Zhao-Yan Zhang

Mechanisms of Speaker Adaptation to Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises: Insights from Computational Phonation Modeling

Semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (SOVTE) are vocal exercises involving partial occlusion in the front part of the vocal tract, often through phonation into a narrow tube. Although SOVTE are widely used in voice therapy and pedagogy, the physiological mechanisms underlying their therapeutic benefits remain unclear. I...