Quality of the Voice Literature: What is There and What is Missing

Benninger, Michael S.

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2010.09.005

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“…In this perspective, among the evaluation instruments available for clinical use, there are few scripts and scales based on theoretical models such as phonetic theory, as is the case of the Vocal Profile Analysis Scheme (VPAS) 14 . It is worth mentioning that the use of instruments of Phonetics in Speech-Language Pathology clinics has contributed to a detailed identification of speech structures in cases of speech disorders 15,16 , as well as speech control cues in the process of language acquisition of children with and without hearing impairment (HI) from early ages [17][18][19] . In addition, the use of such instruments may offer possibilities for the characterization of language sonority and linguistic variants 20 .…”

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Vocal quality assessment: methodological approach for a perceptive data analysis

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Purpose: to present a methodological approach for interpreting perceptual judgments of vocal quality by a group of evaluators who used the script Vocal Profile Analysis Scheme. Methods: cross-sectional study based on 90 speech samples from 25 female teachers with voice disorders and/or laryngeal changes. Prior to the perceptual judgment, we performed three perceptual tasks to select samples which were then presented to five evaluators using the Experiment script MFC 3.2 (software PRAAT). Next, we applied a sequence of tests based on successive approaches to inter-and intra-evaluator behavior. Data were treated by statistical analysis (Cochran and Selenor tests).Results: with respect to the analysis of the evaluators' performance, it was possible to define those that presented the best results, in terms of reliability and proximity of analyses, compared to the most experienced evaluator, excluding one. The results of the cluster analysis also allowed designing a voice quality profile of the group of speakers studied. Conclusions: the proposal of a methodological approach allowed defining evaluators whose judgments were based on phonetic knowledge, and drawing a vocal quality profile of the group of samples analyzed.

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Vocal quality assessment: methodological approach for a perceptive data analysis

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“…In addition, the evidence levels for children in these articles were lower than those for the adult population. 8 Besides those articles, clinical research on voice complaints among pediatric populations does not have many highlights or much visibility in the field of voice research. 8 The shortage of studies on the impact of voice on quality of life among children may also reflect the general thought that juvenile dysphonia improves once the patients reach puberty.…”

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“…8 Besides those articles, clinical research on voice complaints among pediatric populations does not have many highlights or much visibility in the field of voice research. 8 The shortage of studies on the impact of voice on quality of life among children may also reflect the general thought that juvenile dysphonia improves once the patients reach puberty. Actually, literature data report that larynx deviations and voice complaints from childhood are still present during the teenage years in at least 21% of cases.…”

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“…Voice multimodality experiments demand the evaluation of perceptual, acoustic, aerodynamic, laryngeal, and self-perception measures, mapping the majority of these aspects and correlating them to establish a global and true cause of voice deviation. 2,4,8,[13][14][15][16][17] Both scientists and clinicians strive to develop methods of objective voice evaluation, which is predominantly an impressionistic technique. Perturbation and noise measures have emerged as robust measurements that are useful basic parameters of voice quality (these measures include general severity of voice deviation, roughness, and breathiness), although there is no consensus about their power to distinguish deviated voices from normal voices.…”

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Severity of Voice Disorders in Children: Correlations Between Perceptual and Acoustic Data

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“…Voice therapy is considered the best practice for the treatment of vocal fold nodules in children [18][19][20][21][22], yet it yields varied success rates [23,24]. This is likely due to multiple factors, including: Lack of transparency with regard to therapy, differing outcome measures, lack of understanding of the exact etiology of vocal fold nodules' development, and an overall shortage of pediatric-focused research within the greater field of voice disorders [25][26][27].…”

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Vocal Pitch Discrimination in Children with and without Vocal Fold Nodules

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Vocal pitch discrimination abilities were compared in sixteen children with vocal fold nodules (CwVN) and sixteen matched controls with typical voices (CwTV). Vocal pitch discrimination was also evaluated in thirty-five vocally healthy children and twenty adults to examine potential changes as a function of maturation. CwTV were categorized as either younger (N = 15, 5.6–7.7 years) or older (N = 20, 8.2–11.7 years). Participants completed two-alternative, forced choice listening tasks in which they judged whether pairs of sustained /ɑ/ tokens were different in pitch. Each pair consisted of a base token with a fundamental frequency (fo) of 216.2 Hz and a test token with a fo that was adaptively modified, according to the participant’s prior judgments. There were no significant differences in pitch discrimination abilities between CwVN and CwTV. Pitch discrimination abilities were significantly poorer in younger and older CwTV as compared to adults. Additionally, younger CwTV had significantly poorer discrimination abilities than older CwTV. Findings from this study suggest that CwVN do not have differences in pitch discrimination abilities, yet, therapies designed for CwVN should consider this developmental trend in perceptual abilities.

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Quality of the Voice Literature: What is There and What is Missing

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Vocal quality assessment: methodological approach for a perceptive data analysis

Vocal quality assessment: methodological approach for a perceptive data analysis

Severity of Voice Disorders in Children: Correlations Between Perceptual and Acoustic Data

Vocal Pitch Discrimination in Children with and without Vocal Fold Nodules

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