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Anick Lamarche
Ph.D. student

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Fields of interest:

  • The singing voice
  • Normative data of the
    singer population
    (focusing on phonetogram measures)
  • Improvement of the clinical assessment of the singing voice (provide better evaluation tools for Speech Language Pathologists in order to improve rehabilitative direction and choices)

KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
TMH - Dept of Speech, Music and Hearing

Contact information:

Lindstedtsv. 24
100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Work phone: (+46 8) 790 7857
My status
Email: anick@nada.kth.se



Download my thesis! Putting the Singing Voice on the Map

Biographical Profile

I discovered early the passion for music. The piano was my first instrument soon followed by the violin and finally singing lessons. In 2001, I obtained a Bachelor in Music performance from the University of Toronto. Further voice studies lead to a Master's in Music performance at l 'Université de Montréal. In the meantime, I developed an interest for the physiology of voice. The Baxter & Ricard Foundation in Canada has supported my new interests and currently funds my doctoral research in Music Acoustics: singing voice analysis, at TMH, KTH. In the summer 2005, I also graduated from the Summer Vocolgoy Institute in Denver, Colorado.

My general research focus is the clinical voice evaluation of the singing voice. A long-term goal of my research project is to improve the evaluation of the singing voice in clinical settings. A tailored assessment of the singing voice is crucial to the elaboration of effective rehabilitation work. The hopeful end result of this research is to provide useful and clinically accessible evaluation possibilities for the singing voice. The identification of differences between elite voice performance needs and functional voice needs is important. In this line of thought, the collection of reliable quantitative data on the healthy and pathologic singing voice is necessary in order to provide some quality information in regards to elite professional voice support systems.

At present, my research is more specifically centered on the use of the phonetograph as part of the clinical voice evaluation process. A short term goal is to enhance and facilitate the phonetogram or voice range profile (VRP). As a voice assessment tool, the VRP, is used extensively in speech research and clinical settings. Some studies have also looked at singing voice VRPs. My ongoing research combines these three next goals:
1) collect normative phonetographic data for female classical singers
2) Using the self-perception and performance experience of the singers to map new inner-VRP areas of interest
3) A Swedish translation of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) adapted to singers. This version of the VHI is being currently tested. If you are Swedish and a singer (any genre, any level), take 5 to 8 minutes to fill out the VHI online. You will find a header called "RHI anpassat för sång" on this webpage.



Updated Oct 24 2007 Maintained by Anick Lamarche