The acoustics of voice

Recent decades have seen rapid growth in our understanding of the production and perception of the human voice and of the acoustic features that critically link production and perception in communication. This review describes some of the many acoustic measures of voice (and voice quality) that have been proposed to quantify these features, with attention to major changes over the years in what has been measured and why. Linkages between acoustic measurement systems and voice production and perception will be explored, and the current state of the art will be reviewed.