A Tutorial to build a voice dosimeter

P. Bottalico, C J Nudelman

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Abstract

Voice dosimeters gather voice production data in the daily lives of individuals with voice disorders. Previously, several voice dosimeters were commercially available. However, these devices have been discontinued and are not available to clinicians and researchers alike. In this tutorial, instructions for a low-cost, easy-to-assemble voice dosimeter are provided. This do-it-yourself (DIY) voice dosimeter is further validated based on performance results. Ten vocally healthy participants wore the DIY voice dosimeter. They produced several tasks recorded by the DIY voice dosimeter and a reference microphone simultaneously. The expanded uncertainty (u) of the mean error in the estimation of four voice acoustic parameters as measured by the DIY dosimeter was performed by comparing the signals acquired through the reference microphone and the dosimeter. For measures of sound pressure level, the DIY voice dosimeter had a mean error of -0.68 dB (u 0.56 dB). For fundamental frequency, the mean error was 1.56 Hz for female participants (u 0.62 Hz) and 1.11 Hz for male participants (u 0.34 Hz). The mean error and uncertainties for the DIY voice dosimeter are comparable to the most accurate voice dosimeters that were previously on the market.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023
EditorsArianna Astolfi, Francesco Asdrubali, Louena Shtrepi
PublisherEuropean Acoustics Association
Pages1225-1229
ISBN (Electronic)9788888942674
ISBN (Print)9788888942674
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023 - Torino, Italy
Duration: Sep 11 2023Sep 15 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of Forum Acusticum
ISSN (Print)2221-3767

Conference

Conference10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTorino
Period9/11/239/15/23

Keywords

  • speech acoustics
  • uncertainty of measurements
  • Vocal dosimeter
  • voice device

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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