The variability in voice quality is a critical factor in most of speech-related applications, but studies regarding this variability are scarce due to the absence of an adequate database. Based on the newly developing database, this study examines the effect of withinand between-speaker variability on speaker recognition systems. The preliminary results with a subset of the database show that v...

Terms for voice quality or phonation types for use in normal speech often come from studies of pathological speech (laryngeal settings) and it is hard to describe voice quality, especially the variations of a normal voice. In normal speech we use different voice qualities both for linguistic distinctions in some languages, prosodically as a boundary signal, socially depending on social and regi...

Robust Header Compression (ROHC) has recently been proposed to reduce the large protocol header overhead when transmitting voice and other continous media over RTP/ UDP/IP in wireless networks. In this paper we evaluate the transmission of Global System Mobile telecommunications (GSM) encoded voice with ROHC over a wireless link. We evaluate the bandwidth savings and the voice qualities using a...

BACKGROUND Total thyroidectomy has become a routine surgical procedure. However, postoperative complications are not rare and can lead to voice disorders. AIM To study voice quality after total thyroidectomy. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Prospective study over a period of 5 years in 395 surgical patients undergoing total thyroidectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS The voice quality of patients was based ...

Robust Header Compression (ROHC) has recently been proposed to reduce the large protocol header overhead when transmitting voice and other continous media over RTP/UDP/IP in wireless networks. In this paper we evaluate the transmission of Global System Mobile telecommunications (GSM) encoded voice with ROHC over a wireless link. We evaluate the bandwidth savings and the voice qualities using a ...