Describing the Acoustic and Vocal Production Characteristics of the Irrintzi: Feasibility of Its Use for the Treatment of Voice Disorders.

Purpose: The aims of this study were to analyze and characterize the irrintzi (a folkloric shout emitted in a single breath used by the Basque people) acoustically and to describe the mechanism by which it is emitted. Method: Thirty-six sound samples of 12 female volunteers were analyzed. Acoustic a...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 65; no. 10; pp. 3789 - 3798
Autores principales: Martínez-Arellano, Ana, Campo, Arantza, del Rio, Beatriz, Garaycochea, Octavio, Fernandez, Secundino
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Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Oct2022
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          Martínez-Arellano, Ana
          Campo, Arantza
          del Rio, Beatriz
          Garaycochea, Octavio
          Fernandez, Secundino
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          Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
          Department of Pulmonology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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        Human research subjects
        Informed consent (Medical law)
        Sound recordings
        Laryngeal physiology
        Statistics
        Computer software
        Statistical significance
        Physiological aspects of speech
        Sound spectrography
        Human voice
        Endoscopic surgery
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        Speech evaluation
        Descriptive statistics
        Data analysis
        Voice disorders
        Endoscopy
        Evaluation
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          Computer and software stores
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          Statistics
          Computer software
          Statistical significance
          Physiological aspects of speech
          Sound spectrography
          Human voice
          Endoscopic surgery
          Mandible
          Speech evaluation
          Descriptive statistics
          Data analysis
          Voice disorders
          Endoscopy
          Evaluation
      ab: Purpose: The aims of this study were to analyze and characterize the irrintzi (a folkloric shout emitted in a single breath used by the Basque people) acoustically and to describe the mechanism by which it is emitted. Method: Thirty-six sound samples of 12 female volunteers were analyzed. Acoustic analysis included primarily fundamental frequency (fo), spectral analysis in the time domain with a narrowband filter, and the use of linear predictive coding (LPC). Laryngeal and pharyngeal movements while emitting an irrintzi were studied by fiberoptic nasal endoscopy. Postural and mandible movements were observed and video recorded. Movements of the larynx and the vocal tract were also studied by lateral pharyngo-laryngeal radioscopy. Results: The central part of an irrintzi spectrogram contains a peculiar, repeated M-shaped motif unseen in the spectrogram of any other human vocal emission, and intensity was over 90 dB SPL in all cases. fo was very high (1487 Hz) especially at the end of the irrintzi. Fiberoptic nasal endoscopy consistently revealed considerable elevation of the glottis, with the larynx swinging forward and retraction of the ventricular bands. Lateral radioscopy showed a very high larynx and a high tongue dorsum. Conclusions: The irrintzi is a sound emitted in a single breath and characterized by its shrillness and loudness, qualities that make it audible in noisy environments and over large distances and the vocal technique observed when it is produced can be explained by the Estill voice model (Steinhauer et al., 2017). The use of this technique may help in the treatment of voice disorders and improve efficiency in singers, teachers, actors, and people who use their voice at high volume or at high frequency.
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