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No. 10, Nov 2007 (v1.1, Jan 2008)- Jan G. Švec, Johan Sundberg, Stellan Hertegård
Sound and video examples complementing the article, "Three registers in an untrained female singer analyzed by videokymography, strobolaryngoscopy and sound spectrography"

Technical Note #10 Sound and Video Files
Chest – Head Register Transition:

Description	JASA Figure	Sound	Video (Laryngoscopy)
Singing ascending scale from chest to head register	Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3	Fig1_sound.wav	Fig1_videoStrobe.mpg
Another ascending scale from chest to head register	Fig. 4	Fig4_sound.wav	---

Head – Whistle Register Transition:

Description	JASA Figure	Sound	Video (Laryngoscopy)
Singing ascending scales from head to whistle register	Fig. 6	Fig6_sound.wav	Fig6related_videoStrobe.mpg
The highest pitch in whistle register, tone G6 (F0 ~ 1590 Hz)	Fig. 8	---	Fig8_videoStrobe.mpg
Pitch glide, with two subsequent pitch jumps during the head-whistle transition	Fig. 9	Fig9_sound.wav	Fig9_videoLaryngoscopy.mpg

No. 9, Febuary 2005 (v1.0) - Eric J. Hunter, Laura M. Hunter and Ingo R.
Titze
Individual Subject Laryngeal Dimensions of Multiple Mammalian Species
for Biomechanical Models: A Supplement [.pdf 170KB]

Click here to download the accompanying data discussed in the above technical brief. [.zip ]

No. 8, Febuary 2005 (v1.0) - Eric J. Hunter and Laura M. Hunter
Statement on the need for an arytenoid motion knowledge base [.pdf 138KB]

No. 7, September 2007 (v1.4) - Jennifer Spielman, Andrew C. Starr, Peter P. Popolo, and Eric J. Hunter
Recommendations for the Creation of a Voice Acoustics Laboratory

No. 6, July 2006 (v2.0) - Eric J. Hunter
Optimization Of Passive Tissue Model Parameters Of Intrinsic Laryngeal
Tissues [.pdf - 689K]

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No. 5, 2002 (v1.1, Feb2005) - Peter S. Popolo, Karen Rogge-Miller, Jan G. Svec, Ingo R. Titze Technical Considerations in the Design of a Wearable Voice Dosimeter [.pdf - 407KB]

No. 4, October 2004 - Peter S. Popolo, Jan G. Svec, Eric J. Hunter, Andrew C. Starr, Karen Rogge-Miller, John Nix and Ingo R. Titze
Teachers' Guide to Voice Dosimetry [.pdf - 516KB]

No. 3, April 2004 (v1.1,Jan2005)- Eric J. Hunter and Ingo R. Titze
Dynamics of a three-dimensional model of vocal fold abduction/adduction [.pdf - 841K ]

Click here to download the Matlab Scripts to accompany the above technical brief. [.zip - 15K ]

Technical Note #3 Animations

Name

Low Resolution(size)

High Resolution(size)

Isolated
Contractions

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(197K)

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(327K)

Isolated
Elongation

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(108K)

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(252K)

PCA Muscle
Contribution

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(204K)

.\high\pca2.gif
(520K)

LCA Muscle
Contribution

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(528K)

.\high\lca2.gif
(205K)

IA Muscle
Contribution

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(500K)

.\high\ia2.gif
(191K)

TAM
Muscle
Contribution

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(497K)

.\high\tam2.gif
(190K)

TAV Muscle
Contribution

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(400K)

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(148K)

No.2 , April 2004, version 2.4 - Updated April 23, 2004, Jan G. Švec , Eric J. Hunter, Peter S. Popolo, Karen Rogge-Miller, and Ingo R. Titze
The Calibration and Setup of the NCVS Dosimeter [.pdf ~ 1.3M ]

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No. 1, April 2003 - Updated Feb 17, 2004, Jan G. Švec , Peter S. Popolo and Ingo R. Titze
The Goldilocks Passage and Scripts for Frequency Extraction, Voicing Detection, SPL Calculation and Vocal Dose Determination in Speech [.pdf ~ 900K]

Click here to download the Matlab Scripts to accompany the above technical brief. [.zip ~ 3.3M ]