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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Voice. 2019 Apr 13;34(5):748–762. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.03.006

Table 2.

Overview of measures

Measure (units) Source Token
Pitch and loudness fo – min/max/mean (Hz, ST) Acoustic Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage
fo – habitual (Hz) Accelerometer Daily conversation
fo variability (Hz, ST) Acoustic Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage
Loudness and variability (dB SPL) Acoustic Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage
Physiological measures Formants (Hz) and laryngeal height (cm) Acoustic Steady-state /ɑ/, /i/, / æ/, /eɪ/
Subglottal pressure estimates (cmH2O) Aerodynamic ɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ, i–pi-pi-pi-pi-pi
Phonation threshold pressure (cmH2O) Aerodynamic pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ
Vibratory ratings Laryngoscopy video Comfortable modal sustained vowel
Voice quality Voice quality Expert listener ratings (CAPE-V) CAPE-V sentences
CPP (dB) Acoustic Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage
LH ratio (dB) Acoustic Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage
Airflow (L/s) Aerodynamic /ɑ/ during ɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ
Jitter (%) Acoustic Steady-state /ɑ/
Shimmer (%) Acoustic Steady-state /ɑ/
Harmonics-to-noise ratio (dB) Acoustic Steady-state /ɑ/
Perception of gender Gender perceptual rating Listener ratings Sentences 2-4 of Rainbow Passage