Voice as the sound of the psyche
Changes in prosodic characteristics in depressive patients in long-term therapy
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Voice is individual and therefore several studies consider voice as a biomarker of health. Focusing on the change of voice parameters of depressed patients can provide an additional, objective measurement of the patientâs individual progress during psychotherapy. This retrospective study is focused on the analysis of voice parameters, specifically prosodic parameters, gathered from sessions and real-world data out of the Munich psychotherapy study (MPS). AIM: To investigate the prosodic parameters of patients with depression, their change over a long-term therapy and correlate them with Beck depression inventory (BDI) data. The analysis on the prosodic parameters aims to find, if and to what extent, a change in the patientâs voice can be discovered and identified. This data is then correlated with already available BDI data of each individual patient. The hypothesis is that voice expression is impacted by depression and changes with the state of depression.
- Date Issued 2026-03-19
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Authors
Hennenberg, Beate | University of Music and Performing Arts ViennaHolzweber, Christoph | Medizinische UniversitĂ€t WienStastka, Laurenz | Ludwig-Maximilians UniversitĂ€t MĂŒnchenKob, Malte | Hochschule fĂŒr Musik DetmoldLöffler-Stastka, Henriette | Medizinische UniversitĂ€t Wien
- DOI 10.5498/wjp.v16.i3.113646
- Language en
- License CC-BY-NC-4.0
- Subjects Voice Depression Fundamental frequency Emotional state
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