Perceptual Voice Qualities Database (PVQD)

This database was created through generous funding from The Voice Foundation's Advancing Scientific Voice Research Grant and contains voice samples which have been rated by experienced voice professionals (at least 3 different raters with a minimum of 3 years’ clinical experience) in order to provide educators with standardized materials to better train pre-service clinical voice professionals. It contains 296 audio files consisting of the sustained /a/ and /i/ vowels and the sentences from the Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CAPE-V; Kempster, 2007). All recordings were made in a quiet clinical environment using a head-mounted condenser microphone at a 6-centimeter distance from the corner of the mouth and the Computerized Speech Lab (CSL) using 16-bit encryption and a sampling rate of 48k. Audio recordings have been edited as best as possible to remove all clinician instructions. However, please listen to and look at each file carefully just in case there was simultaneous clinician-client talk.

Listeners rated approximately 50 files each and each file was rated twice for reliability measurement (for a total of approximately 100 ratings per rater). Raters used a computer to listen to the samples and rate voice quality via a web-based system that included custom-made electronic scales for the CAPE-V (Kempster, 2007) and the GRBAS (Hirano, 1981) using Qualtrics survey software. Listeners rated each file on a 100-point visual analogue scale (VAS) to mimic the paper-based CAPE-V protocol. Please note that severity markers (mild, moderate, severe) were not included on the 100-point VAS to avoid influencing the concurrent rating using the GRBAS scale. Raters were urged to rate the samples over several days to avoid fatigue. Further description of methods is located in the folders below.
Questions about the database can be directed to Patrick R. Walden, Ph.D., CCC-SLP at [e-mail].

References:
Kempster G. CAPE-V: Development and Future Direction. Perspect Voice Voice Dis. 2007;17(2):11-13. doi:10.1044/vvd17.2.11

Hirano M. Clinical Examination of Voice. Springer-Verlag; 1981.

该数据库的构建得益于The Voice Foundation的推进科学嗓音研究资助金的大力支持，其中收录了由经验丰富的嗓音专业人员（至少三位具有至少三年临床经验的评审员）进行评分的嗓音样本，旨在为教育者提供标准化的材料，以优化对在职临床嗓音专业人员的培训。数据库包含296个音频文件，包括持续的/a/和/i/元音以及来自Kempster（2007年）提出的共识听觉感知嗓音评估（CAPE-V）的句子。所有录音均在安静的临床环境中进行，使用头戴式电容麦克风，距离嘴唇角落6厘米，并利用计算机化语音实验室（CSL），采用16位加密和48kHz的采样率。音频录音经过尽可能的编辑，以去除所有临床指导。然而，请仔细聆听和查看每个文件，以防出现同时进行的临床医生与患者对话。每位听众对大约50个文件进行了评分，每个文件被评分两次以进行可靠性测量（每位评审员总计约100次评分）。评审员使用计算机通过基于网络的系统收听样本并评分嗓音质量，该系统包括定制的电子量表，用于CAPE-V（Kempster，2007）和GRBAS（Hirano，1981），并采用Qualtrics调查软件。听众在每个文件上使用100点视觉模拟量表（VAS）进行评分，以模拟基于纸质的CAPE-V协议。请注意，为了避免对同时使用GRBAS量表进行评分的影响，100点VAS上未包含严重程度标记（轻微、中度、严重）。评审员被敦促在数天内对样本进行评分，以避免疲劳。有关方法的进一步描述位于以下文件夹中。有关数据库的任何问题，请咨询Patrick R. Walden博士，CCC-SLP，邮箱：[e-mail]。

参考文献：
Kempster G. CAPE-V: Development and Future Direction. Perspect Voice Voice Dis. 2007;17(2):11-13. doi:10.1044/vvd17.2.11

Hirano M. Clinical Examination of Voice. Springer-Verlag; 1981.