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Immediate Effects of Nasalance Exercises on Patients with Organic Dysphonia [PDF]

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Importance Nasalance exercises (also known as resonance exercises) are widely used in voice therapy. Understanding their effects can guide therapeutic approaches and surgical decisions. Objective To analyze the immediate effects of nasalance exercises on
Liudmila Kuranova MD, Marie-Anne Kainz MD, Matthias Echternach MD, Michael Döllinger PhD, Marie Köberlein PhD   +4 more
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Development and Evaluation of a Low-Cost Open-Source Nasometer [PDF]

Sensors
Hypernasality is a common characteristic of several speech disorders and can significantly affect perceived speech intelligibility and quality. Nasometry quantifies nasalance by calculating the proportion of acoustic energy emitted from the nasal cavity ...
Liwei Wang, Alessia Romani, Scott Adams, Joshua M. Pearce, Vijay Parsa   +4 more
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Treatment of VPI with Customized Pharyngeal Flaps: One Size Does Not Fit All [PDF]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2022
Background:. Failure of complete closure of the velopharyngeal sphincter results in velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI), which may severely interfere with speech. The pharyngeal flap remains a common procedure for correcting VPI. We aimed to study whether
Elizabeth M. Boudiab, MD, Emanuela C. Peshel, MD, Yousef Ibrahim, BS, Rohun Gupta, BA, Kongkrit Chaiyasate, MD, Kenneth Shaheen, MD, Matthew Rontal, MD, Prasad Thottam, DO, Pablo Antonio Ysunza, MD, PhD, CCC-SLP   +8 more
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Nasality Changes With Age in Normal Korean-Speaking Adults [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2019
Objectives This study was performed to investigate the effects of aging on nasality and the influence of age-related changes in nasal cavity volume and nasal patency on nasality. Methods A total of 180 healthy Korean-speaking adult volunteers, who had no
Jun Xu, Young-Ae Kang, Soo-Kyoung Park, Young Hoon Yoon, Shang Jie Bai, Yong De Jin, Yong Min Kim, Ki-Sang Rha   +7 more
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Functional soft palate reconstruction [PDF]

JPRAS Open
Summary: Background: The excision of oropharyngeal carcinoma of more than 50% of the soft palate followed by static reconstruction may result in functional deficits, including velopharyngeal insufficiency, swallowing, and speech difficulties.
Sofia Oetliker-Contin, Tarek Ismail, Rik Osinga, Maximilian Burger, Jens Jakscha, Claude Fischer, Laurent Muller, Carlo M. Oranges, Dirk J. Schaefer   +8 more
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The effect of functional endoscopic sinus surgery on nasal resonance [PDF]

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2022
Background and objective Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) increases the nasal volume, and thereby it can alter the nasal resonance. The objectives were to measure the percentage of nasal resonance following FESS and compare it with healthy ...
Vaishnavi Shetty, D. Thejaswi, K. Biniyam, Rajeshwary Aroor, Vadisha Bhat, Marina Saldhana   +5 more
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Computing nasalance with MFCCs and Convolutional Neural Networks. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Nasalance is a valuable clinical biomarker for hypernasality. It is computed as the ratio of acoustic energy emitted through the nose to the total energy emitted through the mouth and nose (eNasalance).
Andrés Lozano, Enrique Nava, María Dolores García Méndez, Ignacio Moreno-Torres   +3 more
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Temporal and Permanent Changes Induced by Maxillary Sinus Lifting with Bone Grafts and Maxillary Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in the Voice Characteristics—Systematic Review [PDF]

Dentistry Journal, 2022
Sinus surgery procedures such as sinus lifting with bone grafting or maxillary functional endoscopy surgery (FESS) can present different complications. The aims of this systematic review are to compile the post-operatory complications of sinus elevation ...
Rafael Delgado-Ruiz, Daniele Botticelli, Georgios Romanos   +2 more
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Evaluation of pharyngeal airway changes & velopharyngeal function following Le-fort I osteotomy in cleft lip and palate patients- a systematic review & meta analysis [PDF]

Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
Background: Le-Fort I osteotomy is commonly performed in cleft lip and palate patients to correct maxillary discrepancies, potentially influencing pharyngeal airway dimensions and velopharyngeal function.
Eldo Babu, Parvathy Ghosh, K. Sarika, Anju James, N.K. Sapna Varma, V.V. Ajith   +5 more
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Nasalance Scores for Normal Persian-Speaking Girls [PDF]

Disease and Diagnosis, 2021
Background: Obtaining normative nasalance scores is essential in the process of assessing and treating resonance disorders. The purpose of this study was to obtain nasalance scores in Persian-speaking girls aged 4-6 years and investigate the age-related ...
Saba Sadeghi, Fatemeh Derakhshandeh, Hossein Abdali, Parisa Rezaei   +3 more
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