Voice and Speech Characteristics of Radio Jockeys

Abstract

Professional voice users are a group of professionals who use their voice for professional purposes. As their profession depends on their voice, they are required to have many qualities that would assure them success in their profession. This study investigated the qualities of Radio Jockeys who are an upcoming group of professional voice users. A group of 5 Radio Jockeys were compared with 5 age and gender matched non-professional voice users on various parameters of voice, speech, fluency, and aerodynamics. The results indicated that the Radio Jockeys were superior in all the parameters compared to the nonprofessional voice users. Using these results a training module can be developed to train novice Radio Jockeys.