Objective analysis of actors' voices: Comparative development across training

Feudo, Peter; Harvey, Pamela Lynn; Aronson, Donna B.

doi:10.1016/s0892-1997(05)80152-3

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“…Previous studies into actor training and voice change have followed acting students over a shorter period of time 9,22 or have conducted acoustic and aerodynamic analysis on limited tasks (ie, sustained vowel only). 8 A significant increase in singing pitch range for female participants was seen after 12 months of training.…”

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“…7,8 Improvements in actors' ability to modify the intensity of their voices without simultaneously making adjustments to frequency 9 and use of a wider range of fundamental frequencies 10 have also been reported after training. The general trend of these findings is for positive effects after actor training.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…The reading task was considered to be a performance sample given evidence to suggest that actors often change the same components of voice for read and scripted passages when compared to spontaneous speech. 9 For the spontaneous speech sample, participants were required to describe the Cookie Theft Picture for 1 minute. 18 From the spontaneous speech task, a 10-second sample was taken commencing 5 seconds after the beginning of the sample.…”

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

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“…Until recently, few studies on voice therapy outcome [2,3] and voice training outcome [4,5] have been published. The overall conclusion, for voice therapy and voice training, is that all the studies provided positive evidence that voice therapy and training can be effective.…”

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“…The overall conclusion, for voice therapy and voice training, is that all the studies provided positive evidence that voice therapy and training can be effective. The studies on voice training outcome lack a control group [4] or work with small groups [5]. In order to maximize the generalizability of findings, a high-quality study design and a large group are necessary.…”

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Training Outcome in Future Professional Voice Users after 18 Months of Voice Training

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et al. 2004

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The goal of this study is to define the long-term influence of vocal hygiene education and the effectiveness of voice training in 46 students. Half of the subjects, called the trained group (n = 23), received vocal hygiene education during 1 school year and voice training during 2 school years (18 months). The other half, also 23 subjects, received neither vocal hygiene education nor voice training as such (called the untrained group). The voice training is made up of technical workshops (30 h a year in groups of 5–8 subjects) and vocal coaching in the radio and drama projects (30 h whole class). In the lectures (30 h) a theoretical background on breathing, articulation, voicing and vocal hygiene was discussed. A multidimensional test battery containing the GRBAS scale, videolaryngostroboscopy, maximum phonation time, jitter, lowest intensity, highest frequency, Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI) and Voice Handicap Index (VHI) was applied before and after 18 months to evaluate the effect of voice training over time. A questionnaire on daily habits was presented before the lectures, and after 18 months to detect the long-term effect of the lectures. The objectively measured voice quality (DSI) of the trained group improved significantly over time (p < 0.001) due to training (p = 0.008), which was not the case in the untrained group. The self-assessed VHI, on the other hand, changed over time (p < 0.001) in both groups. For the trained group the VHI changed from 18.4 to 14.4 and in the untrained group from 20.1 to 15.3. It is important to note that the VHI scores of both groups remained high. The interpretation of the results of the daily habit questionnaire is disturbing: the initial high degree of smoking, vocal abuse, stress and late meals was not influenced by the lectures or training and remained high. This study proves the positive outcome and emphasizes the need for a well-organized voice training program in future professional voice users. However, the lectures and training on vocal hygiene failed to improve voice-conserving habits.

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