Voice Science and Technical Vocology
Analysing and modelling the human voice apparatus brings us into contact with a wide range of disciplines, including acoustics, continuum mechanics, biomechanics, psychoacoustics, phonetics, phoniatrics, speech-language pathology, and the related signal processing.
This research is important to our understanding of both normal and impaired speech and singing; hence our long-standing collaborations with clinicians, phoneticians, pedagogues and practitioners. Currently the main themes in this field include multiparametric voice analysis, improving the fidelity of simulated voice, voice loading in the workplace, vocal imitations, and selected topics with applications to solo and choir singing.