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ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2016

The Relationship Between Relative Fundamental Frequency and a Kinematic Estimate of Laryngeal Stiffness in Healthy Adults.

Victoria S McKenna, Elizabeth S Heller Murray, Yu-An S Lien, Cara E Stepp

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Article in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Victoria S McKennaDepartment of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, MA.
Elizabeth S Heller MurrayDepartment of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, MA.
Yu-An S LienDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, MA.
Cara E SteppDepartment of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, MADepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, MADepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA.
Boston University · US

Funding

LCenter for Clinical and Translational Science and TrainingUL1TR001425 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI HEUBI, JAMES E., KISSELA, BRETT M · 2015 to 2024
$37.5M
Automation of Relative Fundamental Frequency EstimationR03DC012651 · NIDCD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI STEPP, CARA E. · 2013 to 2015
$481k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001425NIDCD NIH HHS R03 DC012651
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: This study examined the relationship between the acoustic measure relative fundamental frequency (RFF) and a kinematic estimate of laryngeal stiffness. Method: Twelve healthy adults (mean age = 22.7 years, SD = 4.4; 10 women, 2 men) produced repetitions of /ifi/ while varying their vocal effort during simultaneous acoustic and video nasendoscopic recordings. RFF was determined from the last 10 voicing cycles before the voiceless obstruent (RFF offset) and the first 10 cycles of revoicing (RFF onset). A kinematic stiffness ratio was calculated for the vocal fold adductory gesture during revoicing by normalizing the maximum angular velocity by the maximum glottic angle during the voiceless obstruent. Results: A linear mixed effect model indicated that RFF offset and onset were significant predictors of the kinematic stiffness ratios. The model accounted for 52% of the variance in the kinematic data. Individual relationships between RFF and kinematic stiffness ratios varied across participants, with at least moderate negative correlations in 83% of participants for RFF offset but only 40% of participants for RFF onset. Conclusions: RFF significantly predicted kinematic estimates of laryngeal stiffness in healthy speakers and has the potential to be a useful clinical indicator of laryngeal tension. Further research is needed in individuals with voice disorders.

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Speech AcousticsAdolescentAdultBiomechanical PhenomenaElasticityEndoscopyFemaleHumansLinear ModelsMalePhoneticsReproducibility of ResultsVideo RecordingVocal CordsYoung Adult

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PMID27936279
PMCPMC5399757
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