These exercises will allow you to evaluate the vocal qualities and resonance of the speaker. There are both subjective and objective values to consider when determining what is normal or deviant in vocal quality. The physical structure, culture, and projections of emotion, attitude and mood can all subtly and overtly change the vocal quality. Typical speakers may have 10-20% assimilation nasality.
Score each production. Click on the I (incorrect) counter, for each nasal emission then click on the C (correct) counter, to indicate no nasal emission. The results page will give a percentage of scored productions. Note: The computer does not score these, the clinician makes the judgment of Correct or Incorrect.
There should not be a difference between the pinched and unpinched productions. If there is, there may be velopharyngeal incompetence.
This is a tool to use to allow you and your client to make those judgments. The tasks suggested are typical activities found in Voice textbooks.
If automatic saving is not enabled, the speech sample can be saved by clicking on the Save Recording... button. All of the samples for this exercise are saved in the same folder and given a name that starts with the word, followed by the date, and time. You can play the sample by clicking on the Load Recording... button and selecting it from the list.
Click Next when you are ready to continue.