ABSTRACT Purpose: to characterize voice therapy with a respiratory approach in dysphonic older people. Methods: search made PubMed, VHL, Scopus, Web of Science, and EMBASE. Original studies English, Spanish, Portuguese, addressing combination the population, were included. The analysis encompassed sex, age, associated etiology, session frequency duration, exercise dosage, intervention, benefits...

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...

Individuals who undergo laryngectomy, surgical removal of the larynx, loose their normal voice. The breathing pattern is altered to permanent tracheostomal breathing. A new voice can be established by use of a segment in the lower part of the pharynx and the most upper part of the esophagus, the pharyngo-esophageal (PE) segment. This is the voice source in tracheoesophageal (TE) speech and esop...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to evaluate the correlations among the basic video laryngostroboscopic (VLS) parameters and vocal function assessed using a multidimensional set of perceptive, acoustic, aerodynamic, and subjective measurements. METHODS Digital VLS recordings and multidimensional voice assessment were performed for 108 individuals, namely 26 healthy and 82 patients with mass...

Talking about emotion and putting feelings into words has been hypothesized to regulate emotion in psychotherapy as well as in everyday conversation. However, the exact dynamics of how different strategies of verbalization regulate emotion and how these strategies are reflected in characteristics of the voice has received little scientific attention. In the present study, we showed emotional pi...

This paper describes the design of a smart, motorized, voice controlled wheelchair using embedded system. Proposed design supports voice activation system for physically disabled persons incorporating manual operation. Arduino microcontroller and speaker dependent voice recognition processor have been used to support the navigation of the wheel chair. The direction and velocity of the chair are...

Background: individuals with Parkinson's disease present voice and speech alterations, especially regarding loudness and speech rate. Aim: to determine the immediate effect of modified auditory feedback: amplification, delay and masking in the voice and speech of individuals with Parkinson's disease, according to gender. Method: twenty-six subjects with Parkinson's disease (15 men and 11 women)...

OBJECTIVE To decrease the aspiration rate of the previously reported simple mucodermal tracheoesophageal (TE) shunt method for voice restoration after total laryngectomy with the use of omohyoid muscle loop. DESIGN Retrospective clinical analysis. SETTING Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Fukui Medical University, Fukui, Japan. PATIENTS Ten male patients underwent total laryngectomy and ...

Vocal load plays a significant role in the aetiology of voice disorders and influences the response to treatment. For this reason, many researchers have focused their attention on how a voice is used, especially when vocal load is increased, during working hours for instance. The majority of studies in this regard have been performed by recording vocal parameters for brief periods with the aid ...