Journal article
Effect of Training and Level of External Auditory Feedback on the Singing Voice: Volume and Quality
Journal of voice, Vol.30(4), pp.434-442
07/01/2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2015.05.010
PMCID: PMC4713388
PMID: 26186810
Abstract
Background. Previous research suggests that classically trained professional singers rely not only on external auditory feedback but also on proprioceptive feedback associated with internal voice sensitivities.
Objectives. The Lombard effect and the relationship between sound pressure level (SPL) and external auditory feedback were evaluated for professional and nonprofessional singers. Additionally, the relationship between voice quality, evaluated in terms of singing power ratio (SPR), and external auditory feedback, level of accompaniment, voice register, and singer gender was analyzed.
Methods. The subjects were 10 amateur or beginner singers and 10 classically trained professional or semiprofessional singers (10 men and 10 women). Subjects sang an excerpt from the Star-Spangled Banner with three different levels of the accompaniment, 70, 80, and 90 dBA and with three different levels of external auditory feedback. SPL and SPR were analyzed.
Results. The Lombard effect was stronger for nonprofessional singers than professional singers. Higher levels of external auditory feedback were associated with a reduction in SPL. As predicted, the mean SPR was higher for professional singers than nonprofessional singers. Better voice quality was detected in the presence of higher levels of external auditory feedback.
Conclusions. With an increase in training, the singer's reliance on external auditory feedback decreases.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of Training and Level of External Auditory Feedback on the Singing Voice: Volume and Quality
- Creators
- Pasquale Bottalico - Michigan State UniversitySimone Graetzer - Michigan State UniversityEric J. Hunter - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of voice, Vol.30(4), pp.434-442
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jvoice.2015.05.010
- PMID
- 26186810
- PMCID
- PMC4713388
- NLM abbreviation
- J Voice
- ISSN
- 0892-1997
- eISSN
- 1873-4588
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- R01DC012315 / National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders of the National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) R01DC012315 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984446536202771
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