Background and Aims: The preservation of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is an essential part of thyroid surgery. The various methods to test the normal functionality of vocal cords (VCs) include direct visualisation under the fiber bronchoscope ...
Kumar A+6 more
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A feasibility study on non-invasive oxidative metabolism detection and acoustic assessment of human vocal cords by using optical technique. [PDF]
Voice disorder such as vocal fatigue is a common and complex multifaceted clinical problem that presents a significant impact on quality of life. In this study, the functional near-infrared diffuse optical technique (fNIRS-DOT) was proposed as a novel ...
Lin TC+5 more
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Vocal Cord Paralysis and its Etiologies: A Prospective Study [PDF]
Introduction: Vocal cord paralysis is a common symptom of numerous diseases and it may be due to neurogenic or mechanical fixation of the cords. Paralysis of the vocal cords is just a symptom of underlying disease in some cases; so, clinical diagnosis of
Seyed Javad Seyed Toutounchi+4 more
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A Wavelet Transform Based Scheme to Extract Speech Pitch and Formant Frequencies [PDF]
Pitch and Formant frequencies are important features in speech processing applications. The period of the vocal cord's output for vowels is known as the pitch or the fundamental frequency, and formant frequencies are essentially resonance frequencies of the vocal tract.
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Difficult intubation: 'Beyond the vocal cords'.
Mittal S, Mohan A, Madan K.
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Use of laryngeal mask after repeated endotracheal intubation failure in a patient with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: case report [PDF]
We report a case of difficult endotracheal intubation in a patient with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. A 65-year-old man was scheduled to undergo ulnar nerve decompression and ganglion excisional biopsy under general anesthesia.
Sang Gyun Kim+5 more
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Case Report: Ultrasound Guided Mucosal Fold Lateralization for Laryngeal Webs
The surgical management of Laryngeal webs is challenging and is associated with a high recurrence rate due the presence of opposing raw mucosal surfaces of the vocal cords, especially near the anterior commissure which causes re-scarring.
Sohit Paul Kanotra, Sohit Paul Kanotra
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Hairy vocal cords and hemoptysis. [PDF]
Şimşek Veske N+3 more
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Subjective acoustic analysis of tumor’s dysphonia using 'rbh' scale [PDF]
The goal of psycho acoustic or subjective voice analysis, in a phoniater's everyday work, is to describe a subjective experience based on the physical parameters created in the process of phonation.
Mitrović Slobodan
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Sistem Klasifikasi Kondisi Pita Suara dengan Metode Decision Tree
This paper presents the study of pathological vocal cords classification using digital image processing. There are six classifications of vocal cords, including the normal vocal cords condition.
Hertiana Bethaningtyas+2 more
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