Acoustic model of perceived overall severity of dysphonia in adductor-type laryngeal dystonia

DP Buckley, MD Cadiz, TL Eadie, CE Stepp - Journal of Speech, Language …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose This study is a secondary analysis of existing data. The goal of the study was to
construct an acoustic model of perceived overall severity of dysphonia in adductory …

Voice disorder discrimination using vowel acoustic measures in female speakers

DD Nguyen, D Novakovic… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Sustained vowels are important vocal tasks that have been investigated in
discriminating voice disorders using acoustic analysis. To date, no study has combined …

Vagus nerve stimulation paired with tones for tinnitus suppression: Effects on voice and hearing

HL Kochilas, AT Cacace, A Arnold… - Laryngoscope …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective In individuals with chronic tinnitus, our interest was to determine whether daily low‐
level electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve paired with tones (paired‐VNS t) for tinnitus …

Blast Overpressures as a Military and Occupational Health Concern

AT Cacace, B Berri - American journal of audiology, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: This tutorial reviews effects of environmental stressors like blast overpressures and
other well-known acoustic contaminants (continuous, intermittent, and impulsive noise) on …

A Conceptual Framework and Treatment Taxonomy for Respiratory Lung Volume Training (RLVT)

SY Lowell, HR Edwards, A Freedman-Doan… - Journal of Voice, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives The purpose of this study was to describe the theoretical and procedural
framework of a novel intervention, Respiratory Lung Volume Training (RLVT), and to …

Effects of Vibratory Source on Auditory-Perceptual and Bio-Inspired Computational Measures of Pediatric Voice Quality

Y Park, SB Brehm, L Kelchner, B Weinrich, K McElfresh… - Journal of Voice, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective The vibratory source for voicing in children with dysphonia is classified into three
categories including a glottal vibratory source (GVS) observed in those with vocal lesions or …

Relative fundamental frequency in children with and without vocal fold nodules

ES Heller Murray, RK Segina, GH Woodnorth… - Journal of Speech …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose Relative fundamental frequency (RFF) is an acoustic measure that is sensitive to
functional voice differences in adults. The aim of the current study was to evaluate RFF in …

The Power Cepstrum Calculation with Convolutional Neural Networks

MA García, EA Destéfanis - Journal of Computer Science …, 2019 - journal.info.unlp.edu.ar
A model of neural network with convolutional layers that calculates the power cepstrum of
the input signal is proposed. To achieve it, the network calculates the discrete-time short …

Perceptual and acoustic assessment of strain using synthetically modified voice samples

Y Park, MD Cádiz, KF Nagle, CE Stepp - Journal of Speech, Language, and …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose Assessment of strained voice quality is difficult due to the weak reliability of auditory-
perceptual evaluation and lack of strong acoustic correlates. This study evaluated the …

Formant-estimated vocal tract length and extrinsic laryngeal muscle activation during modulation of vocal effort in healthy speakers

MD Groll, VS McKenna, S Hablani, CE Stepp - Journal of Speech, Language …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose The goal of this study was to explore the relationships among vocal effort, extrinsic
laryngeal muscle activity, and vocal tract length (VTL) within healthy speakers. We …