Quantification of Vocal Tract Configuration of Older Children with Down syndrome: A Pilot Study

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Authors: S. A. Xue, L. Kaine, M I. Ng Abstract: AR technology has been extensively used as an objective diagnostic tool for locating structural and functional abnormalities within the oral and pharyngeal cavities, and in a variety of clinical applications, including (1) locating site and severity of vocal tract obstructions…

Volumetric Measurements of Vocal Tracts for Male speakers from Different Races

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 2006 Authors: S. A. Xue, G. J. Hao, and R. Mayo Conclusion: “Research examining physiologic and acoustic characteristics of culturally diverse populations is sorely needed, but rarely reported. The major aim of this study was to quantify vocal tract dimensional parameters (oral length, oral volume, pharyngeal length, pharyngeal volume, total vocal…

Normative Standards for Vocal Tract Dimensions by Race as Measured by Acoustic Pharyngometry

Journal of Voice, 2006 Authors: S. A. Xue and J. G. Hao Conclusion: “Acoustic pharyngometry evaluates the geometry of the vocal tract with acoustic reflections and provides information about vocal tract cross-sectional area and volume from lip to the glottis. Variations in vocal tract diameters are needed for speech scientists to validate various acoustic models…

Solid Modeling of Human Vocal Tract using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Acoustic Pharyngometer

Proceedings of the 26th Annual International conference of the IEEE EMBS , 2004 Authors: H. Z. Tameem and B. V. Mehta Conclusion: “The geometric information such as cross-sectional area and the volume of the vocal tract can be obtained using the [Eccovision] Acoustic Pharyngometer. The accuracy of this device is verified during this research and…

Changes in the Human Vocal Tract Due to Aging and the Acoustic Correlates of Speech Production

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003 Authors: S. A. Xue and G. J. Hao Conclusion: “This investigation used a derivation of acoustic reflection (AR) technology to make cross-sectional measurements of changes due to aging in the oral and pharyngeal lumina of male and female speakers. The purpose of the study was to establish…