Breathy voice or murmured voice is a phonation in which the vocal folds are vibrating as in normal voicing, but the glottal closure is incomplete, so that the voicing is somewhat inefficient and air continues to leak between the vocal folds throughout the vibration cycle with audible friction noise. A breathy-voiced transition [ɦ] (not actually a fricative, as a literal reading of the IPA chart would suggest) can be heard as an allophone of English /h/ between vowels, eg. in behind. A breathy voiced stop (symbolised either as [bʱ], [dʱ], [gʱ], etc. or as [b̤], [d̤], [g̈], etc.) is often followed by an h-like offglide that delays the onset of full voicing–this is the normal pronunciation of the Hindi "voiced aspirated stops" bh, dh, jh, gh. Phoneticians define phonation as use of the laryngeal system to generate an audible source of acoustic energy, i. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... In phonetics, an allophone is one of several similar phones that belong to the same phoneme. ... Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken in most states in northern and central India. ...
Treatment depends on the cause of the breathyvoice.
This patient has a breathyvoice, not due to anything wrong with her voicebox, but because the patient has severe lung problems.
This patient regained her voice after 15 minutes of speech therapy focused on relaxation of the neck muscles and focussing on pitches where her voice became most audible and clear (upper register).
Voice disorders are caused by disturbances in the functioning of the larynx (the "voice box" in the neck), and can be associated with a variety of conditions including: neurological disorders (e.g., nerve damage, Parkinson's Disease), non-neurological organic disorders (e.g., trauma to the larynx, cancer), and misuse/abuse of the voice (e.g., excessive yelling or loud talking).
Individuals with voice disorders may experience symptoms such as hoarseness, breathyvoice quality, difficulty projecting voice, voice loss, voice that is easily fatigued or deteriorates with use.
A full range of voice therapy treatment services are also provided by Laboratory staff who specialize in the treatment of all types of voice disorders with special expertise in the areas of professional voice (e.g., singers/performers), and the rehabilitation of patients who have lost the larynx (laryngectomy) due to cancer.
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