The Relation between Voice Range Profile Parameters and Perceptual Evaluation of Pathological Male Voices
Authors:
M. Frič; V. Krasňanová
Authors‘ workplace:
Výzkumné centrum hudební akustiky, Hudební a taneční fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze, vedoucí Ing. Z. Otčenášek, Ph. D.
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Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, 63, 2014, No. 1, pp. 16-28.
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Original Article
Overview
The voice range profile (VRP) is the fundamental method for evaluation of frequency and dynamic ranges of the voice. In addition to the subjective perceptual evaluation of the voice it should belong to primary examination of the voice in phoniatry. The study investigates the relations between perceptual assessment of the voice by GRBAS scales and the parameters of speech, singing and shouting VRPs in 25 males with various grades and etiologies of their voice problems. Four subjects participated in the perceptual evaluation by visual analog scales of GRBAS features and ranking test of RB and the darkness and the width as the basic perceptual features of the sound. The results showed significant agreement in perceptual evaluation, the high correlation in GRB and moderate in AS. Factor analysis of perceptual evaluation described two main factors, the breathy and asthenic voices dominated in evaluation of the overall severity over the rough and strain voices. Speech range profile parameters showed only trend relation to perceptual assessment, positively between the pitch and strain and negatively between intensity and breathiness and asthenia. In singing and shouting VRP there were found more dominant relations. The main negative relations were among maximal intensity and GBA scales. In singing VRP there were additional important parameters as dynamic range, and VRP area, which negatively correlated with overall severity and breathiness. Next analysis revealed significant limitation of falsetto phonation in pathological voice.
Keywords:
voice range profile, perceptual evaluation, GRBAS, pathological voice
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