Date of Award
11-30-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Communication Disorders, MCD
First Advisor
Amy Shollenbarger
Committee Members
Joy Good; Shanon Brantley
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2018 J65
Abstract
Speech-Language Pathologists are responsible for diagnosing and treating voice disorders in voice professionals, including singers. The aim of the current study was to use the grade, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, and strain (GRBAS) scale to determine if there is a difference in how vocal music (VM) undergraduate students and Communication Disorders (CD) graduate students perceive singing voice quality. Two groups of participants, made up of 24 CD graduate students and 13 VM students, rated seven voice samples using original GRBAS training and data collection videos and corresponding packets. The groups’ responses were then analyzed. The results showed no significant difference between the perceptions of the groups in four of the five singing samples. This is encouraging because both singers and SLPs should have thorough understanding of healthy voice quality and perceptual markers of disorder, as well as proficiency in differentiating perceptual components of the voice and determining their co-occurring severity.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Joiner, Kelsey Faye, "Differences In Perceptions of Singing Voice Quality in Vocal Performance and Communication Disorders Students" (2018). Student Theses and Dissertations. 477.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/477
