Sentences with phrase «vocal fry»

The study is the first to quantify the prevalence of vocal fry in normal speech, although other researchers have noted the pattern.

Historically, continual use of vocal fry was classified as part of a voice disorder that was believed to lead to vocal cord damage.

The study, published online in the open - access journal PLOS ONE (The Public Library of Science ONE), indicates that women who speak in vocal fry are perceived as less attractive, less competent, less educated, less trustworthy, and ultimately less hirable.

«But it is common to mark the end of sentences [with vocal fry].

«You could view the results we found as an extension of this to an economic context, whereby deliberate lowering of voice pitch in a sex - atypical manner by women through vocal fry results in negative perceptions by potential employers.»

The patterns were «normal» variations, says co-author and speech scientist Nassima Abdelli - Beruh of LIU, because the women rarely slipped into vocal fry during sustained vowel tests — prolonged holding of vowels such as «aaa» and «ooo» — a classic way to assess voice quality and probe for possible disorders.

Abdelli - Beruh also wants to compare the prevalence of vocal fry on radio stations.

College - age women end sentences in the lowest vocal register, a creaky vibration called vocal fry, possibly to broadcast themselves as part of a social group.

Given this context, our findings suggest that young women would be best advised to avoid using vocal fry when trying to secure employment.»

Pop singers, such as Britney Spears, slip vocal fry into their music as a way to reach low notes and add style.

Pay attention to the pitch of your voice, and avoid uptalk and vocal fry if you can.

A form of speech known as vocal fry that is low in pitch and creaky sounding is increasingly common among young American women.

One explanation is that because women have higher voices than men on average, the lowering of voice pitch via vocal fry results in a sex - atypical voice pitch modulation for women.

For example, she says that the popular - music station on her teenage son's dial features creaky announcers, but she does not hear vocal fry on National Public Radio, which targets an older audience.

They marked the presence or absence of vocal fry by listening to each speaker's pitch and two qualities called jitter and shimmer — variation in pitch and volume, respectively.

Near the top of this fillip I said that the fuss about vocal fry contained a number of threads, only one of which was about women's voices; to hear a broader discussion of fry and why some folks are irked about it, listen to the recording of a broadcast on National Public Radio.

It's the sound of the next generation: in a study published in the Journal of Voice, more than two - thirds of female college students spoke with vocal fry.

More than two - thirds of the research subjects used vocal fry during their readings, the researchers will report in a future issue of the Journal of Voice.

A curious vocal pattern has crept into the speech of young adult women who speak American English: low, creaky vibrations, also called vocal fry.

That is, the study suggests that job candidates who use vocal fry are not preferred particularly because they are perceived as untrustworthy.

In the new study, scientists at Long Island University (LIU) in Brookville, New York, investigated the prevalence of vocal fry in college - age women.

After listening to each pair of voices participants were asked to choose whether the person speaking in vocal fry or normal voice was the more educated, competent, trustworthy, and attractive of the pair.

Fast Company warns that vocal fry could «kill your job search» and ruin phone interviews.

Even if you've never heard of «vocal fry» or «upspeak,» you probably hear people speak in these patterns every day.

Vocal fry is when someone's voice gets lower and turns gravely, usually drawn out at the end of a sentence.

I also produce our podcast, which mostly consists of me practicing my vocal fry while reading the credits.

«Vocal fry» hurts women in the labor market.»

Interestingly, the study also shows that while vocal fry is perceived negatively in both male and female speakers, women who use the affectation are perceived more negatively than men who use it.

«Our results show that the vocal fry fad is a hindrance to young women who are trying to find work,» said Klofstad, associate professor of political science in the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences and corresponding author of the study.

For the study the researchers recorded seven young adult females ages 19 - 27 years, and seven young adult males ages 20 - 30 years, speaking the phrase «thank you for considering me for this opportunity» in both their normal tone of voice and in vocal fry.

It is possible that speakers of vocal fry are generally perceived less favorably because vocal fry is accompanied by a dramatic reduction in voice pitch relative to normal speech.»

Although previous research has suggested that this manner of speaking is associated with education and upward mobility, a new study indicates that vocal fry is actually perceived negatively, particularly in a labor market context.

Vocal fry, or glottalization, is a low, staccato vibration during speech, produced by a slow fluttering of the vocal cords (listen here).

Since the 1960s, vocal fry has been recognized as the lowest of the three vocal registers, which also include falsetto and modal — the usual speaking register.

Is «vocal fry» creeping into U.S. speech?

Meanwhile, Jack Black gives an appealingly silly performance as Bethany, a popular girl who gets stuck inside the body of a middle - aged male professor, vocal fry and obsession with Instagram intact.

In the parodic webseries, VFILES star and Dazed columnist Casey Jane Ellison interviews a panel of art world thinkers, all while wearing black lipstick and speaking through a healthy dose of vocal fry.

Vocal fry is the growly sound that a voice can make when it's dropped to, and a little below, its lowest «modal» register.

Which is why I was curious about the fuss — folderol, if you like — over «vocal fry» that emerged briefly last year.

Another aggravation: «vocal fry,» in which speakers end their words in a raspy growl that can make them sound uncomfortable or in pain.