Voice training and therapy with a semi-occluded vocal tract: rationale and scientific underpinningsIngo R Titze
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 49:448-59. 2006
..Little has been done, however, to provide the scientific underpinnings. The purpose of the study was to investigate the underlying physical principles behind the training and therapy approaches that use semi-occluded vocal tract shapes...
- Reverse phonation--physiologic and clinical aspects of this speech voice therapy modality
Leila Susana Finger
UFSM RS
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 73:271-7. 2007
..Reverse phonation is the voice production during inspiration, accomplished spontaneously in situations such as when a person sighs...
- [Voice exploratory methods into professional vocal singers]
M D Cobzeanu
Clinica ORL 1, Facultatea de Medicina, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr T Popa, Iasi
Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 111:190-3. 2007
..The modern methods microlaryngoscopy, stroboscopy, electroglottography are presented and comparatively evaluated with classic explorations, as direct and indirect laryngoscopy...
- Muscle tension dysphonia in children: Voice characteristics and outcome of voice therapy
Eun-Kyung Lee
Department of Otorhinolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 69:911-7. 2005
..CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that the proper diagnosis of MTD in children warrants prompt and favorable responses to voice therapy regardless of coexistence of vocal nodules...
- Effects of singing training on the speaking voice of voice majors
Ana P Mendes
Instituto de Engenharia Electrónica e Telemática de Aveiro, Universidade de Aveiro, Escola Superior de Saúde, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810 193 Aveiro, Portugal
J Voice 18:83-9. 2004
..These results confirm earlier cross-sectional studies that compared singers with nonsingers, in that singing training mostly affects the singing voice and rarely the speaking voice...
- Self-assessment of voice therapy for chronic dysphonia
R Speyer
Audiology/ENT Department, University Hospital Maastricht, and The Institute of Phoniatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci 29:66-74. 2004
..In order to obtain a general evaluation of the patient's handicap, it may suffice to ask some simple questions...
- Do vocal warm-up exercises alleviate vocal fatigue?
Rochelle L Milbrath
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 46:422-36. 2003
..Informal inspection of the data indicated that the most obvious difference was an increase in PTP after the loud-reading task at the highest pitch...
- Source and filter adjustments affecting the perception of the vocal qualities twang and yawn
Ingo R Titze
Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, National Center for Voice and Speech, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 28:147-55. 2003
..Listeners demonstrated variable perceptions in both continua with poor inter-subject, intra-subject, and inter-group reliability...
- Telehealth: voice therapy using telecommunications technology
Pauline A Mashima
Speech Pathology Clinic, Otolaryngology Service, Department of Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, 1 Jarrett White Road, Tripler AMC, HI 96859 5000, USA
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 12:432-9. 2003
..Reasons for participants discontinuing therapy prematurely provided support for the telehealth model of service delivery...
- Voice recognition products-an occupational risk for users with ULDs?
N R Williams
Head of EMAS, Health and Safety Executive, 1 Hagley Road, Birmingham B16 8HS, UK
Occup Med (Lond) 53:452-5. 2003
..Aim This paper describes four cases of vocal dysfunction related to the use of such software, which have been identified from the database of the Voice and Speech Laboratory of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear infirmary (MEEI)...
- Image, imagination, and reality: on effectiveness of introductory work with vocalists
Irene Gullaer
School of Music and Music Education, UNSW, Australia
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 31:89-96. 2006
..A case study of the New Zealand experience was conducted with groups of Maori and European students. Unique properties and trends in the voices of Maori people are discussed...
- Postlaryngectomy voice rehabilitation: state of the art at the millennium
Dale H Brown
Wharton Head and Neck Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Suite 3-950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9
World J Surg 27:824-31. 2003
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- Vocal improvement after voice therapy in unilateral vocal fold paralysis
Antonio Schindler
Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche L Sacco, L Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
J Voice 22:113-8. 2008
..VHI values showed a clear and significant improvement. A significant improvement of voice quality and quality of life after voice therapy is an often reached and reasonable goal in patients with UVFP...
- Vibrato rate adjustment
Christopher Dromey
Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
J Voice 17:168-78. 2003
..This ability to modify rate may have beneficial effects on the artistic quality of the voice for performance...
- Vocal warm-up increases phonation threshold pressure in soprano singers at high pitch
Tamara Motel
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
J Voice 17:160-7. 2003
..An elevated Pth at controlled high pitch, but an unchanging maximum and minimum frequency production suggests that short-term vocal exercise may increase the viscosity of the vocal fold and thus serve to stabilize the high voice...
- Vocal fatigue in young trained singers across a solo performance: a preliminary study
Nathan V Welham
Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 29:3-12. 2004
..Sound pressure level and pitch indices appeared more useful than perturbation indices in reflecting meaningful trends in vocal change...
- Treatment outcomes for professional voice users
Judith M Wingate
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 7420, USA
J Voice 21:433-49. 2007
..It was concluded that the combined treatment was responsible for the improvements observed. The results indicate that a combined modality treatment may be successful in the remediation of vocal problems for professional voice users...
- Clinical characteristics and voice analysis of patients with mutational dysphonia: clinical significance of diplophonia and closed quotients
Jae Yol Lim
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
J Voice 21:12-9. 2007
..Identification of these characteristics may affect treatment choices, facilitate monitoring of the efficacy of therapy, and aid in estimating prognosis...
- Outcome of vocal hygiene in singers
Bernadette Timmermans
Department Rits, Erasmus Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 13:138-42. 2005
..In this article, we illustrate the evolution of studies that contribute to a better understanding of vocal care for professional voice users and singers in particular...
- Spectral moments of the long-term average spectrum: sensitive indices of voice change after therapy?
Kristine Tanner
Department of Communication Disorders, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 0252, USA
J Voice 19:211-22. 2005
..001), indicating that spectral mean (ie, Moment 1) of the LTAS may be one acoustic marker sensitive to improvement in dysphonia severity...
- A holistic approach to voice therapy
Joseph C Stemple
Blaine Block Institute for Voice Analysis and Rehabilitation, Dayton, Ohio 45402, USA
Semin Speech Lang 26:131-7. 2005
..This article introduces the concept of holistic voice therapy and describes the specific Vocal Function Exercise Program...
- [Voice disorder. Conservative management]
E Kruse
, Bereich Humanmedizin, , Robert-Koch-Strasse 40,
Laryngorhinootologie 84:S192-200. 2005
- Glottal open quotient in singing: measurements and correlation with laryngeal mechanisms, vocal intensity, and fundamental frequency
Nathalie Henrich
LAM UPMC, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture, 75015 Paris, France
J Acoust Soc Am 117:1417-30. 2005
..It ranges from 0.3 to 0.8 in mechanism 1 and from 0.5 to 0.95 in mechanism 2. The open quotient is strongly related to vocal intensity in mechanism 1 and to fundamental frequency in mechanism 2...
- Task specificity in adductor spasmodic dysphonia versus muscle tension dysphonia
Nelson Roy
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 0252, USA
Laryngoscope 115:311-6. 2005
..This study examined the diagnostic value of "task specificity" as a marker of ADSD and its potential to differentiate ADSD from muscle tension dysphonia (MTD), a functional voice disorder that can often masquerade as ADSD...
- Artificially lengthened and constricted vocal tract in vocal training methods
Irene Velsvik Bele
Volda University College, Faculty of Education, Volda, Norway
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 30:34-40. 2005
..The influence of sufficient acoustic impedance on vocal fold vibration and economical voice production is presented...
- Fragments of a Greek Trilogy: impact on phonation
Carol Ferrone
Department of Biobehavioral Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
J Voice 18:488-99. 2004
..Measures of maximum sustained phonation, fundamental frequency, and sound pressure levels remained stable. Videoendoscopy revealed normal function of the larynx and vocal folds...
- Effects of HearFones on speaking and singing voice quality
Anne Maria Laukkanen
Department of Speech Communication and Voice Research, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
J Voice 18:475-87. 2004
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- The reliability and sensitivity to change of acoustic measures of voice quality
P N Carding
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Newcastle, UK
Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci 29:538-44. 2004
..Caution should be exercised in the injudicious use of computer-based acoustic analysis systems as an isolated measure of voice outcome in any clinical trial of interventions aimed at improving voice quality...
- Voice source differences between registers in female musical theater singers
Eva Björkner
Department of Speech Music Hearing, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
J Voice 20:187-97. 2006
..Results showed that for typical tokens, MFDR and Q(closed) were significantly greater, whereas U(p-t-p) and therefore NAQ were significantly lower in chest than in head...
- Voice medicine: arts medicine for otolaryngologists
Robert Thayer Sataloff
Ear Nose Throat J 84:684-5. 2005
- [Pedagogy of inspiration]
François Le Huche
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 123:338-9. 2002
..A training that would preserve the natural nature of the gesture thanks to the practice of relaxation, permits however to avoid this difficulty and to lead to a better rehabilitation of the phonatory behaviour...
- [The patient, his guides, his therapists. Role of the orthophonist]
Valérie Gardeux-Zanotti
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 123:334-6. 2002
..Based on personal case experience, the author seeks to alert the reader to the role of supportive listening, empathy and personal qualities of the therapist which enable him/her to come to a better understanding of the patient's problem...
- Interactions between voice clinics and singing teachers: a report on the British Voice Association questionnaire to voice clinics in the UK
J Davies
British Voice Association, Institute of Laryngology and Otology, London, UK
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 32:83-6. 2007
..On the matter of gaining expertise and training, 74% of the clinics replying would enable singing teachers to observe clinic sessions for experience and 21% were willing to assist in training them for clinic-associated work...
- Long-term outcome of hyperfunctional voice disorders based on a multiparameter approach
K M Van Lierde
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Gent, Gent, The Netherlands
J Voice 21:179-88. 2007
..Whether the long-term voice outcome results can be changed with the insertion of several follow-up voice rehabilitation sessions over the years remains unanswered and is a subject for further research...
Swallowing and voice effects of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT): a pilot studyA el Sharkawi
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 72:31-6. 2002
..CONCLUSIONS: LSVT seemingly improved neuromuscular control of the entire upper aerodigestive tract, improving oral tongue and tongue base function during the oral and pharyngeal phases of swallowing as well as improving vocal intensity...
- [The measurement of voice quality and voice capacity to penetrate background noise and multidimensional voice program]
J Pahn
, , Rostock, Deutschland
Folia Phoniatr Logop 53:308-16. 2001
..This method is therefore suitable for vocal diagnostic purposes, for evaluating the success of therapy, and testing the aptitude for voice-related professions...
- The resonance tube method in voice therapy: description and practical implementations
Susanna Simberg
Abo Akademi University, Department of Logopedics, Turku, Finland
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 32:165-70. 2007
..In this paper, some of the most common ways of using the tube are presented...
- Professional voice users: the evaluation of voice disorders
R T Sataloff
Thomas Jefferson University and Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Occup Med 16:633-47, v. 2001
..Physicians should be familiar with the latest concepts in voice diagnosis and treatment, and with the management of common voice disorders...
- Acoustic analysis of voice in children with noduli vocales
G Niedzielska
Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Phoniatry and Audiology, Medical Academy, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 60:119-22. 2001
..These parameters during treatment tend to approach normal values. Therefore, the acoustic analysis of voice may be used in treatment monitoring...
- The aging voice: a review, treatment data and familial and genetic perspectives
L O Ramig
Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colo 80309, USA
Folia Phoniatr Logop 53:252-65. 2001
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- Phonetograms as a tool in the voice clinic: changes across voice therapy for patients with vocal fatigue
Eva B Holmberg
Karolinska Institute, CLINTEC, Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 32:113-27. 2007
..The results and experiences from the assessments are discussed in terms of the use of phonetograms as a tool in the voice clinic and for voice therapy outcome evaluation...
- The effect of vocal hygiene education for patients with vocal polyp
Young Sun Yun
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam Gu, Seoul, Korea
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 137:569-75. 2007
..The authors aimed to assess the effect of vocal hygiene education for patients suffering with vocal polyp and to discover the meaningful factors that can predict better outcomes with performing vocal hygiene...
- Relations of singing talent with voice onset time of trained and untrained female singers
Christopher R McCrea
Department of Communicative Disorders, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614 1702, USA
Percept Mot Skills 105:133-42. 2007
..Despite a significant difference observed, relatively small effect sizes and statistical power make it difficult to draw any conclusions regarding the usefulness of voice onset time as an indicator of singing talent...
- [Voice emission and the tongue]
Elzbieta Przerwa
Szpital Miejski im. Sw. Karola Boromeusza w Szczecinie al. Wyzwolenia 52, 71-586 Szczecin
Ann Acad Med Stetin 52:31-5. 2006
..When learning voice emission, more attention paid to tongue function and its role in voice formation could improve the training and rehabilitation processes...
Voice assessment: updates on perceptual, acoustic, aerodynamic, and endoscopic imaging methodsDaryush D Mehta
Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Harvard MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, One Bowdoin Square, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 16:211-5. 2008
..This paper describes recent advances in perceptual, acoustic, aerodynamic, and endoscopic imaging methods for assessing voice function...
- A pilot survey of vocal health in young singers
Emily S Tepe
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware 19803, USA
J Voice 16:244-50. 2002
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- [Treatment of vocal symptoms in Parkinson's disease: the Lee Silverman method]
Alice Estevo Dias
Faculdade de Medicina, , , SP, Brasil
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 61:61-6. 2003
..Although the articulatory pattern has not considerably changed, the benefits obtained with the improvement in vocal quality positively influenced overall quality of oral communication...
- Outcome of treatment regarding articulation, resonance and voice in Flemish adults with unilateral and bilateral cleft palate
Kristiane M Van Lierde
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Audiology and Speech Pathology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Folia Phoniatr Logop 55:80-90. 2003
..The results provide important information for speech-language pathologists to evaluate and improve speech outcome in cleft palate patients...
- Childhood voice disorders: ambulatory evaluation and operative diagnosis
Russell A Faust
Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Street, Detroit, Ml 48201, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 42:1-9. 2003
- [Biofeedback in young singer vocal training]
Paula Ciochină
Disciplina de Cunoştinte Muzicale Canto, Facultatea de Compoziţie, Muzicologie, Pedagogie Muzicală si Teatru, Universitatea de Arte G Enescu, Iasi
Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 111:303-6. 2007
..The results of the study also indicate that the development of new technology for youth singer vocal training, may be useful to these singers...
- Quantitative analysis of professionally trained versus untrained voices
Nora Siupsinskiene
Clinic of Othorhinolaryngology, Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Eiveniu 2, 3007 Kaunas, Lithuania
Medicina (Kaunas) 39:36-46. 2003
..One hundred eighty six healthy volunteers were divided into two groups according to voice training: non-professional speakers group consisted of 106 untrained voices persons (36 males and 70 females) and ..
- Occupational voice complaints and objective acoustic measurements-do they correlate?
Laura Lehto
Laboratory of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 31:147-52. 2006
..Also the self-reported voice symptoms increased significantly during the working day. However, correlations between vocal symptoms and acoustic measures were not found...
- The science and practice of LSVT/LOUD: neural plasticity-principled approach to treating individuals with Parkinson disease and other neurological disorders
Cynthia M Fox
Research Associate, National Center for Voice and Speech, Denver, CO Research Lecturer, Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Semin Speech Lang 27:283-99. 2006
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- Effects of laryngeal cancer on voice and swallowing
Heather M Starmer
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, 601 N Caroline Street, Room 6265, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 41:793-818, vii. 2008
..Eating and swallowing are vital to life sustenance and also allow for a myriad of social interactions. Laryngeal cancer can have a dramatic impact on this delicately balanced system leading to disturbances of voice and swallowing...
- Toward improved differential diagnosis of adductor spasmodic dysphonia and muscle tension dysphonia
Nelson Roy
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 0252, USA
Folia Phoniatr Logop 59:83-90. 2007
..This investigation examined the diagnostic value of variable sign expression based upon phonetic loading as a means to disambiguate ADSD and MTD...
- [Training strategies of the spontaneous voice in the reeducation of the speech voice]
N Charpy
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 127:335-8. 2006
..It is in this step and this progression that one can ensure oneself of a vocal recovery reaching the spontaneousness which the word needs to be and remain alive...
- Voice quality changes following phonatory-respiratory effort treatment (LSVT) versus respiratory effort treatment for individuals with Parkinson disease
C A Baumgartner
Wilbur James Gould Voice Research Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Colorado 80204, USA
J Voice 15:105-14. 2001
..The present findings are consistent with acoustic and physiologic findings reported previously, providing further evidence for the efficacy of the LSVT...
- Vocal hygiene education, voice production therapy, and the role of patient adherence: a treatment effectiveness study in women with phonotrauma
Alison Behrman
New York University, New York, NY, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 51:350-66. 2008
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- Training outcome in future professional voice users after 18 months of voice training
Bernadette Timmermans
Department Rits, Erasmus Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Folia Phoniatr Logop 56:120-9. 2004
The goal of this study is to define the long-term influence of vocal hygiene education and the effectiveness of voice training in 46 students...
- Birth control pills and nonprofessional voice: acoustic analyses
Ofer Amir
Department of Communication Disorders, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
J Speech Lang Hear Res 49:1114-26. 2006
..Study 2 presents a meta-analysis that combined the results of Study 1 with those from 3 recent studies that compared voices of women who use and do not use birth control pills...
- An update in thinking about nonorganic voice disorders
Eberhard Seifert
Division of Phoniatrics, Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic, Head and Neck Surgery, Inselspital, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 132:1128-32. 2006
..It is therefore necessary to include both of these in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with voice disorders...
- The efficacy of a voice training program: a case-control study in China
Jingming Duan
Department of Otolaryngology, Third Hospital, Peking University, No 49, Hua Yuan Bei Lu, Haidian District, 100191 Beijing, People s Republic of China
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 267:101-5. 2010
The objective of this study was to design a voice training program for Chinese speakers, and to evaluate its efficacy. It was a prospective, randomized, case-control study practiced in three middle schools in Beijing, China...
- Analysis and evaluation of a voice-training program in future professional voice users
Bernadette Timmermans
Department Rits, Erasmus Institute, Brussels, Belgium
J Voice 19:202-10. 2005
..Twenty-three professional voice users received voice training for 2 years and vocal hygiene education for 1 year...
- The lost voice: a history of the castrato
J S Jenkins
St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 13:1503-8. 2000
..Boys were castrated between the ages of 7 and 9 years, and underwent a long period of voice training. A small number became international opera stars, of whom the most famous was Farinelli, whose voice ranged ..
- [Organic changes of the vocal cords. Phonosurgery helps here]
N H Kleinsasser
Klinik u Poliklinik für Hals, Nasen u Ohrenkranke, LMU Munchen, Marchioninistr 15, D 81377 Munchen
MMW Fortschr Med 143:32-5. 2001
..Provided the indications are carefully established and concomitent voice training is offered, phonosurgical interventions may be a good means of ameliorating morphological and functional ..
- Functional symptoms confused with allergic disorders in children and adolescents
Bodo Niggemann
Department of Pneumology and Immunology, University Children s Hospital Charité of Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 13:312-8. 2002
..g. breathing therapy, voice training)...
- Effects of a semioccluded vocal tract on laryngeal muscle activity and glottal adduction in a single female subject
Anne Maria Laukkanen
Department of Speech Communication and Voice Research, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Folia Phoniatr Logop 60:298-311. 2008
b>Voice training exploits semiocclusives, which increase vocal tract interaction with the source...
- Effects of voice training and voice hygiene education on acoustic and perceptual speech parameters and self-reported vocal well-being in female teachers
Irma Ilomaki
Department of Speech Communication and Voice Research, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 33:83-92. 2008
Voice education programs may help in optimizing teachers' voice use. This study compared effects of voice training (VT) and voice hygiene lecture (VHL) in 60 randomly assigned female teachers...
- Predictors of phoneme and stress perception in undergraduate students of singing
Susan E Abbott
Department of Human Services, Stephen F Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
J Voice 23:460-9. 2009
..Ten students with varying levels of university voice training served as participants...
- [A case study on therapy for functional voice disorder of glottal dysraphism patient]
Fei Wang
Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310016, China
Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 23:546-8. 2009
..To testify the effect of voice therapy methods for the glottal dysraphism patient with functional voice disorder...
- Aerodynamics of the pseudo-glottis
M N Kotby
Unit of Phoniatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Folia Phoniatr Logop 61:24-8. 2009
..These parameters include airflow rate, sub-pseudo-glottic pressure (SubPsG), efficiency and resistance, as well as sound pressure level (SPL)...
- VoiceRelease
Anne Rosing-Schow
Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 35:166-8. 2010
..The VoiceRelease treatment should closely interact with functional voice training and should therefore be carried out by the speech-language therapist (SLT)...
- [Esophageal voice training and quality of life in laryngectomees]
Chun Mei Lu
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100021, China
Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 42:353-6. 2007
..To evaluate the extensive and degree of physical rehabilitation improvement of the quality of life in laryngectomees...
- Physical appearance and voice in male-to-female transsexuals
J Van Borsel
Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
J Voice 15:570-5. 2001
..It follows that the success of voice training in male-to-female transsexuals is not solely dependent on vocal characteristics and that speech pathologists ..
- A theoretical study of F0-F1 interaction with application to resonant speaking and singing voice
Ingo R Titze
Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Voice 18:292-8. 2004
..Thus, from a voice training and control standpoint, there may be reasons to operate the system in either interactive and noninteractive ..
- Change in vibrato rate and extent during tertiary training in classical singing students
Helen F Mitchell
Australian Centre for Applied Research in Music Performance, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Voice 24:427-34. 2010
..For elite singing students, achieving and developing vibrato may constitute one of the essential elements of their vocal training, although it is not necessarily a focus of that training...
- Biosimulation of acute phonotrauma: an extended model
Nicole Y K Li
Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Laryngoscope 121:2418-28. 2011
..The central aim of the present study was to investigate the utility of mechanistic computational modeling of inflammation and healing to address personalized therapy for patients with acute phonotrauma...
- Patient perceptions of voice therapy adherence
Eva Van Leer
Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA
J Voice 24:458-69. 2010
..This study yields information toward the development of scales to measure adherence-related constructs and strategies to improve treatment adherence in voice therapy...
- Neural correlates of efficacy of voice therapy in Parkinson's disease identified by performance-correlation analysis
Shalini Narayana
Department of Radiology, Research Imaging Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA
Hum Brain Mapp 31:222-36. 2010
..These findings demonstrate that the short-term changes in the speech motor and multimodal integration areas can occur in a top-down manner...
- Classification of the classical male singing voice using long-term average spectrum
AARON M JOHNSON
Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA
J Voice 25:538-43. 2011
..Long-term average spectrum (LTAS) average is an objective measurement that could be used to classify a singer's voice. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of LTAS with singing-voice classification...
- Effectiveness of voice therapy in functional dysphonia: where are we now?
Marianne Bos-Clark
Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust, and Department of Linguistics and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Education, Health, and Welfare, University College Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 19:160-4. 2011
..To review the recent literature since the 2009 Cochrane review regarding the effectiveness of voice therapy for patients with functional dysphonia...
- Clinical practice guideline: hoarseness (dysphonia)
Seth R Schwartz
Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Avenue, MS X10 ON, PO Box 900, Seattle, WA 98111, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 141:S1-S31. 2009
..This guideline applies to all age groups evaluated in a setting where hoarseness would be identified or managed. It is intended for all clinicians who are likely to diagnose and manage patients with hoarseness...
- One-year follow-up study of self-evaluated effects of voice massage, voice training, and voice hygiene lecture in female teachers
Kirsti Leppanen
Department of Speech Communication and Voice Research, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 35:13-8. 2010
..and, additionally, a randomly chosen group of 30 subjects was given voice massage treatment and another group voice training (5 x 1 hour sessions) over 2 months...
- Effects of compliance monitoring of vocal function exercises on voice outcome measures for normal voice
Lee W Ellis
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Toledo, 2801 W Bancroft St, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
Percept Mot Skills 112:729-36. 2011
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- [Applicability of Voice Handicap Index to the evaluation of voice therapy effectiveness in teachers]
Ewa Niebudek-Bogusz
Klinika Audiologii i Foniatrii, Instytut Medycyny Pracy im prof J Nofera, Łódź
Med Pr 58:501-9. 2007
..The aim of this study was to assess the applicability of Voice Handicap Index (VHI) to the evaluation of effectiveness of functional voice disorders treatment in teachers...
- Resonant voice in acting students: perceptual and acoustic correlates of the trained Y-Buzz by Lessac
Viviane Barrichelo-Lindström
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP EPM, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Voice 23:603-9. 2009
..It was not possible to establish association between the perceptual grades and measures F(1)-F(0) or F(1)-H(2)...
- Acoustic analyses of trained singers perceptually identified from speaking samples
H B Rothman
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA
J Voice 15:25-35. 2001
..The identified singers varied their speaking fundamental frequency significantly more than did both the unidentified singers and the nonsingers. The identified singers also had longer vocalic segments than did the others...
- [Phoniatric and laryngologic symptoms in motor neuron disease (MND)]
Beata Miśkiewicz
Klinika Audiologii i Foniatrii, Instytut Fizjologii i Patologii Słuchu w Warszawie
Otolaryngol Pol 64:171-6. 2010
..Motor neuron disease is a progressive neurologic disorder characterized by degeneration of motor neurons in the cerebral cortex, brain stem and spinal cord...
- Effectiveness of voice therapy in reflux-related voice disorders
K Vashani
Department of Audiology and Speech Therapy, BYL Nair Hospital and TN Medical College, Mumbai, India
Dis Esophagus 23:27-32. 2010
..Dysphonia is a significant problem in GER. Treatment for GER improves dysphonia, but in addition, voice therapy enhances the improvement...
- Perceptual, auditory and acoustic vocal analysis of speech and singing in choir conductors
Maria Inês Beltrati Cornacchioni Rehder
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Pro Fono 20:195-200. 2008
..the voice of choir conductors...
- The vocal quality in female student teachers during the 3 years of study
K M Van Lierde
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Speech and Language, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium
J Voice 24:599-605. 2010
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- The Acoustic Voice Quality Index: toward improved treatment outcomes assessment in voice disorders
Youri Maryn
Department of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, Sint Jan General Hospital, Ruddershove 10, Bruges, Belgium
J Commun Disord 43:161-74. 2010
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- Vocal technique in a group of Middle Eastern singers
Abdul Latif Hamdan
Department of Otolaryngology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Folia Phoniatr Logop 60:217-21. 2008
..We aimed to report on the vocal technique in a group of Middle Eastern singers...
- Singing for children and adults with bronchiectasis
Jung Yoon Irons
Queensland s Children s Respiratory Centre, Royal Children s Hospital, Herston Road, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4029
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2:CD007729. 2010
..Given the simplicity of the potentially beneficial intervention, future randomised controlled trials are required to evaluate singing therapy for people with bronchiectasis...
- Vocal and laryngeal modifications produced by the sonorous tongue vibration technique
Karine Schwarz
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Pro Fono 21:161-6. 2009
..effectiveness of the sonorous tongue vibration technique (STVT)...
- Combined auditory and articulatory training improves phonological deficit in children with dyslexia
Barbara Joly-Pottuz
University Hospital and Institut de Neuroscience Cognitive de la Mediterranee, Marseille, France
Neuropsychol Rehabil 18:402-29. 2008
..Results are interpreted with reference to current theories about mechanisms underlying dyslexia...
- Acquisition of mands and tacts with concurrent echoic training
Tiffany Kodak
MUNROE MEYER INSTITUTE AND UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA
J Appl Behav Anal 42:839-43. 2009
..Results indicated that combining echoic training with mand or tact training increased unprompted manding and tacting...
- Comprehensive management of psychogenic dysphonia: a case illustration
Paulomi M Sudhir
Department of Mental Health and Social Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India
J Commun Disord 42:305-12. 2009
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- Reconstruction of the esophagus and voice
Samir Mardini
Division of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 126:471-85. 2010
..Often, patients with esophageal defects also lack a mechanism for voice production following a total laryngectomy procedure...
- Spectral analysis of the human voice: a potentially useful tool in rehabilitation
G Albertini
IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 45:537-45. 2009
..This step of the research has a bearing in the field of speech and language retraining. The possibility of providing quantitative data would hasten monitoring of possible improvements along a rehabilitation program...
- [The progress in the rehabilitation of dysarthria in Parkinson disease using LSVT (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment)]
Ilona Kamińska
Katedra i Klinika Foniatrii i Audiologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego im Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
Otolaryngol Pol 61:713-8. 2007
..The programme is based on the principles of LSVT. The positive outcomes of the therapy give hope to Parkinson's disease patients with dysarthria, as well as to speech therapists...
