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01-06-2008 | Research Article

Interactions between auditory and somatosensory feedback for voice F ₀ control

Authors: Charles R. Larson, Kenneth W. Altman, Hanjun Liu, Timothy C. Hain

Published in: Experimental Brain Research | Issue 4/2008

Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated the importance of both kinesthetic and auditory feedback for control of voice fundamental frequency (F ₀). In the present study, a possible interaction between auditory feedback and kinesthetic feedback for control of voice F ₀was tested by administering local anesthetic to the vocal folds in the presence of perturbations in voice pitch feedback. Responses to pitch-shifted voice feedback were larger when the vocal fold mucosa was anesthetized than during normal kinesthesia. A mathematical model incorporating a linear combination of kinesthesia and pitch feedback simulated the main aspects of our experimental results. This model indicates that a feasible explanation for the increase in response magnitude with vocal fold anesthesia is that the vocal motor system uses both pitch and kinesthesia to stabilize voice F ₀ shortly after a perturbation of voice pitch feedback has been perceived.

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Title: Interactions between auditory and somatosensory feedback for voice F 0 control
Authors: Charles R. Larson
Kenneth W. Altman
Hanjun Liu
Timothy C. Hain
Publication date: 01-06-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Experimental Brain Research / Issue 4/2008
Print ISSN: 0014-4819
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-008-1330-z

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