Improving the voice pitch discrimination threshold through cochlear implants

2006 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 3130-3131
Author(s):  
Shizuo Hiki ◽  
Masae Shiroma
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Discrimination Threshold ◽  
Pitch Discrimination ◽  
Voice Pitch ◽  
The Voice

Unilateral true vocal fold paralysis: Cause of right-sided lesions

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 678-680
Author(s):  
C. Anthony Hughes ◽  
Sven Troost ◽  
Susan Miller ◽  
Thomas Troost
Keyword(s):  
Vocal Fold ◽  
Vocal Fold Paralysis ◽  
Patient Records ◽  
Voice Pitch ◽  
Sex Distribution ◽  
Voice Analysis ◽  
Pitch Change ◽  
University Center ◽  
Presenting Symptoms ◽  
The Voice

At the Georgetown University Center for the Voice, 778 patients were referred for evaluation between July 1, 1990, and June 30, 1995. During this 5-year period, right true vocal fold paralysis or paresis was diagnosed in 24 of these patients (3%). Videostro-boscopy, voice analysis, and patient records were reviewed. Ages ranged from 23 to 80 years, and sex distribution approximated a 1:1 ratio. The patients presenting symptoms included hoarseness, dysphagia, choking, voice pitch change, voice weakness, fatigability, and breathiness. Sources of the vocal fold dysfunction included iatrogenic, traumatic, central, and infectious causes.

The Voice Gives It Away

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-113
Author(s):  
Barbara Krahé ◽  
Andreas Uhlmann ◽  
Meike Herzberg
Keyword(s):  
Impression Formation ◽  
Gender Stereotyping ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Voice Pitch ◽  
High Pitch ◽  
Female Speaker ◽  
Male Speaker ◽  
Text Content ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Voice

Abstract. Two experiments examined the impact of voice pitch on gender stereotyping. Participants listened to a text read by a female (Study 1; N = 171) or male (Study 2, N = 151) speaker, whose voice pitch was manipulated to be high or low. They rated the speaker on positive and negative facets of masculinity and femininity, competence, and likability. They also indicated their own gendered self-concept. High pitch was associated with the ascription of more feminine traits and greater likability. The high-pitch female speaker was rated as less competent, and the high-pitch male speaker was perceived as less masculine. Text content and participants’ gendered self-concept did not moderate the pitch effect. The findings underline the importance of voice pitch for impression formation.

scholarly journals The neural changes in connectivity of the voice network during voice pitch perturbation

2014 ◽  
Vol 132 ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina G. Flagmeier ◽  
Kimberly L. Ray ◽  
Amy L. Parkinson ◽  
Karl Li ◽  
Robert Vargas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Voice Pitch ◽  
The Voice

Gender Categorization in Cochlear Implant Users

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 1389-1401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoé Massida ◽  
Mathieu Marx ◽  
Pascal Belin ◽  
Christopher James ◽  
Bernard Fraysse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Acoustic Parameter ◽  
Sound Coding ◽  
Gender Categorization ◽  
Voice Morphing ◽  
Ambiguous Stimuli ◽  
Voice Processing ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Temporal Degradation

Purpose In this study, the authors examined the ability of subjects with cochlear implants (CIs) to discriminate voice gender and how this ability evolved as a function of CI experience. Method The authors presented a continuum of voice samples created by voice morphing, with 9 intermediate acoustic parameter steps between a typical male and a typical female. This method allowed for the evaluation of gender categorization not only when acoustical features were specific to gender but also for more ambiguous cases, when fundamental frequency or formant distribution were located between typical values. Results Results showed a global, though variable, deficit for voice gender categorization in CI recipients compared with subjects with normal hearing. This deficit was stronger for ambiguous stimuli in the voice continuum: Average performance scores for CI users were 58% lower than average scores for subjects with normal hearing in cases of ambiguous stimuli and 19% lower for typical male and female voices. The authors found no significant improvement in voice gender categorization with CI experience. Conclusions These results emphasize the dissociation between recovery of speech recognition and voice feature perception after cochlear implantation. This large and durable deficit may be related to spectral and temporal degradation induced by CI sound coding, or it may be related to central voice processing deficits.

scholarly journals “This Is What a Mechanic Sounds Like”: Children’s Vocal Control Reveals Implicit Occupational Stereotypes

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 957-967
Author(s):  
Valentina Cartei ◽  
Jane Oakhill ◽  
Alan Garnham ◽  
Robin Banerjee ◽  
David Reby
Keyword(s):  
Gender Stereotyping ◽  
Voice Pitch ◽  
Occupational Stereotypes ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Simple Tool ◽  
Occupational Stereotyping ◽  
Vocal Control ◽  
Gender Neutral ◽  
Occupational Gender ◽  
The Voice

In this study, we explored the use of variation in sex-related cues of the voice to investigate implicit occupational stereotyping in children. Eighty-two children between the ages of 5 and 10 years took part in an imitation task in which they were provided with descriptions of nine occupations (three traditionally male, three traditionally female, and three gender-neutral professions) and asked to give voices to them (e.g., “How would a mechanic say . . . ?”). Overall, children adapted their voices to conform to gender-stereotyped expectations by masculinizing (lowering voice pitch and resonance) and feminizing (raising voice pitch and resonance) their voices for the traditionally male and female occupations, respectively. The magnitude of these shifts increased with age, particularly in boys, and was not mediated by children’s explicit stereotyping of the same occupations. We conclude by proposing a simple tool based on voice pitch for assessing levels of implicit occupational-gender stereotyping in children.

Unilateral True Vocal Fold Paralysis: Cause of Right-Sided Lesions

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 678-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Anthony Hughes ◽  
Sven Troost ◽  
Susan Miller ◽  
Thomas Troost
Keyword(s):  
Vocal Fold ◽  
Vocal Fold Paralysis ◽  
Patient Records ◽  
Voice Pitch ◽  
Sex Distribution ◽  
Voice Analysis ◽  
Pitch Change ◽  
University Center ◽  
Presenting Symptoms ◽  
The Voice

At the Georgetown University Center for the Voice, 778 patients were referred for evaluation between July 1, 1990, and June 30, 1995. During this 5-year period, right true vocal fold paralysis or paresis was diagnosed in 24 of these patients (3%). Videostroboscopy, voice analysis, and patient records were reviewed. Ages ranged from 23 to 80 years, and sex distribution approximated a 1:1 ratio. The patients presenting symptoms included hoarseness, dysphagia, choking, voice pitch change, voice weakness, fatigability, and breathiness. Sources of the vocal fold dysfunction included iatrogenic, traumatic, central, and infectious causes.

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