unique set of acoustic variables and i...

Inexperienced Listeners' Perception of Timbre Dissimilarity Within and Between Voice Categories.

Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation

Using stimuli produced by classically trained female singers, this study sought to examine how inexperienced listeners' ratings of timbre dissimilarity relate to singer categorization, both between and within voice category. Stimuli were produced by six mezzo-sopranos and six sopranos classically trained female voice students at three pitches, C4, ...

Outcomes of Intubation-induced Vocal Fold Motion Impairment.

Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation

Vocal fold motion impairment (VFMI) is a potential consequence of intubation. Studies describing the natural course of this complication are largely case reports. This study aims to evaluate outcomes for a cohort of patients who endured varying degrees of vocal fold immobility or hypomobility post-intubation. Retrospective chart review. Upon exclud...

Can Listeners Hear Who Is Singing? The Role of Listener Experience in Singer Discrimination Across Pitch.

Published in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation

Previous research has shown that listeners are unable to identify who is singing across pitch when the voices are unfamiliar to them. Implementing a very short training period, however, greatly improves this ability, but only when the voices being compared are of different voice category. The objective of this study was to determine whether experie...