Search for dissertations about: "phonetogram"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word phonetogram.

  2. 1. Clinical and Experimental Aspects of Phonetogram Analysis

    Author : Leif Åkerlund; Lunds universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Otorhinolaryngology; subglottal pressure.; sound pressure level; semitones; phonetogram contours; phonetogram; intensity; Fundamental frequency; audiology; auditive system and speech; Otorinolaryngologi; audiologi; hörsel- och talorganen;

    Abstract : A phonetogram is a diagram displaying sound pressure levels (SPL) of softest and loudest possible phonation over the entire fundamental frequency range (F0) of a voice. Female singers mean phonetogram had a significantly higher upper contour than female nonsingers. READ MORE

  4. 2. Mapping Individual Voice Quality over the Voice Range : The Measurement Paradigm of the Voice Range Profile

    Author : Peter Pabon; Sten Ternström; Maria Södersten; Ingo Titze; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Voice Range Profile VRP ; Phonetogram; Voice Field; Voice quality; Singing voice; Voice synthesis; Clinical voice assessment; Sound level measurement; Maximum Entropy; Tal- och musikkommunikation; Speech and Music Communication;

    Abstract : The acoustic signal of voiced sounds has two primary attributes: fundamental frequency and sound level. It has also very many secondary attributes, or ‘voice qualities’, that can be derived from the acoustic signal, in particular from its periodicity and its spectrum. READ MORE

  5. 3. Putting the Singing Voice on the Map : Towards Improving the Quantitative Evaluation of Voice Status in Professional Female Singers

    Author : Anick Lamarche; Sten Ternström; Thomas Cleveland; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Voice Range Profile-Phonetogram-Singing voice-Performance-Clinical assessment-health-voice disorder-self-perception-proprioceptive feedback; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : Diagnostic and evaluative methods used in voice care are mostly designedfor the speaking voice, and are not necessarily directly applicable to thesinging voice. This thesis investigated the possibilities of fine tuning, improvingand quantifying the voice status assessment of the singer, focusingespecially on the Western operatic female voice. READ MORE

  6. 4. Hoarseness in ten-year-old children : perceptual characteristics, prevalence and etiology

    Author : Elisabeth Sederholm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Child voice; hoarseness; perceptual analysis; voice quality; visual analog scales; connected speech; sustained vowels; prevalence; acute hoarseness; chronic hoarseness; videolaryngoscopy; stroboscopy; incomplete glottal closure; vocal nodules; voice;

    Abstract : The aim of the present investigation was to explore the occurrence of and factors related to hoarseness in ten- year-old children. In order to establish the prevalence of hoarseness in a group of normal children, a method to distinguish atypical from normal voices was introduced and the perceptual characteristics of hoarseness were identified. READ MORE