Wearable Neck Surface Accelerometers for Occupational Vocal Health Monitoring: Instrument and Analysis Validation Study

Zhengdong Lei   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Lisa Martignetti   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Chelsea Ridgway   ² , BSc ;   Simon Peacock   ³ ;   Jon T Sakata   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Nicole Y K Li-Jessen   ^{1, 5, 6, 7, 8} , MPhil, PhD

¹ School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

² School of Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, QC, Canada

³ The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists – Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁴ Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁵ The Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁶ Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁷ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁸ Research Institute of McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

*these authors contributed equally