Acoustic Characteristics of Simulated Respiratory-Induced Vocal Tremor

Autor/inn/en	Lester, Rosemary A.; Story, Brad H.
Titel	Acoustic Characteristics of Simulated Respiratory-Induced Vocal Tremor
Quelle	In: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22 (2013) 2, S.205-211 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1058-0360
DOI	10.1044/1058-0360(2012/12-0043)
Schlagwörter	Acoustics; Anatomy; Speech Impairments; Males; Voice Disorders; Speech Language Pathology; Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akustik; Anatomie; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Stimmstörung
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation of respiratory forced oscillation to the acoustic characteristics of vocal tremor. Method: Acoustical analyses were performed to determine the characteristics of the intensity and fundamental frequency (F[subscript 0]) for speech samples obtained by Farinella, Hixon, Hoit, Story, and Jones (2006) using a respiratory forced oscillation paradigm with 5 healthy adult males to simulate vocal tremor involving respiratory pressure modulation. The analyzed conditions were sustained productions of /a/ with amplitudes of applied pressure of 0, 1, 2, and 4 cmH[subscript 2]O and a rate of 5 Hz. Results: Forced oscillation of the respiratory system produced modulation of the intensity and F[subscript 0] for all participants. Variability was observed between participants and conditions in the change in intensity and F[subscript 0] per unit of pressure change, as well as in the mean intensity and F[subscript 0]. However, the extent of modulation of intensity and F[subscript 0] generally increased as the applied pressure increased, as would be expected. Conclusion: These findings suggest that individuals develop idiosyncratic adaptations to pressure modulations, which are important to understanding aspects of variability in vocal tremor, and highlight the need to assess all components of the speech mechanism that may be directly or indirectly affected by tremor. (Contains 2 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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