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ArticleThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America2016

Mechanics of human voice production and control.

Zhaoyan Zhang

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Article in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 146 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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146citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

146 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 431 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Longitudinal correlations of subjective, functional, and objective voice parameters following radiotherapy for early glottic carcinoma.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhaoyan ZhangDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, 31-24 Rehabilitation Center, 1000 Veteran Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095-1794, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Sound Sources of PhonationR01DC009229 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BERKE, GERALD S., ZHANG, ZHAOYAN · 2008 to 2017
$4.5M
Biomechanical Mechanisms of PhonationR01DC011299 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ZHANG, ZHAOYAN · 2011 to 2015
$2.4M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009229NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC011299
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the primary means of communication, voice plays an important role in daily life. Voice also conveys personal information such as social status, personal traits, and the emotional state of the speaker. Mechanically, voice production involves complex fluid-structure interaction within the glottis and its control by laryngeal muscle activation. An important goal of voice research is to establish a causal theory linking voice physiology and biomechanics to how speakers use and control voice to communicate meaning and personal information. Establishing such a causal theory has important implications for clinical voice management, voice training, and many speech technology applications. This paper provides a review of voice physiology and biomechanics, the physics of vocal fold vibration and sound production, and laryngeal muscular control of the fundamental frequency of voice, vocal intensity, and voice quality. Current efforts to develop mechanical and computational models of voice production are also critically reviewed. Finally, issues and future challenges in developing a causal theory of voice production and perception are discussed.

Indexed as

VoiceGlottisHumansSpeech Production MeasurementVocal CordsVoice Quality

Identifiers

PMID27794319
PMCPMC5412481
OpenAlexW2530921900

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