The Singing and Voice Science Laboratory
Directed by Molly Erickson, Ph.D.
The Singing and Voice Science Laboratory located at the UT Conference Center and is
designed to conduct research both at the Master's and Ph.D. levels in the areas of
music perception and voice science. The lab is equipped with a large sound booth for
recording speakers and professional singers. It also boasts equipment and software
capable of performing a variety of research tasks: a system for听air flow听analysis, subglottal air pressure measurement, and 2-channel听electroglottograph听and
inverse filtering and a variety of programs used to produce real-time spectrograms
and Fast Fourier analyses.听听
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The laboratory has available several methods of signal synthesis: signal generation
hardware and software from ,听a , and a singing voice synthesizer built using Aladdin. Perceptual experiments听are
designed听and conducted using a variety of software and hardware combinations.听听
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The laboratory听makes use of departmental equipment designed to visualize vocal fold
vibration听including:听digital ,听high speed听video, and听videokymography. This equipment听is used听to visualize the vocal
folds for both voice physiology research and clinical diagnostics.听
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Acoustics and perception of singing
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High speed video and videokymography
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Speaker identification in cochlear implant users
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Music processing in cochlear implant users
The Singing and Voice Science Research Laboratory is seeking experienced singing voice professionals for a study in singing perception.听 Please e-mail merickso@uthsc.edu听for more information.
Volunteering in the Singing and Voice Science Research Laboratory is a great way to learn about research and clinical issues in the areas of music and singing.听 Volunteers may aid in the areas of听 stimulus development, data collection, and data analysis.听 If you are interested in volunteering in the Singing and Voice Science Research Laboratory, please e-mail Dr. Erickson at merickso@uthsc.edu.