Acoustic and physiologic correlates of vocal effort in individuals with and without primary muscle tension dysphonia

LE Toles, AC Shembel - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2024 - ASHA
Objectives: The aims of this study were to determine relationships between vocal effort and
(a) acoustic correlates of vocal output and (b) supraglottic compression in individuals with …

The relationship between auditory-perceptual rating scales and objective voice measures in children with voice disorders

RB Fujiki, SL Thibeault - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine concurrent validity of the Grade,
Roughness, Breathiness, Asthenia, and Strain (GRBAS) and Consensus Auditory …

A Scoping Literature Review of Relative Fundamental Frequency (RFF) in Individuals with and without Voice Disorders

VS McKenna, JM Vojtech, M Previtera, CL Kendall… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Relative fundamental frequency (RFF) is an acoustic measure that characterizes changes in
voice fundamental frequency during voicing transitions. Despite showing promise as an …

Voice and speech changes in transmasculine individuals following circumlaryngeal massage and laryngeal reposturing

KL Dahl, FA François, DP Buckley, CE Stepp - American Journal of Speech …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the short-term effects of circumlaryngeal
massage and laryngeal reposturing on acoustic and perceptual characteristics of voice in …

[HTML][HTML] Refining algorithmic estimation of relative fundamental frequency: Accounting for sample characteristics and fundamental frequency estimation method

JM Vojtech, RK Segina, DP Buckley, KR Kolin… - The Journal of the …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Relative fundamental frequency (RFF) is a promising acoustic measure for evaluating voice
disorders. Yet, the accuracy of the current RFF algorithm varies across a broad range of …

Impact of face masks on speech acoustics and vocal effort in healthcare professionals

VS McKenna, CL Kendall, TH Patel… - The …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis We investigated speech acoustics and self‐reported vocal symptoms
in mask‐wearing healthcare professionals. We hypothesized that there would be an …

Predicting communicative participation in adults across communication disorders

JL Jin, C Baylor, K Yorkston - American Journal of Speech-Language …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which communicative
participation differs across diagnoses and if there are common predictor variables for …

Relationship between tasked vocal effort levels and measures of vocal intensity

EJ Hunter, ML Berardi, M van Mersbergen - Journal of Speech, Language …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose Patients with voice problems commonly report increased vocal effort, regardless of
the underlying pathophysiology. Previous studies investigating vocal effort and voice …

Impact of vocal effort on respiratory and articulatory kinematics

D Abur, JS Perkell, CE Stepp - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The goal of this study was to examine the effects of increases in vocal effort,
without changing speech intensity, on respiratory and articulatory kinematics in young adults …

Effort inference and prediction by acoustic and movement descriptors in interactions with imaginary objects during Dhrupad vocal improvisation

S Paschalidou - Wearable Technologies, 2022 - cambridge.org
In electronic musical instruments (EMIs), the concept of “sound sculpting” was proposed by
Mulder, in which imaginary objects are manually sculpted to produce sounds, although …