But what if that popular gender-based stereotype is wrong? Jeanne Brown, a graduate student at McGill University, has found ...

A form of speech known as vocal fry that is low in pitch and creaky sounding is increasingly common among young American women. A new study indicates that vocal fry is actually perceived negatively, ...

Vocal fry, or glottal fry, is the lowest voice register—below falsetto, head, and chest voices—and is characterized by a low-frequency rattling or frying sound. Although it feels like vocal fry reared ...

Q. What is “vocal fry,” and is it harmful to your voice? A. Vocal fry is a type of vocalization characterized by a low, creaky voice. Ramon Franco, director of laryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear ...

Whether or not you’re familiar with vocal fry, you’ve heard someone using it. Kim Kardashian’s use of vocal fry is notorious, as is Zooey Deschanel’s. (Searching for a good vocal fry example? YouTube ...

The growing popularity of so-called “vocal fry,” particularly among young women, is either a hot new trend or the bane of cultured discourse, depending on who you ask. But when it comes to popular ...

In a recent article in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, researchers at Duke University concluded that a speech characteristic known as “vocal fry” may be harmful to people’s career prospects, with ...

You may have heard of the hot new linguistic fad that's creeping into U.S. speech and undermining your job chances. Or maybe you know it as the debilitating speaking disorder afflicting North American ...