Folia Phoniatr Logop 2001;53:338–350
(DOI:10.1159/000052687)

The Effects of Post-Loading Rest on Acoustic Parameters with Special Reference to Gender and Ergonomic Factors

Vintturi J.a · Alku P.b · Lauri E.-R.a · Sala E.c · Sihvo M.d · Vilkman E.e

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aDepartment of Otolaryngology and Phoniatrics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; bAcoustics Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland; cDepartment of Otolaryngology and Phoniatrics, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland; dDepartment of Otolaryngology and Phoniatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; eDepartment of Otolaryngology and Phoniatrics, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Oulu, Finland

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Abstract of Original Paper

Published online: November 22, 2001

Number of Print Pages: 13
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 5

ISSN: 1021-7762 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9972 (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/FPL

Abstract

It is a common experience that vocal quality changes during a break in vocal loading. The purpose of the present study was (1) to analyse the effects of a short post-loading vocal rest in terms of changes in a large variety of voice parameters and (2) to assess the possible effects of gender and exposure factors on these changes. The voices of a randomly chosen group of 40 female and 40 male young students were loaded by having them read aloud a novel. Two sets of voice samples were recorded: a post-loading sample after three times 45-min vocal loading during the morning and a post-resting sample after a 45-min lunch break. The material recorded consisted of /pa:ppa/ words produced normally, as softly and as loudly as possible in this order. The long /a/ vowel of the test word was inverse-filtered to obtain the glottal flow waveform. Time-domain parameters of the glottal flow [open quotient, closing quotient (ClQ), speed quotient (SQ), fundamental frequency (F₀)], amplitude-domain parameters of the glottal flow [glottal flow, minimum of the first derivative of glottal flow, amplitude quotient (AQ)], intraoral pressure and sound pressure level (SPL) values of the phonations were analysed. Voice range profiles and the singer’s formant (g/G, a/A, c∣/c, e∣/e, g∣/g for females/males) of the loud phonations were also measured. The subjects were divided into eight exposure groups (5 females and 5 males per cell) according to different combinations of the following exposure factors: (1) low (25 ± 5%) or high (65 ± 5%) relative humidity of ambient air, (2) low [<65 dB(A)] or high [>65 dB(A)] speech output level during vocal loading and (3) sitting or standing posture during vocal loading. Statistically significant differences between the post-loading and post-resting samples could be observed in many parameters (the values of intraoral pressure in the soft phonations decreased, the values of SPL and SQ in the normal phonations decreased and the values of AQ, F₀ and ClQ in the normal phonations increased). Most of the differences reflected a shift towards softer phonation. Gender and exposure factors also had significant effects.

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Article / Publication Details

First-Page Preview
Abstract of Original Paper

Published online: November 22, 2001

Number of Print Pages: 13
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 5

ISSN: 1021-7762 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9972 (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/FPL


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