OBJECTIVE An incorrect voice emission is a risk factor for developing occupational voice disorders. The study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of voice therapy in female teachers with dysphonia. METHODS The study comprised 133 subjects with voice disorders, taking part in a vocal training programme. A reference group for the present study included 53 teachers with dysphonia. Questionnaire...

Abstract Background Obesity is considered a health problem that affects many systems of the body among which respiration and voice. The objective study was to analyze impact obesity in children on quality their Thirty obese were included this cross-sectional compared 30 age- sex-matched healthy as control group. Voice cases controls assessed subjectively by auditory perceptual assessment object...

In female-to-male/gender identity disorder (FTM/GID) patients, no voice therapy (VT) is required, as the administration of male hormones will naturally cause to become low-pitched. However, in male-to-female (MTF)/GID female does not high-pitched. Since 2014, we have performed type 4 thyroplasty (TP4) and preoperative postoperative VT for MTF/GID patients. this study, examined outcomes VT. The ...

Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a voice disorder characterized by abnormal intermittent spasms of intralaryngeal muscles that result in voice breaks during speech. In the adductor variant of spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD), spasms of the adductor muscles cause strangled voice breaks and a strained-strangled voice quality. In the abductor variant (ABSD), spasms of the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle (PCA...

The purpose of this review was to examine the different treatment approaches for persons with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and to examine the effects of these treatments on speech. Treatment methods reviewed include speech therapy, pharmacological, and surgical. Research from the 1950s through the 1970s had not demonstrated significant improvements following speech therapy. Recent research has show...

BACKGROUND Few patients have access to cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis (CBTp) even though at least 16 sessions of CBTp is recommended in treatment guidelines. Briefer CBTp could improve access as the same number of therapists could see more patients. In addition, focusing on single psychotic symptoms, such as auditory hallucinations ('voices'), rather than on psychosis more broadly, m...

Researchers are of the belief that employee voice has favorable effects for both the employee and the organization. However, the effect of employee voice on creativity, and the process through which it influences creativity, has hitherto received little attention. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between perceived employee voice and creativity. Employees of three premier dairy...