声域と話声位の臨床検査法について

THE RANGE OF VOICE IN MUSICAL SCALE AND THE SCALE IN CONVERSATIONAL VOICE

　Ⅰ．緒言

　声域や話声位の臨床検査法には一定したものがない。これは，たとえば話声位については話し声の高さを一点として示すことが難しいことや，検者に相当の音感が要求されることが原因と思われる。また，声域検査も発声語音の種類による測定値の比較など詳しい検討が行なわれていないためと考えられる。そこで著者は，この点に着目し声域と話声位の臨床検査法につき若干の検討を行ない，いささかの知見を得たので，ここに報告しご批判を仰ぐ次第である。

　An attempt is made to determine by clinical tests the range of one's voice and the scale upon which the conversational voice is carrried.

　(1) The range voice scale.

　The voice test were made by taking a tape-recording of the voice pronouncing either, do, re, mi scale or simple ah…in consonance with playing of an organ as a guide.

　(2) Conversational voice.

　The conversational voice is first recorded on a tape and the scale with which it was maintained was determined by comparing it to the tune of an organ. It was revealed that when the subject pronounces simple ah…, the quality of that voice generally fall quite close to that of the conversational. This may be termed as the voice at an indifferent position.