Acoustic interpretation of resonant voice.
Resonant voice, often described in terms of vibratory sensations in the face, is investigated acoustically by calculating vocal tract inertance. It appears that the ease of production and vibrancy of resonant voice depends more on lowering phonation threshold pressure than on tissue or air resonance in or around the face. Phonation threshold pressure is lowered by increasing air column inertance in the laryngeal vestibule. The fact that the sensations are felt in the face is an indication of effective conversion of aerodynamic energy to acoustic energy, rather than sound resonation in the sinuses or the nasal airways.
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Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, National Center for Voice and Speech, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242-1012, USA. ingo-titze@uiowa.edu
D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010699:Phonation / Q000502:physiology*; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D014831:Voice / Q000502:physiology*; D014833:Voice Quality