Objective analysis of actors' voices: An initial report

Intervenção fonoaudiológica para consultores em um serviço de teleatendimento: bem-estar vocal

“…Diversos trabalhos brasileiros têm abordado a importância das ações voltadas aos profissionais da voz com vistas à prevenção de alterações vocais em função das limitações sociais e profissionais que podem provocar na vida desses sujeitos 34 . Um estudo com voz profissional em um grupo de atores verificou a importância de realizar avaliações objetivas para verificar o tipo de trabalho a ser usado afim de, redirecionar o treinamento vocal, mostrando o benefício desta prática no direcionamento do treino e na compreensão de como os hábitos pessoais e abusos vocais influenciam na produção da voz 35 . Nos relatos dos consultores, referentes à avaliação individual da participação nas oficinas, foram possíveis observar manifestações positivas de todos os indivíduos, ou seja, as oficinas foram consideradas importantes e produtivas.…”

Acoustic Changes in Student Actors' Voices After 12 Months of Training

“…1 Actors are required to use effective vocal projection, requiring an ability to produce a voice that is loud enough to hear in various performance spaces whilst using minimum vocal effort. 2 The actor also changes components of their voice such as volume and pitch to convey emotional expression in order to portray a character.…”

Dimensionality in Voice Quality

“…[5][6][7][8] With regard to actors' voices, a study was carried out where the primary goal was to develop a consistent and objective vocal assessment protocol appropriate for students of acting and specific to actors' voices in performance, where the ability to cite objective measures was found helpful in communicating and establishing goals with students. 9 Furthermore, a preliminary, but exploratory, study of actors' voices by Raphael and Scherer 10 on actors' perceptions of their voices in relation to various professional conditions. In this study, the actors described their voice when it was at its best, referring to descriptive terms such as ''free, strong, effortless vocal production, and the ability to control a securely produced vocal sound,'' as opposed to the terms describing the feel and sound of the voice when it was tired as feelings of vocal fatigue, strain, or effortful production, and a reduction in the effective pitch range.…”