University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine

Describe vocal quality. Normal? Rough? Hoarse? Breathy? Strained? Strangled? Pitch breaks? Phonation breaks? Pitch for sustained vowel: Using a keyboard, record pitch for sustained /a/. Compare with note-frequency keyboard chart. Avg. pitch for adult males is 128 Hz (C3) , adult women 213 Hz (A3) and prepubertal children 256 Hz (C4). (Boone & McFarlane, 2000). Habitual pitch: Using standard ... ................
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