The Actor's Voice: Vocal Performance Assessment by Different Professionals

Area of Science:

• Vocal acoustics and performance analysis.
• Speech-language pathology and audiology.

Background:

• Actor's voice production is complex and requires professional assessment.
• Existing methods for vocal assessment include Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CAPE-V).

Purpose of the Study:

• To measure actors' global vocal performance (GVP) using overall voice quality (OVQ) and overall severity (OS).
• To investigate the correlation between GVP, OVQ, and OS in actors without self-reported vocal complaints.

Main Methods:

• 39 actors (20 male, 19 female) aged 18-53 with 8 years mean experience participated.
• Evaluated OS and OVQ using CAPE-V tasks and voice samples.
• Correlated GVP and OS scores, comparing results by sex and performance groups.

Main Results:

• Significant differences in GVP scores were found among performance groups.
• Mild vocal deviation was observed in the lowest GVP score group.
• An inverse correlation existed between GVP and OS, with no sex-based differences.

Conclusions:

• Actors without voice complaints exhibit varied GVP scores, unrelated to sex or professional experience.
• Lower GVP scores were associated with mild vocal deviations.
• An inverse relationship between GVP and OS was confirmed.