The present paper is an attempt at a systematic description of regional and social acoustic charaoteristios of the Eng lish voioe within the framewerk o! one the ory and method. In a step-by-step analysis a series of experiments with natural speeoh wert:~ oond.uoted. wi th regards to the following aooustio oharacteristios: fundamental !requenoy,intensity,duration,long-term average speotrum.The ...

To find a pleasant voice for speech synthesis is of vital importance to the system. In this study we investigated the influence of prosodic parameters on voice preference from a cross-linguistic perspective. We conducted two voice preference tests. 24 German and 50 Chinese listeners took part in the first test on German speaker selection; while 25 Chinese and 10 German listeners participated in...

Introduction: Use of patient-based voice assessment scales is an appropriate method that is frequently used to demonstrate effectiveness of voice therapy. This study was aimed at determining the effectiveness ofvoice therapy among patients with secondary muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) and vocal mass lesions.   Materials and Methods: The study design was prospective, with within-participant repe...

Scholarly and business publications alike convey the message that past and future strong growth in mobile Internet (MI) access and service demand has solely positive commercial implications for mobile network operators (MNOs). This position neglects the possibility that increasing MI use intensity may lead to demand decreases for the highly profitable short messaging service (SMS) and mobile vo...

Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the voice outcomes before and after the administration of voice therapy in patients who suffered an injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve after undergoing thyroidectomy. Methods: The sample consisted of 26 patients (2 males and 24 females) aged between 18 and 80 years (m=55±12) who experienced injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve fol...

Voice use is considered to play a major role in the development of many voice disorders, and clinicians focus on evaluating and modifying how patients use their voices throughout the day. Some voice monitoring devices have used neck-mounted accelerometers to unobtrusively and confidentially track voice use–related measures, such as phonation time, fundamental frequency, and sound intensity. Gui...

INTRODUCTION In Italy the number of teachers among private and public schools is around one million. Voice disorders are thought to be one of the major occupational hazards of school teaching; in fact the teachers often use their voice with high-intensity, in noisy classes, for a long time and without suitable breaks. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of voice problems in teache...

OBJECTIVE To compare functional and oncological outcomes of cricohyoidoepiglottopexy (CHEP) and near-total laryngectomy with epiglottic reconstruction (NTLER) techniques in early glottic carcinoma. DESIGN Case series, clinical study. SETTING Two tertiary care referral centers. PATIENTS Seventeen patients with T1b glottic squamous cell carcinoma were treated with CHEP and 21 were treated w...