The difference between first and second harmonic amplitudes correlates between glottal airflow and neck-surface accelerometer signals during phonation

J Acoust Soc Am. 2019 May;145(5):EL386. doi: 10.1121/1.5100909.

Abstract

Miniature high-bandwidth accelerometers on the anterior neck surface are used in laboratory and ambulatory settings to obtain vocal function measures. This study compared the widely applied L1-L2 measure (historically, H1-H2)-the difference between the log-magnitude of the first and second harmonics-computed from the glottal airflow waveform with L1-L2 derived from the raw neck-surface acceleration signal in 79 vocally healthy female speakers. Results showed a significant correlation (r = 0.72) between L1-L2 values estimated from both airflow and accelerometer signals, suggesting that raw accelerometer-based estimates of L1-L2 may be interpreted as reflecting glottal physiological parameters and voice quality attributes during phonation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Accelerometry / methods
  • Female
  • Glottis / physiology
  • Humans
  • Phonation / physiology*
  • Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
  • Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy / methods
  • Speech Acoustics
  • Voice / physiology*
  • Voice Quality / physiology*