"Voice Quality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
That component of SPEECH which gives the primary distinction to a given speaker's VOICE when pitch and loudness are excluded. It involves both phonatory and resonatory characteristics. Some of the descriptions of voice quality are harshness, breathiness and nasality.
| Descriptor ID |
D014833
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G09.772.925.960
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| Concept/Terms |
Voice Quality- Voice Quality
- Qualities, Voice
- Quality, Voice
- Voice Qualities
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Voice Quality" by people in Profiles.
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A Preliminary Study of Vocal Health Among Collegiate A Cappella Singers. J Voice. 2020 May; 34(3):486.e1-486.e11.
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Can Listeners Hear Who Is Singing? The Role of Listener Experience in Singer Discrimination Across Pitch. J Voice. 2020 Mar; 34(2):231-242.
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Can Inexperienced Listeners Hear Who Is Singing? The Role of Onset Cues. J Voice. 2018 Jul; 32(4):466-473.
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Can Listeners Hear Who Is Singing? The Development of Voice Category Perception. J Voice. 2018 Jul; 32(4):459-465.
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Clinical practice guideline: improving voice outcomes after thyroid surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Jun; 148(6 Suppl):S1-37.
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Can listeners hear how many singers are singing? The effect of listener's experience, vibrato, onset, and formant frequency on the perception of number of simultaneous singers. J Voice. 2012 Nov; 26(6):817.e1-13.
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The Traditional/Acoustic Music Project: a study of vocal demands and vocal health. J Voice. 2012 Sep; 26(5):664.e7-23.
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Can listeners hear who is singing? What is the pitch bandwidth of singer discrimination in untrained listeners? J Voice. 2012 May; 26(3):322-9.
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Management of early-stage laryngeal cancer. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2008 Aug; 41(4):757-69, vi-vii.
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Effects of simultaneous perturbations of voice pitch and loudness feedback on voice F0 and amplitude control. J Acoust Soc Am. 2007 May; 121(5 Pt1):2862-72.