"Voice Quality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
That component of SPEECH which gives the primary distinction to a given speaker's VOICE when pitch and loudness are excluded. It involves both phonatory and resonatory characteristics. Some of the descriptions of voice quality are harshness, breathiness and nasality.
Concept/Terms
Voice Quality- Voice Quality
- Qualities, Voice
- Quality, Voice
- Voice Qualities
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Voice Quality".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Voice Quality".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Voice Quality" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Voice Quality" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Voice Quality" by people in Profiles.
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Is there a role for voice therapy in the treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux? A pilot study. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2024 Feb; 44(1):27-35.
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Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System for Voice Therapy: Application to Everyday Clinical Care. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2024 Mar 07; 33(2):814-830.
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Chondrolaryngoplasty. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2023 Aug; 31(3):355-361.
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Pediatric Dysphonia: When to Refer. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 10; 62(10):1261-1268.
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Acoustic Measures of Dysphonia in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2023 03 07; 66(3):872-887.
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Exploring Patient's Preference of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Laryngeal Movement Disorders. Laryngoscope. 2023 06; 133(6):1448-1454.
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Muscle Tension Dysphonia. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 09 01; 148(9):895.
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Authors' reply to: "Comments on long-term voice changes after thyroidectomy: Results from a validated survey". Surgery. 2022 05; 171(5):1443.
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Long-term outcomes of aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy for treatment of recalcitrant laryngeal premalignant lesions. Clin Otolaryngol. 2022 01; 47(1):153-159.
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Impact of Acid, Weakly Acid and Alkaline Laryngopharyngeal Reflux on Voice Quality. J Voice. 2024 Mar; 38(2):479-486.