UNLABELLED Hyperfunctional dysphonia is the most frequent type of occupational functional dysphonia. Pharmacotherapy, physiotherapy and psychotherapy are used in the treatment of occupational dysphonia. Vibratory massages of the regions of the larynx relax the external muscles of neck, which have an indirect impact on the tension of the vocal folds. PURPOSE The aim of the study is to assess t...

This paper investigates whether the advanced Korean learners of standard Chinese produce Chinese with specific voice quality, and which voice quality parameters have significant difference. The study includes comparative analysis between the Korean and Chinese vowel /a/ for Korean speakers. It can be made certain by measuring voice quality parameters by means of EGG (electroglottalgraphy). The ...

We investigated possible motivations for the perceived increase in the use of creaky voice by young speakers by having listeners evaluate pairs of stimuli produced by different speakers in three different voice qualities (modal, creaky, breathy), along four different dimensions (coolness, youthfulness, attractiveness and authoritativeness). Generally, modal voice was the most preferred voice qu...

introduction: natural process of aging is associated with biological events which alter the structure and function of different parts of the body. larynx also undergoes age-related anatomical and physiological changes during adulthood.. according to anatomical and physiological changes of larynx, acoustic and perceptual characteristics of voice are modified as a result of age-related sequential...

The transformation of vocal characteristics aims at modifying voice such that the intelligibility of aphonic voice is increased or the voice characteristics of a speaker (source speaker) to be perceived as if another speaker (target speaker) had uttered it. In this paper, the current state-of-the-art voice characteristics transformation methodology is reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on voi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate voice-related quality of life in an effort to index self-assessed voice disability in speakers who use the electrolarynx and to determine the perceived level of influence of the electrolarynx on vocal communication. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING This study was conducted at a tertiary care facility. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Forty laryngectomized adults (25 me...

VoIP over Mobile WiMAX provides high data rate voice connectivity to high speed mobile as well as to fixed users. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) enables the transport of voice data over internet protocol base networks. The WiMAX mobile network provides data services to both mobile as well as pedestrian users and the quality of voice is greatly affected with the mobility patterns of mobile ...