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ArticleJournal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation2025

Acoustic and Psychoacoustic Analyses of Predominant Strain Elicited via Modulated Vocal Effort.

Shaheen N Awan, Yeonggwang Park, Supraja Anand, Rahul Shrivastav, David A Eddins

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  1. Acoustic Metrics of the Strain Dimension of Voice Quality: A Scoping Review.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2025
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Shaheen N AwanCommunication Technologies Research Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida; School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. Electronic address: shaheen.awan@ucf.edu.
Yeonggwang ParkCommunication Technologies Research Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida; School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Supraja AnandDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Rahul ShrivastavOffice of the Provost and Executive Vice President, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana.
David A EddinsCommunication Technologies Research Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida; School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Funding

A psychoacoustic approach to dysphonic voice quality perception in vowelsR01DC009029 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI EDDINS, DAVID A., GILLESPIE, AMANDA I · 2007 to 2025
$7.0M
Cognitive and Biological Mechanisms in Pediatric Voice TherapyR01DC017923 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI VERDOLINI, KATHERINE · 2019 to 2023
$3.1M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009029NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC017923
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this study was to examine objective correlates of strain by reducing the covarying effects of other voice qualities. Predominant strain was elicited in a group of typical voice individuals instructed to modulate their vocal effort. The resulting sustained vowel productions were evaluated by (a) auditory-perceptual ratings to confirm the presence of predominant strain, and (b) a series of objective acoustic and psychoacoustic measures previously reported as potentially effective in the characterization of strain.

methodsSustained vowel /ɑ/ productions were elicited from 37 normophonic subjects using habitual (typical) voice and intermediate and maximal levels of strained voice. Strained voice samples were elicited using specific verbal instructions, visual cues, and example voice recordings demonstrating varying levels of strain. Vowel samples were analyzed using measures of sharpness (acum), pitch strength, pitch height, cepstral measures (including cepstral peak prominence [CPP], CPP standard deviation, and CPP f RESULTS AND

conclusionsAuditory-perceptual analyses showed that productions of intermediate and maximal predominant strain were relatively unencumbered by the covarying effects of breathiness and roughness. The results showed that perceived strain is related to increased sharpness and spectral tilt, increased f

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Cepstral peakDysphoniaSharpnessSpectral tiltStrainVoice quality

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PMID40210528
PMCPMC13492399

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