Products: Computerized Voice Therapy
Vagmi Voice Therapy
a comprehensive software package for computerized voice therapy
Vagmi Voice Therapy is easy to operate and user friendly software package.
It requires no programming skills.
Contents of this Page: (A) Free Download (B) Introduction (C) General Features (C) Voice Therapy Options: Basic and Advanced
A. Free Download
Power Point Presentation of Demo:
Instructions:Right click on the link and 'Save Target As:
B. Introduction
Voice Awareness
Visit the page on Voice
Awareness to understand some general issues relating to voice.
What is Voice Therapy
Voice therapy involves certain exercises related
to the use of voice and articulation just like physical therapy
(or physio therapy). The vocal exercises to be practiced are
prescribed by a professional. The change in voice attributes are
monitored over time. Usually each sessions lasts for about 20
minutes and with about 2-3 sessions per week and the sessions may
last over several months
Who needs voice therapy?
People generally believe that 'voice' is
something that one is born-with. But, voice quality can be changed by
therapy to make it less abusing to vocal folds and more endearing to the
listeners.
Even persons with 'normal voice' may be improperly using voice production mechanism by habit leading to long term problems. Professionals who use voice extensively such as teachers,lawyers, singers etc. may be unaware of the voice dimensions. He/she has to be doubly
sure that the voice production mechanism is being used
optimally to avoid long
term complications.
A singer has to use the
optimum pitch. A singer has to make sure that he/she is
hitting the notes correctly. Therapy programs helps them.
'Voice Quality' being used may be such that one gets easily tired even after a brief interval of
speaking or singing.
'Voice Quality' being used may be such that the listener has
to strain to understand one's speech.
A person who speaks too loud or too soft or is unable to control voice
properly need to be aware of voice therapy.
A normal male person's voice may sound feminine (puber-phonia). Therapy helps in such cases. A person's voice may be highly nasal. Therapy may help.
A normal child may require voice and speech therapy due to improper learning.
A child with hearing impairment or a cochlear implant lacks good auditory feedback.
They can have normal voice.
A spastic child lacks muscular coordination. Parents of such children
need to be aware of
voice and speech therapy.
In case of voice
disorders, such as hoarseness, diagnosis has to be made by a voice specialist.
Appropriate therapy or micro-surgical intervention may be
required.
Vaghmi Voice Diagnostics software helps a voice
specialist to diagnose the voice disorder by means of acoustic
analysis.
C. General Features
Computerized voice therapy software, Vagmi, is a sophisticated
software tool that converts a PC into a therapy equipment. It has therapy programs for
Respiratory, Laryngeal and Voice Focus controls that determine the quality
of voice. Desciption of the therapy programs are given in the next section. The general features are given in this section.
Vagmi Voice Therapy provides a visual feedback of voice production
process to the client.
Thus the client is aware if he/she is
following the instructions properly.
Vagmi
software
displays the measured parameter in comparison with a model.
For example, if the client is
asked to practice at a pitch (fundamental frequency, F0) which is
different from the habitual pitch, then the computer software
gives a feedback if the client is practicing the correct F0,
within, say, 10 or 5%.
The performance over a session is scored.
Supposing the client has made 10 trials of which 6 were
successful, the score will be 60%. Supposing the client has
practiced for 10 seconds out of which he/she has been successful
for 6 seconds then the score is 60%. Performance scores
of different sessions can be compared by the client or the
therapist to see if progress is
satisfactory.
Reinforcement messages
to further enhance the
performance.
It has many
interesting games, puzzles etc with powerful visuals. Stimulating tasks are to
be achieved during therapy.
Goals can be set in a graded manner. What used to be monotonous and time consuming
has now become interesting, effective and time saving.
On-line help informs the therapist or
the user about the purpose of the program, instructions to be
followed, principle of therapy etc.
C. Therapy Options: Basic and Advanced
Customer can indent either Basic OR Advanced Option. Advanced option includes the basic option.
Download the power point presentation demo to study the details of the each of the menus.
See link at the top of the page under 'A. Free Download'.
Basic: 13 menu options are available.
- Assessment: (a) Voice Initiation and Sustenance (b) MPD-Intensity-F0
- Respiratory: (a) MPD Pacman (b) MPD Baloo (c) MPD Puzzle (d) S-Duration Puzzle (e) Z-Duration Puzzle
- Phonatory I: Intensity
(a) Intensity Control-1: Pyramid (b) Intensity Control-2: Mowgli (c) Sustain Intensity: Prism
- Phonatory I: F0 (a) F0 Meter (b) F0 Bird (c) F0 Voice
Advancedoption consists of the following 6 Menu options:
- Phonatory-II: (a) Intonation (b) Intonation-Real-Time (c) Phonetogram
- Laryngeal: (a) Acoustic glottogram (b) Glottal Leakage
- Laryngeal: Voice Focus
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