Perceptual evaluation of voice quality and its correlation with acoustic measurement

Farideh Jalali-najafabadi; Chaitanya Gadepalli; Frances Ascott; Jarrod Homer; Mikel Luján; Barry Cheetham

doi:10.1109/EMS.2013.49

Perceptual evaluation of voice quality and its correlation with acoustic measurement

Farideh Jalali-najafabadi, Chaitanya Gadepalli, Frances Ascott, Jarrod Homer, Mikel Luján, Barry Cheetham

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Abstract

The GRBAS scale is a widely used subjective measure of voice quality. The aim of this paper is to investigate the correlation between the 'grade', 'roughness', 'breathiness', 'asthenia' and 'strain' dimensions of this scale and the objective measurements provided by the 'Analysis of Dysphonia in speech and Voice' (ADSV) software package. To do this, voice recordings of 107 samples were collected in a quiet room, and each voice was perceptually evaluated on the GRBAS scale by three experienced speech and language therapists. The same recordings were also acoustically analysed using ADSV. Statistical analysis using the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient model identified a degree of moderate correlation between the result of cepstral based analysis and the GRBAS scale. A classifier such as a decision tree may then be applied to the ADSV cepstral measurement for the objective prediction of GRBAS scores. The accuracy of the classifier in predicting the score of each therapist is given in the paper. © 2013 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013\|Proc. - UKSim-AMSS Eur. Model. Symp. Comput. Model. Simul., EMS
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	283-286
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMS.2013.49
Publication status	Published - 20 Nov 2013
Event	UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013 - Manchester Duration: 1 Jul 2013 → … http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMS.2013.49

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Conference	UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013
City	Manchester
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ADSV
Classification
GRBAS
Spearsman's rank correlation

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Jalali-najafabadi, F., Gadepalli, C., Ascott, F., Homer, J., Luján, M., & Cheetham, B. (2013). Perceptual evaluation of voice quality and its correlation with acoustic measurement. In Proceedings - UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013|Proc. - UKSim-AMSS Eur. Model. Symp. Comput. Model. Simul., EMS (pp. 283-286). IEEE Computer Society . https://doi.org/10.1109/EMS.2013.49

Jalali-najafabadi, Farideh ; Gadepalli, Chaitanya ; Ascott, Frances et al. / Perceptual evaluation of voice quality and its correlation with acoustic measurement. Proceedings - UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013|Proc. - UKSim-AMSS Eur. Model. Symp. Comput. Model. Simul., EMS. IEEE Computer Society , 2013. pp. 283-286

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Jalali-najafabadi, F, Gadepalli, C, Ascott, F, Homer, J, Luján, M & Cheetham, B 2013, Perceptual evaluation of voice quality and its correlation with acoustic measurement. in Proceedings - UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013|Proc. - UKSim-AMSS Eur. Model. Symp. Comput. Model. Simul., EMS. IEEE Computer Society , pp. 283-286, UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013, Manchester, 1/07/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMS.2013.49

Perceptual evaluation of voice quality and its correlation with acoustic measurement. / Jalali-najafabadi, Farideh; Gadepalli, Chaitanya; Ascott, Frances et al.
Proceedings - UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013|Proc. - UKSim-AMSS Eur. Model. Symp. Comput. Model. Simul., EMS. IEEE Computer Society , 2013. p. 283-286.

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Jalali-najafabadi F, Gadepalli C, Ascott F, Homer J, Luján M, Cheetham B. Perceptual evaluation of voice quality and its correlation with acoustic measurement. In Proceedings - UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013|Proc. - UKSim-AMSS Eur. Model. Symp. Comput. Model. Simul., EMS. IEEE Computer Society . 2013. p. 283-286 doi: 10.1109/EMS.2013.49

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