Maruthi Krishna Goud K¹*, Devaraju NB², M Uday Basker³ and Suraj Singh⁴

¹Assistant Professor in Speech Pathology at Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Davanagere, Karnataka, India
²Assistant Professor in Special Education at Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Davanagere, Karnataka, India
³Speech Language Pathologist and Audiologist at Suzzane Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Center, Old Alwal, Hyderabad, India
⁴Special Educator, Bibb County School District, Macon, USA

*Corresponding Author: Maruthi Krishna Goud K, Assistant Professor in Speech Pathology at Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Davanagere, Karnataka, India.

Received: December 23, 2024; Published: February 20, 2025

Abstract

There has been very little phonetic study of mimicry. Considering how interested the general public is in the phenomenon, this is really unexpected. However, there is curiosity in the phenomenon that extends well beyond the realm of public amusement. From a purely phonetic perspective, it could provide valuable insight into the human voice's versatility, including the degree and methods of voice modulation. Forensic phonetic study should also find the occurrence to be quite relevant. The literature claims that there aren't many real cases of fraud via mimicry in the courts now, but if automatic voice recognition is included into security systems for personal identity, this could alter significantly in the near future. The study was aimed to analyze voice characteristics in male mimicry artists and comparative with normal subjects. There may be considerable variations in acoustic characteristics of voice in male mimicry artists. As the mimicry artist use their voice for hours in a day can be classified under Level II – professional voice users. However, some mimicry artists suffer voice problems due to excessive demand of voice at certain situations. As there is a lack of study regarding their voice characteristics of mimicry artists, thus the current study is carried out to show the voice characteristics in male mimicry artists. In this current study, 30 Mimicry Artist (Group A) were age and gendered matched with 30 Normal Subjects (no voice problem) (Group B) and divided into two groups. The Questionnaire for Voice Analysis on Mimicry Artist was given to Mimicry Artist group to report their voice symptoms and conditions then subjectively by using voice handicapped index (VHI). After taking the case history, later voice samples were analyzed. The subjects were made to phonate /a/, /i/, /u/ and the voice samples were recorded. The voice samples were then analyzed using PRRAT software and parameters were obtained. The study proves that Mimicry Artist do fall under the level I of professional voice users who suffer from moderate level of voice disorders and their vocal demands affect their quality of life in terms of breathy and hoarseness, the study also shows that not all parameters in acoustic analysis show abnormality. The features which differed from Normal’s will help us to identify early voice deviations and help in choosing proper remedy for it. Therefore, Mimicry Artist as a professional voice group should be considered for voice training and vocal hygiene programs.

Keywords:Mimicry; Voice Handicapped Index (VHI)

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Citation: Maruthi Krishna Goud K., et al. “Voice Analysis of Dubbing Artists".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 7.3 (2025): 04-22.

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