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

A new study has found young Australian women are no more likely than young men to speak with a "creak" in their voices — a ...

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

Ariana Grande is not here for the hate surrounding her vocal fry. After a clip from Grande’s recent appearance on the “Podcrushed” podcast went viral, the 30-year-old singer said in a TikTok comment ...

It turns out vocal fry, what the Internet is reporting as a new linguistic trend "creeping" into women's speech isn't much of a trend at all. A writeup of the research describes the speech pattern as ...

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Khidr, who has been looking into vocal fry for some time, said that while using the style occasionally is fine, to do it more frequently can be problematic. She likened the creak to driving a manual ...

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 ...