The effect of massage on voice fundamental frequency (F(0)) and sound pressure level (SPL) was investigated. Subjects were recorded while reading a 3-min passage of prose text. Then, a 30-min session of massage was administered by a trained naprapathy therapist. Sixteen subjects were given the massage, while 15 controls rested, lying down in silence for the same amount of time. The subjects wer...

We might start with the Index, often a good indicator of book's flavour, its local habitation. First up is ‘Abbate, acoustics, acting, Adler, Adorno’, reassuring miscellany; later on, German-speaking collective ‘Schopenhauer, Schreker, Schubart, Schumann-Heink’ awakens memories time past. ‘Ventilation systems, Verdi, vitalism’, however, turns on landing lights for distinctly new approach, while...

This study is the first to demonstrate outcomes of slow cortical potential (SCP) Neurofeedback training in chronic tinnitus. A 50-year old male patient with tinnitus participated in three SCP training blocks, separated with 1-month breaks. After the training the patient reported decreased tinnitus loudness and pitch, as well as improved quality of daily life. A quantitative electroencephalograp...

Understanding how the voice is used in different styles of singing is commonly based on intuitive descriptions offered by performers who are proficient in only one style. Such descriptions are debatable, lack reproducibility, and lack scientifically derived explanations of the characteristics. We undertook acoustic and aerodynamic analyses of a female subject with professional experience in bot...

Case. A 52-year-old man with diabetes presented with 1 month of hyperacusis and trouble discerning noises, including speech and music. He reported that all sounds, both complex and simple, seemed “jarring” and unfamiliar. He denied tinnitus, falls, or imbalance. Over the ensuing 3 months he developed diffuse myalgias and neck pain. Medical and neurologic examination was normal as was audiometry...

PURPOSE We measured tinnitus loudness using a new method of psychophysical scaling with the aim of introducing a potentially useful new procedure to the literature. METHOD Fourteen adults reporting tinnitus were trained to use a standardized loudness scale, and then they used that response scale to assess loudness of nonstandard stimuli and of their tinnitus. We also measured tinnitus loudnes...