Humans are talkative animals. We enjoy chatting with family, friends, and colleagues over daily happenings. Verbal communication is one of the major means to express ourselves.
The origin of the breaks between chest and falsetto registers has remained one of the most controversial themes in voice science. The search for the causes of register breaks is reminiscent of a detective story. Discover the next chapter in the story.
A special essay from Dr. Ingo Titze to celebrate Veteran's Day.
The study of rat ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) provides a unique window into understanding the neuromuscular changes in the human larynx that occur with aging. Rats communicate with each other using…
This video provides a brief explanation of how spectrograms are constructed as a collection of individual spectra from consecutive points in time across a speech waveform. The difference between “narrow-band”…
Vocal vibrato has a number of manifestations. Typically vibrato is first thought of as a variation in fundamental frequency (fo), and secondarily as a variation in intensity and sound quality.…
Inspiratory or reverse phonation refers to the production of voice when air is inhaled from the mouth and nostrils into the lungs. This way of phonation occurs naturally during laughter,…
Sensory feedback is crucial for regulating pitch, loudness and other aspects of voice and speech perception and production. (1) Auditory input is traditionally considered the primary signal in speech communication.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q23bAG-b6OAGiven by Dr. Brad Story on January 26, 2023. To view the video on YouTube, click here. How to Cite Story, B. (2023), Vocal Tract Resonances in Vowel Production. NCVS…
For clinical assessment of the voice production process, evaluation of the acoustic voice signal as well as the laryngeal dynamics (i.e., the vocal fold oscillations), producing the source signal in…