Laryngeal resistance distinguished pressed, normal, and breathy voice in vocally untrained females.
The purpose of this study was to determine if pressed, normal, and breathy voice can be distinguished by laryngeal resistance (LR) in vocally untrained females. Twelve adult females, with no vocal expertise or training, produced each of the voice qualities on the pitch A3 (220 Hz) during a repeated consonant-vowel utterance of /pi/ into a Rothenberg vented face-mask with attached microphone, pressure, and air-flow transducers. Results indicated that LR was successful in distinguishing pressed, normal, and breathy voice in vocally untrained females. The results are consistent with previous research and further support the suggestion that LR is a useful measure for studying the co-ordinative interactions across respiratory and laryngeal subsystems of voice production.
Grillo
Elizabeth U
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Department of Communicative Disorders, College of Health Sciences, West Chester University, Pennsylvania 19383, USA. egrillo@wcupa.edu
Perta
Karen
K
Smith
Lauren
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000502:physiology*; D014160:Transducers, Pressure; D014833:Voice Quality / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult