Foundations of Voice Studies

Foundations of Voice Studies provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the multifaceted role that voice quality plays in human existence.

• Offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on all facets of voice perception, illustrating why listeners hear what they do and how they reach conclusions based on voice quality
• Integrates voice literature from a multitude of sources and disciplines
• Supplemented with practical and approachable examples, including a companion website with sound files at www.wiley.com/go/voicestudies
• Explores the choice of various voices in advertising and broadcasting, and voice perception in singing voices and forensic applications
• Provides a straightforward and thorough overview of vocal physiology and control

Author: Jody Kreiman, Diana Sidtis
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 04/22/2013
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.80w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781118546703

About the Author
Jody Kreiman is Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and has published over 60 scholarly papers in a variety of journals.

Diana Sidtis (formerly Van Lancker) is Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at New York University and performs research at the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. An experienced clinician, her research has yielded over 90 articles in scholarly journals and edited books.