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Inverse scattering for vowel articulation with frequency-domain data

, 2004
An inverse scattering problem is analyzed for vowel articulation in the human vocal tract. When a unit amplitude, monochromatic, sinusoidal volume velocity is sent from the glottis towards the lips, various types of scattering data are used to examine ...
Aktosun, Tuncay
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Psychological Stress Detection in Speech Using Return-to-opening Phase Ratios in Glottis

, 2015
This paper is focused on investigation of psychological stress in speech signal using shapes of normalised glottal pulses. The pulses were estimated by two algorithms: the Direct Inverse Filtering and Iterative and Adaptive Inverse Filtering.
M. Stanek, M. Sigmund
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Automated Creak Identifies Laryngeal Dystonia During Conversational Speech

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This study evaluated whether automated creak distinguished speakers with adductor laryngeal dystonia (AdLD), muscle tension dysphonia (MTD), and those without voice disorders during conversational speech. Automated creak estimates were able to differentiate speakers with AdLD from MTD and controls with similar performance across different types of ...
Daria A. Dragicevic, Cara E. Sauder, Daniel P. Buckley, Laura E. Toles, Lauren F. Tracy, J. Pieter Noordzij, Gregory A. Grillone, Ted Mau, John Paul Giliberto, Tanya K. Meyer, Albert L. Merati, Tanya L. Eadie, Cara E. Stepp, Katherine L. Marks   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acquiring a new second language contrast: an analysis of the English laryngeal system of native speakers of Dutch [PDF]

, 2009
This study examines the acquisition of the English laryngeal system by native speakers of (Belgian) Dutch. Both languages have a two-way laryngeal system, but while Dutch contrasts prevoiced with short-lag stops, English has a contrast between short-lag ...
Simon, Ellen
core   +2 more sources

Choice and Death: Analysis of Medical Assistance in Dying for Head and Neck Cancer in Ontario

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
The uptake of MAiD for head and neck cancer (HNC) has been steadily increasing since 2016, when MAiD first became available in Canada. Our study projects a substantial increase in the future use of MAiD for patients with HNC. As such, our health system needs to re‐evaluate and implement the necessary infrastructure to support the projected increase in ...
Tanika Curry, Emily Wener, Michael Odell, Lisa Caulley, Rashi Ramchandani, Alyssa Grant, Kednapa Thavorn, Andrea Lasso, Shaun Kilty   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of BPL™ Video Laryngoscope and Macintosh Laryngoscope Guided Throat Packing for Head and Neck Surgeries: A Randomised Controlled Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Evidence regarding throat packing for head and neck surgeries is limited. A video laryngoscope, an airway adjunct used for various diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, can also effectively pack the throat.
Milon Vasant Mitragotri, Madhuri Kurdi, Dharmesh Arvind Ladhad, Prema Raddi, Mahesh D Kurugodiyavar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosis and Management of Isolated Laryngeal Sarcoidosis: A Systematic Review

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study reviews the existing literature on patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis isolated to the larynx to improve our understanding of the diagnosis and management of this rare condition. Data Sources Embase, PubMed, Web of Science.
Raj Malhotra, Joseph Celidonio, Nicholas Hamilton, Alexandra Filipkowski, Kenneth Yan, Rachel Kaye   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

J‐Shaped Guidewire‐Assisted Nasotracheal Intubation in the Dental Treatment of Children—A Retrospective, Observational Study

Pediatric Anesthesia, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The challenges of nasotracheal intubation (NTI) often arise from the misalignment of the oral, pharyngeal, and laryngeal axes. We sought to assess the success and complication rate of an economically reusable J‐shaped stainless‐steel guidewire for NTI during dental treatment in children.
Xiang Zhang, Ling Gao, Xia Jiang, Yun Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Words without vowels : phonetic and phonological evidence from Tashlhiyt Berber [PDF]

, 2013
This article deals with the Tashlhiyt dialect of Berber (henceforth TB) spoken in the southern part of Morocco. In TB, words may consist entirely of consonants without vowels and sometimes of only voiceless obstruents, e.g. tft#tstt "you rolled it (fem)".
Ridouane, Rachid
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Towards a phonetic conspectus of preaspiration [PDF]

, 2007
Preaspiration, i.e. [hC], is a rare feature of stop production in the world’s languages that has been recently found to occur in Sienese Italian.
Hajek, John, Stevens, Mary, Trouvain, Jürgen   +2 more
core   +1 more source