title: Assessment of voice quality: Current state-of-the-art.
abstract: Voice quality is not clearly defined but it can be concluded that it is a multidimensional perceived construct. Therefore, there are broadly two approaches to measure voice quality: (1) subjective measurements to score a client's voice that reflects his or her judgment of the voice and (2) objective measurements by applying specific algorithm to quantify certain aspects of a correlate of vocal production. This paper proposes a collection and discusses a number of critical issues of the current state-of-the-art in voice quality assessments of auditory-perceptual judgment, objective-acoustic analysis and aerodynamic measurements in clinical practice and research that maybe helpful for clinicians and researchers.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Stimmklinik, Hamburg, Germany; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Medical School, Hochschule Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: ben.barsties@t-online.de.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barsties
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Bodt
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D006801:Humans; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014833:Voice Quality
keywords: Objective approach; Subjective approach; Voice assessment; Voice evaluation; Voice quality