Get Started Symptoms of Voice Quality Concerns in Childhood Want immediate help? Try the CadeyLite mobile app, available now in the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. When we need to turn off the fan, air conditioning, and sound machine to hear what a child or teen is articulating OR when we need to warn office mates in connecting suites that the noise may carry, we are noting a difference in voice quality.
Children with autism often sound stilted or robotic or have a tone of voice that lacks prosody or talk in a very soft or loud voice. The most common association here is with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).Ĭertainly, not everyone on the Spectrum has a remarkable voice quality, but it is commonly noticed in clinical settings. Psychologists care about voice quality because it can indicate that the clinician should look more closely at developmental or genetic causes. On rare occasions, a listener may hear an accent, such as a British accent (when the child or parents have not lived abroad or the child does not have reason to have an accent). We may first notice these differences in the preschool years when meaningful speech develops and children have more to say. A child with a remarkable voice will sound different than expected, with words coming across high or low in pitch or soft in volume. Voice is measured by hearing a child speak. When a child has good hearing and no medical issues around the throat or vocal cords, their voice tends to present typically and cause no notice or concern from the listener. Voice quality in childhood is noteworthy when a child has an unusual pitch, tone, volume, or rhythm of speech. Voice quality in childhood is the quality of the sound air makes when it is forced out of a child’s lungs and passes over their vocal cords. She is a Pediatric Speech and Language Pathologist. This article was written with contributions from Vinita Kokatnur-Lemercier CCC-SLP.
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