Previous studies have shown that, during continuous vocalization, voice fundamental frequency (voice F0) is modified by frequency-shifted auditory feedback. In this study, the effects of frequency-shifted auditory feedback on voice F0 contours were determined for the first two syllables of the nonsense word [tatatas]. Results show that voice F0 is auditorily controlled with a long latency and r...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Prior studies have observed a high prevalence of psychosocial distress, including depression, in patients with voice problems. However, these studies have largely been performed in care-seeking patients identified in tertiary care voice clinics. The objective of this study was to examine the association between depression and voice problems in the U.S. STUDY DESIGN Cross...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to compare elderly and young female voices in habitual and high intensity. The effect of increased intensity on the acoustic and perceptual parameters was assessed. METHODS Sound pressure level, fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer, and harmonic to noise ratio were obtained at habitual and high intensity voice in a group of 30 elderly wome...

Objectives: Nasality is one of the important parameters in pathology of voice resonance. Voice of normal adults has nasality to some extent. It appears that nasality, like other parameters of voice, can be affected by loudness which can be measured in experimental evaluations. This study was conducted to determine the effect of vocal loudness on nasalance of vowels in normal adults and to ident...

This Lecture begins with a puzzle about Albert Hirschman’s famous work, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Why do we make much of exit and voice but utterly neglect loyalty? It’s a question that goes well beyond Hirschman’s book. For example, much of constitutional theory is preoccupied with a single question: What does a democracy owe its minorities? And most of the answers to this question fit natural...

W telecommunications have become over time a ubiquitous tool that not only sustains our increasing need for flexibility and efficiency, but also provides new ways to access and experience both utilitarian and hedonic information goods and services. This paper explores the parallel market evolution of the two main categories of wireless services—voice and data—in leading technology markets, insp...

As an emerging research field of leadership, inclusive leadership reflects the new style of leadership demanded by researchers and practitioners. Is it a leadership style that can better integrate employees and organizations and adapt to new complex management situation? Based on theories of social exchange, organizational support, and selfdetermination, this study investigated the impact of in...

As a monitoring service technology, Fujitsu has developed a way to process voice signals in order to detect the level of a person’s stress based on their conversation, and also developed prototypes of a terminal—center linking system using smartphones, which are increasingly becoming widespread, to evaluate the system’s operation. This technology is intended to be used to detect problems betwee...