Time and Frequency Synthesis Parameters of Severely Pathological Voice Qualities
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چکیده
This paper describes a pilot study into the mechanics of synthesizing severely pathological voices. Successful synthesis of such voices may ultimately provide a quantitative method for evaluating and documenting voice qualities. An analysis-by-synthesis approach using the formant synthesizer KLSYN was used to model the voices of 24 patients su ering from voice disorders. Results suggest a number of modi cations to KLSYN that would facilitate synthesis of these voices.
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