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 ...

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 ...

The use of one vocal habit could put some college students at a disadvantage when it comes to presenting a professional image, according to experts at Kansas State University. Linda Hoag, professor of ...

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 ...

As outlined in a report from the U.K.'s Daily Mail, speech pathologists have noticed a rise in "speaking in a creaky, rough and guttural sound," and a new study chalks it up to vocally fried ...

Today’s Science Times has a fascinating piece that has everyone today growling about the way young women speak. It turns out that linguistic trends often start with teenage girls. The cliché is the ...

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, ...

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 ...

A very tense mannequin modeling Spanx. Photo by Skip Bolen/Getty Images for Spanx In the Huffington Post recently, theater enthusiast and educator Jen Olenizcak—under the headline "Are Spanx Causing ...

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 ...