Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That data also indicates men may have employed vocal fry more than women in the recent past. To fill in some of these research ...

Ever wonder where that slow fluttering of the vocal chords comes from when, say, female college students are slightly bored or annoyed? that it's called "Vocal Fry," and it's actually somewhat of a ...

Should vocal fry be put on hold in an interview setting? Vocal fry. It’s a common speech pattern that’s been gaining popularity among young women in the United States. Now researchers suggest that ...

Women who speak with vocal fry, a vocal technique used by Julia Fox and Britney Spears, are seen as less intelligent and attractive, a recent study found. Getty Images; Brittney Spears Britney Spears, ...

Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio are studying the lowest vocal register used by chorus singers to better understand the emotional properties of music. The lowest register used by ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- The way a person talks says a lot about them. Do you speak with authority? Are you soft spoken? An increasingly common "style" of talk is raspy and creaky. It's called the vocal ...

HOUSTON, TX (KTRK) -- The new Bachelorette has it. Celebrities have it. Your wife --maybe your girlfriend ---or even you may have it. It's a sort of creak when you speak, and its afflicting young ...

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 ...

A study published in science journal PLOS One in May suggested that a speech pattern called vocal fry undermines the success of people, especially young women, in the labor market. Vocal fry involves ...

The topic of vocal fry has been on the tip of the collective tongue (or technically the back of the throat) since receiving a rash of publicity in 2012. This speech trend popularized by the likes of ...