Voice Analysis continued

Question 1

Spectogram: a visual representation of the ?

Answer 1

speech acoustic signal

Question 2

Spectogram: using wider? creates a ? whereas a narrow-band spectogram is created using?

wide-band spectogram: ideal for studying the ?

Answer 2

windows/ wide band spectorgram/ shorter window size

formant structure or consonant vowel boundaries

Question 3

Narrow band spectogram: excellent way to inspect ?

Answer 3

vocal acoustic signal in patients with voice disorders

Question 4

Spectograms - Harmonic

a frequency that is ?

Answer 4

and integral multiple of the fundamental frequency

type 1
type 2
type 3

Question 5

Fundamental frequency of voice: one of the most ?

care must be taken not to include measures from ?

Answer 5

basic measures made from acoustic signal

Type 2 and type 3 segments when reporting fundamental frequency

Question 6

Intensity:

vocal intensity reflects the ? and is related largely to a patient’s ability to ?

Answer 6

acoustic power in the voice. generate and maintain adequate subglottal pressure

Question 7

Intensity: important to remember that vocal intensity measures reported by most acoustic analysis software are made in ?

Answer 7

decibels relative to some internal standard value

Question 8

Voice range profile: a method to gather ?

-also known as

Answer 8

comprehensive data about the entire range of fundamental frequencies and intensities that a person can produce

phonetogram

Question 9

A person with a healthy voice usually shows a ?

patients with voice disorders may have an ? and or ? that they can produce

Answer 9

elliptical shape VPR

overall reduction in range or fundamental frequency or intensity

Question 10

Short -term perturbation:

measures of short-term perturbation reflect the ?

Answer 10

cycle to cycle variability in speech acoustic signal

Question 11

Relative noise level: the level of noise relative to ?

the relative level of noise ?

Answer 11

level of harmonics or periodic signal generated by VF vibration

increases as VF vibration becomes irregular or if the VF fail to completely close the glottis

Question 12

Spectral measures: a spectrum shows how ?

these measures may be obtained either from a ?
-short term spectrum: computed by analzying a ? typically ? in duration

long-term average spectrum : computed by averaging ? ranging from a ? to a ?

Answer 12

energy is distributed across various freq. in signal

short-term spectrum or long-term averaged spectrum

small part of vocal acoustic signal/ 30-50ms

energies in much longer utterances/ few seconds to a few minutes of speech

Question 13

Vowel spectrum: recent research has shown that certain changes in vowel spectrum are related to ?

Answer 13

specific aspects of VF closure

Question 14

Larger H1-A1 values reflect ?

perceptually these measured have been associated with presence of ?

Answer 14

lack of glottal closure

breathy voice

Question 15

LTAS is typically obtained from ?
the resulting spectrum can be used to study

LTAS is best treated as approach to

Answer 15

reading or convo speech sample

distribution of energy across freq.

describe and study speech acoustic signal

Question 16

Auditory based measures of voice quality:

perception of vocal quality is believed to be ? involving multiple ?

Answer 16

highly complex

acoustic cues that often have non-linear relationship with percept they elicit

Question 17

perceptual rating scales:

perception: may be described as the ?

Answer 17

psychological representation of a physical stimulus

Question 18

Perceptual rating scales:
ordinal scale - where ?

visual analog scale: a tool where a lines is used with ? and ratings can be

Answer 18

number assigned to attributes
1=normal
2=mild etc

two defined end points / placed on line to define magnitude of a sensation

Question 19

The GRBAS scale uses a ?

Answer 19

4 point rating system 
0 = normal 
2= mildly deviant 
3=moderately deviant 
4= extremely deviant

Question 20

G= ?
r=? judgment of how ? should rlate to ?

b= ? judgment of how much?
should relate to ?

a = ? a judgment of how ? should relate to ?

s= ? judgment of how ?

Answer 20

judgment of how rough voice sounds

roughness / irregular and noisy voice sounds/ higher minimum airflow during glottal cycle

breathiness/ how much additional airflow is perceived / higher minimum airflow during glottal cycle

aesthenia: weak the voice sounds/ sound pressure level of voice

strain/ compressed or hyperfunctional voice sounds

Question 21

CAPE-V:

Answer 21

consensus on auditory perceptual evaluation of voice

Question 22

Voice Handicap Scales and quality of life scales:

tool that defines impacts on ? to also help the clinician understand the ?

Answer 22

patient and or family and needs/ broader influence of disorder beyond immediate impairment

Question 23

Voice hANDICAP index: 
measure how a voice problem ? 
includes a 
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how many items

in 2007 adaptation of VHI occured for use with ?

Answer 23

influences patients QOL

• physical subscale
• functional subscale
• social subscale

85

perdiatric voice pop.

Question 24

Voice related quality of life scale:

10 item ? which is valid for its use with adult patients with voice disorders to measure?

Answer 24

patient-derived information gathering tool / social-emotional and physical functional aspects of voice problems

Question 25

Pediatric voice related quality of life scale:

also a ? adapted from

Answer 25

10 item instrument/ adults VRQOL instrument