It was a critique of a research study. Because of the effects of aging on the larynx, the elderly sometimes have voices of really poor quality, in that they have low volume, pitch breaks, and people say they're harder to understand.
It was a treatment study that made the participants do exercises like holding "ahhh" as long as they could, and gliding up and down in pitch multiple times.
Before and after the treatment, data on their voices was only taken once each time. It would have been more valid and reliable if the researchers had taken data multiple times. The findings would have been stronger. I had to write this paper that critiqued the research experiment for all its strengths and weaknesses.
What's funny is that those exercises didn't improve their voice at all! It did improve the participants' feelings about their voices though, and they felt more confident and like their voice was less of a disability when talking to others. So that was a positive finding. It made them feel better about their voice. :)
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It was a critique of a research study. Because of the effects of aging on the larynx, the elderly sometimes have voices of really poor quality, in that they have low volume, pitch breaks, and people say they're harder to understand.
It was a treatment study that made the participants do exercises like holding "ahhh" as long as they could, and gliding up and down in pitch multiple times.
Before and after the treatment, data on their voices was only taken once each time. It would have been more valid and reliable if the researchers had taken data multiple times. The findings would have been stronger. I had to write this paper that critiqued the research experiment for all its strengths and weaknesses.
What's funny is that those exercises didn't improve their voice at all! It did improve the participants' feelings about their voices though, and they felt more confident and like their voice was less of a disability when talking to others. So that was a positive finding. It made them feel better about their voice. :)
Sorry to bore you! XD
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