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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
Measure Token Instructions
Isolated vowels /ɑ/, /i/, /u/, / æ/, /eɪ/, /oʊ/ Repeat 5 times each; ~3 seconds in duration
Spontaneous speech Suggested prompt:
-What did you do last weekend?
Reading Rainbow passage; CAPE-V sentences; reading passage loaded with corner vowels; SIT sentences Normal pitch/loudness
Singing /i/ Habitual pitch
Low pitch
High pitch
Low, glide to high
High, glide to low
Low, scale to high (step)
High, scale to low (step)
Sing warmups with melismas at different ranges
(i.e., do-mi-re-fa-mi-so etc, all on /i/)
Subglottal pressure estimates ɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ, i–pi-pi-pi-pi-pi Record with mask and straw via PAS;
simultaneous mic & accel recordings (metronome x 90 bpm-ish)
2 recordings x 8 strings per recording
Normal pitch and loudness
Phonation threshold pressure pɑ-pɑ-pɑ-pɑ Record with mask and straw via PAS;
simultaneous mic & accel recordings
2 recordings
Begin at typical pitch and loudness
Decreased vocal volume until unable to phonate any longer
*no breaths between /pɑ/s