Perception of Voice in the Transgender Client

Voice Perceptions and Quality of Life of Transgender People

“…6,15 Subjective ratings of voice quality perception can be administered through informal assessment, observation, questionnaire, or standardized subjective rating scales. Standardized scales allow listeners to rate voice perception on various vocal qualities, including grade, harshness, breathiness, strain, and asthenic.…”

“…McNeill et al (2008) 15 used interval scales to measure listener perception of transgender voice and compared ratings by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) with those of naive listeners. Ratings of overall quality by naive listeners and SLP listeners were strongly correlated (r ¼ 0.97).…”

“…McNeill et al (2008) 15 measured the correlation between a speaker's selfratings of voice femininity and happiness. The perception transgender individuals had of the femininity of their own voice showed a moderate correlation with their feelings of happiness with their voice (r ¼ 0.55).…”

“…The perception transgender individuals had of the femininity of their own voice showed a moderate correlation with their feelings of happiness with their voice (r ¼ 0.55). As the study by McNeill et al (2008) 15 demonstrated a potential link between self-perceived femininity and happiness in regard to voice, there may be measures of listener perceptions that relate to the transgender speaker's QoL.…”

Phonetograms, Aerodynamic Measurements, Self-Evaluations, and Auditory Perceptual Ratings of Male-to-Female Transsexual Voice

“…14 In addition, although SFF is important for gender association, M-F TS individuals' own satisfaction with their voices is not necessarily related to their SFFs. 15 Voice features other than mean SFF, such as intonation pattern, articulation, formant patterns, and manner of speaking, are also gender markers. 1,13,16,17 Gelfer and Schofield 5 showed that, in addition to a higher SFF, M-F TS individuals who were perceived as females had a higher upper SFF limit than those perceived as males.…”