Their findings clearly indicate an inordinate amount of vocal fry criticism is directed towards women. At the same time, the ...

Kim Kardashian does it. So do Scarlett Johansson and Katy Perry. And it turns out many whales also use “vocal fry,” the deep, gravelly vocal register these celebrities and a growing number of young ...

Macquarie University researchers have found social perceptions, not speech patterns, may explain why vocal fry is more often ...

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Image representing “Multicultural Australian English: The new voice of Sydney,” a project that aims to examine speech production in the culturally diverse nation. SYDNEY, Dec. 8, 2023 – Vocal fry has ...

DEAR AMY: I DETEST the grating, creaking and dragged-out tonal quality of “vocal fry,” as epitomized by the Kardashians’ voices. Not only is this croaking like fingernails on the chalkboard, but it ...

Like, literally, you know, so, um, totally: These are just a few of the features that often get associated with women’s speech, and not in a good way. Instead, most of the time, young women’s voices ...

Scan of a porpoise head showing the phonic lips, which help produce echolocation clicks, and the round, fatty melon that conducts sound into the water Christian B. Christensen, Aarhus University Vocal ...

In a moment of sheer boredom several weeks ago, I decided to watch a new TV show to kill some free time. But I didn’t choose to watch "Parks and Recreation," "The Office" or "House of Cards." No, I ...

Be right back, diving for a giant squiiiiiid. By Sam Jones Dolphins, pilot whales and sperm whales use echolocation clicks to hunt and subdue their prey. But the animals, known as toothed whales, also ...

Vocal fry - you know, that low, creaky voice sound that a lot of people use? Well, new research in the journal Science now shows that the same type of vocal fry is what allows certain kinds of whales ...

Scientists have confirmed that toothed whales use vocal registers to produce a variety of sounds – something previously confirmed only in humans and crows. Vocal fry - you know, that low, creaky voice ...