The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vocalization \Vo`cal*i*za"tion\, n.
   1. The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.
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   2. The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vocalization
    n 1: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by
         the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care
         of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
         [syn: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism,
         phonation, vox]
    2: the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication [syn:
       utterance, vocalization]