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 ...

Vocal fry is the intereeeeeestaaaaaaang phenomenon that's grown increasingly common among young women ever since Ke$ha woke up in the morning feeling like P-Diddy ...

If you're job-seeking woman with a creaky, low-pitch voice, you may have some trouble securing a gig, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found that women who speak ...

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 ...

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 ...

You're probably familiar with upspeak? Like when someone's voice goes up at the end of a sentence, even though they're not asking a question? You're likely aware of vocal fry, too — that phenomenon ...

When noted feminist Naomi Wolf has something to say, I generally find myself head bobbing, fist pumping, and performing other embarrassing forms of agreement. Wolf's open letter about vocal fry, ...

Have you noticed that your teenager’s voice sounds unnaturally low and gravelly, like a door on rusty hinges or a quacking duck? Does it annoy you? You’ve probably detected vocal fry, or what ...

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 ...

Vocal fry, that so-called “epidemic” that’s “plaguing” the speech of women everywhere, was the focus of voice professor John Nix’s research into the potential uses and benefits of utilizing vocal fry ...

Dear Amy: I DETEST the grating, creaking and dragged-out tonal quality of “vocal fry,” as epitomized by the Kardashians’ voices. Not only is this croaking like fingernails on the chalkboard, but it ...