Perceptual Assessment of Voice Quality: Past, Present, and Future

  1. Jody Kreiman and
  2. Bruce R. Gerratt
  1. Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of California School of Medicine
    Los Angeles, CA

Abstract

Despite many years of research, we still do not know how to measure vocal quality. This paper reviews the history of quality assessment, describes some reasons why current approaches are unlikely to be fruitful, and proposes an alternative approach that addresses the primary difficulties with existing protocols.

Footnotes

  • Author Note

    A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the 2009 ASHA annual Convention. The research described was supported by grant DC01797 from the National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

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  1. doi: 10.1044/vvd20.2.62 Perspectives on Voice and Voice Disorders July 2010 vol. 20 no. 2 62-67
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