Vocal Fry: A sonic feature of a diverse city
<p>Hannah White and her colleagues at Macquarie University researched how creaky voice is reflected in Australian English used in Sydney, and what factors influence its prevalence. The team used conversation samples from high school students across Sydney and employed algorithms to automatically identify creaky voice, and their results reveal that the area a speaker lives, and its diversity, are some of the most significant factors determining creaky voice use.</p>
Source: eurekalert.org
