...Anne-Maria Laukkanen; Leena Rantala Background: The use of a creaky voice in speech has become more common. Laryngeal findings relate creaky voice with strong adductive tension in the glottis, and thus it may be expected to be related to an increased risk of vocal fatigue. Methods: The present...

...: A survey was distributed electronically with 506 female teacher respondents. The survey included questions to quantify three aspects of vocal fatigue as captured by the Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI): (1) general tiredness of voice (performance), (2) physical discomfort associated with voicing (pain), and (3...

..., the only statistically significant difference between the 2 groups was a greater change in the total score of the questionnaire in the control group. Conclusion: Patients had more vocal fatigue symptoms and more amplitude asymmetry between left and right vocal folds than normal subjects. mariamshadi...

... of a treatment-seeking population with the primary complaint of vocal fatigue (VF). Methods: Forty-three men (mean age 42 years, range 19-69) and 145 women (mean age 34 years, range 18-68) were included. None of the subjects had received voice therapy or previous laryngeal surgery. A questionnaire, laryngeal...

...Kati Järvinen; Anne-Maria Laukkanen Aims: This study investigated whether speaking a foreign language affects the subjective notions of vocal fatigue, and whether acoustic measurements reveal a higher vocal loading. Methods: The speech samples of 20 native Finnish-speaking and 23 native English...

...J. Verstraete; G. Forrez; P. Mertens; F. Debruyne Looking for possible signs of vocal fatigue, acoustic waveform perturbation was measured in normal female subjects during sustained phonation at various fundamental frequencies (F o ). At none of the pitch levels a rise of the jitter or the shimmer...

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...Christine Gotaas; Clark D. Starr Recordings were made at the beginning and end of workdays of teachers who experience vocal fatigue (n = 22) and those who do not experience fatigue (n = 17). Those who experienced fatigue were recorded on days in which they did and did not fatigue. Both groups...

... students with voice training and 21 without). The teachers had a higher QOCR than the students in loud speech, but QOCR did not correlate with symptoms of vocal fatigue after a vocal loading test. QOCR seems to be a promising tool to quantify vocal loading but naturally not vocal loadedness. 28 10...

... to in the content or advertisements. Voice professionals Voice Massage™ Voice hygiene Vocal fatigue Voice quality Acoustic analysis Original Paper Folia Phoniatr Logop 2009;61:227 238 DOI: 10.1159/000228000 Published online: July 9, 2009 A Comparison of the Effects of Voice MassageTM and Voice Hygiene...

... each other. The challenges of self-evaluations as outcome measures are discussed. 10 2 2009 Voice quality Vocal fatigue Voice training Voice Massage™ Original Paper Folia Phoniatr Logop 2009;61:57 65 DOI: 10.1159/000201000 Published online: February 10, 2009 Self-Evaluation of Voice...

...) phonetogram (voice range profile) and (14) long-term average spectrum of text reading. Voice quality is also evaluated perceptually, and additionally, data on subjects’ self-reported vocal fatigue symptoms in general or after a vocally loading task were collected. The value of these measurements from...

... reported suffering often from symptoms of vocal fatigue (MC = multiple complaints group), 12 reported few vocal complaints (FC group). The subjects recorded a text reading sample at habitual loudness and loudly, and sustained vowel [a:] before and after an approximately 6-hour working day. Text samples...

... for perceived asthenia to decrease. No significant changes were observed in ordinary conditions. The acoustic changes seem to reflect a positive adaptation to vocal loading. Their absence may be a sign of vocal fatigue. 22 01 2003 16 06 2003 27 8 2003 © 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel 2003...