Quantitative Assessment of Learning and Retention in Virtual Vocal Function Exercises.

ABSTRACT: Purpose Successful voice therapy requires the patient to learn new vocal behaviors, but little is currently known regarding how vocal motor skills are improved and retained. To quantitatively characterize the motor learning process in a clinically meaningful context, a virtual task was developed based on the Vocal Function Exercises. In the virtual task, subjects control a computational model of a ball floating on a column of airflow via modifications to mean airflow (L/s) and intensity (dB-C) to keep the ball within a target range representing a normative ratio (dB × s/L). Method One vocally healthy female and one female with nonphonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction practiced the task for 11 days and completed retention testing 1 and 6 months later. The mapping between the two execution vari

SUBMITTER: Van Stan JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608156 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature