Abstract

Miniature high-bandwidth accelerometers on the anterior neck surface are used in laboratory and ambulatory settings to obtain vocal function measures. This study compared the widely applied L1-L2 measure ( historically, H1-H2)-the difference between the log-magnitude of the first and second harmonics-computed from the glottal airflow waveform with L1-L2 derived from the raw neck-surface acceleration signal in 79 vocally healthy female speakers. Results showed a significant correlation ( r = 0.72) between L1-L2 values estimated from both airflow and accelerometer signals, suggesting that raw accelerometer-based estimates of L1-L2 may be interpreted as reflecting glottal physiological parameters and voice quality attributes during phonation. (C) 2019 Acoustical Society of America