Comparative Analysis of Two Methods of Perceptual Voice Assessment.

Objectives: The primary aim was to compare two methods for perceptual evaluation of voice - paired comparison (PC) and visual analog scale (VAS) ratings. Secondary aims were to assess the correspondence between two dimensions of voice- overall severity of voice quality and resonant voice, and to investigate the influence of rater experience on perceptual rating scores and rating confidence scores.

Study Design: Experimental design.

Developmental Changes in the Perception of Vocal Loudness and Voice Quality in 3- to 6-Year-Old Children.

Purpose: The study's primary aim was to investigate developmental changes in the perception of vocal loudness and voice quality in children 3-6 years of age. A second aim was to evaluate a testing procedure-the intermodal preferential looking paradigm (IPLP)-for the study of voice perception in young children.

Method: Participants were categorized in two age groups: 3- to 4-year-olds and 5- to 6-year-olds.

The Effect of Microphone Frequency Response on Spectral and Cepstral Measures of Voice: An Examination of Low-Cost Electret Headset Microphones.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the frequency response of a selection of low-cost headset microphones that could be given to subjects for remote voice recordings and to examine the effect of microphone type and frequency response on key acoustic measures related to voice quality obtained from speech and vowel samples.

Method: The frequency responses of three low-cost headset microphones were evaluated using pink noise generated via a head-and-torso model. Each of the headset microphones was then used to record a series of speech and vowel samples prerecorded from 24 speakers who represented a diversity of sex, age, fundamental frequency ( ), and voice quality types.

Cognitive Mechanisms in Pediatric Voice Therapy - An Initial Examination.

Introduction: Voice disorders are a common communication disorder in children. Behavioral voice therapy is recommended by both Otolaryngologists and Speech-Language Pathologists as a first-line approach for treatment of benign vocal fold lesions that affect children in large numbers. However, the role of cognitive mechanisms critical to voice therapy have not yet been explored.

Behavioral Treatment for Benign Vocal Fold Lesions in Children: A Systematic Review.

Purpose This systematic review aims to identify, classify, and evaluate existing information regarding treatment for benign vocal fold lesions in children and to identify gaps and limitations that may limit effective pediatric voice treatment. Method A literature search was performed using electronic databases (PubMed and Google Scholar) as well as reference lists from previous reviews, studies, and books. Included in the present review are studies that described behavioral treatment for children with benign vocal fold lesions presumed to be phonotraumatic (vocal fold nodules and edema).