The Perception of Breathiness in the Voices of Pediatric Speakers

摘要

Background. The perception of pediatric voice quality has been investigated using clinical protocols developed for adult voices and acoustic analyses designed to identify important physical parameters associated with normal and dysphonic pediatric voices. Laboratory investigations of adult dysphonia have included sophisticated methods, including a psychoacoustic approach that involves a single-variable matching task (SVMT), characterized by high inter-and infra-listener reliability, and analyses that include bio-inspired models of auditory perception that have provided valuable information regarding adult voice quality.