Summary
Objectives/Hypothesis
This preliminary study investigated whether auditory-perceptual judgments of voice
quality by experienced speech language pathologists were associated with instructions
given to speakers to manipulate specific laryngeal postures.
Study Design
Experimental, within-subject design.
Methods
Nine speakers were instructed and trained to manipulate three vocal parameters implicated
in functional voice disorders—false vocal fold constriction, vocal fold mass, and
larynx height—while reading a standard passage. Experienced judges rated these standard
passages in terms of the widely used perceptual voice qualities breathiness, roughness,
vocal strain, glottal fry, tone onset, tone color, loudness, and pitch.
Results
Between-subject factorial analysis of variance, controlling for judge unreliability,
revealed some evidence that perceptual judgments are strongly associated with underlying
laryngeal muscle activity that can then serve clinical planning of goals for intervention.
Eta2 effect sizes were large for all dependent measures, ranging from 0.39 for pitch to
0.77 for strained.
Conclusions
Although these results are encouraging, they were obtained under ideal conditions.
Further research is warranted.
Key Words
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Published online: December 16, 2016
Accepted:
October 11,
2016
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