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Children's Voice and Voice Disorders

Seminars in Speech and Language, 2013
This article discusses the differences between children's voices and adult voices. We give an overview of the anatomy in the head and neck and specifically the anatomy of the respiratory system and the larynx. We also describe the development of children's voices including different physiological measures and voice quality.
McAllister, Anita, Sjölander, Peta
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Changes in Voice Quality after a Pure Tone Stimulation (PTS) Program

Revista de Investigación e Innovación en Ciencias de la Salud
Introduction. Auditory feedback allows individuals to monitor their vocal characteristics and adjust to maintain optimal voice quality. One type of auditory stimulation for conversational voice training/therapy is pure tone stimulation.
Lady Catherine Cantor-Cutiva, Pasquale Bottalico, Juliana Codino, Eric J. Hunter, Adam D. Rubin, Maria Cristina Jackson-Menaldi   +5 more
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Inability to Belch and Associated Symptoms Due to Retrograde Cricopharyngeus Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Treatment

OTO Open, 2019
Objective To propose and test the validity of a new syndrome called retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD) that explains inability to belch and the associated symptoms of loud gurgling noises, chest and abdominal pain/distention, and excessive ...
Robert W. Bastian MD, Melissa L. Smithson MS, PA-C   +1 more
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How the Brain Understands Spoken and Sung Sentences

Brain Sciences, 2020
The present study investigates whether meaning is similarly extracted from spoken and sung sentences. For this purpose, subjects listened to semantically correct and incorrect sentences while performing a correctness judgement task.
Sonja Rossi, Manfred F. Gugler, Markus Rungger, Oliver Galvan, Patrick G. Zorowka, Josef Seebacher   +5 more
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Acoustic voice characteristics with and without wearing a facemask

Scientific Reports, 2021
Facemasks are essential for healthcare workers but characteristics of the voice whilst wearing this personal protective equipment are not well understood. In the present study, we compared acoustic voice measures in recordings of sixteen adults producing
Duy Duong Nguyen, Patricia McCabe, Donna Thomas, Alison Purcell, Maree Doble, Daniel Novakovic, Antonia Chacon, Catherine Madill   +7 more
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Perceptual auditory aftereffects on voice identity using brief vowel stimuli [PDF]

, 2012
Humans can identify individuals from their voice, suggesting the existence of a perceptual representation of voice identity. We used perceptual aftereffects--shifts in perceived stimulus quality after brief exposure to a repeated adaptor stimulus--to ...
Marianne Latinus, Latinus, M., Belin Pascal, Latinus Marianne, Pascal Belin, Belin, P.   +5 more
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“The power of the voice”

Revista Electrónica de Direito, 2022
Voice is a feature that individualizes and identifies us. Also, a voice is a biometric data, which means that once a voice has been processed, its owner can be identified. This allows us to state that the voice can be used as a means to authenticate the signature of an electronic contract.
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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Risk factors of intimate partner violence in women attending a community-based sexual health center: Perceived discrimination as a key factor

Ψυχολογία: το Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Ψυχολογικής Εταιρείας
Gender-based violence (GBV), specifically intimate partner violence (IPV), is a global problem that predominantly impacts women. This study aimed to investigate IPV among women visiting community sexually transmitted infections’ prevention and testing ...
Άννα Αποστολίδου, Σταυρούλα Τριανταφυλλίδου, Κλάρα Βλαχοδημητροπούλου Rodriguez, Παρασκευή Σιαμήτρου, Κωνσταντίνος Πρωτόπαπας, Γεώργιος Παπαδοπετράκης, Ανδρέας Πασπαλάκης, Ευαγγελία Ντινοπούλου, Στέργιος Μάτης, Αμαλία Μανωλοπούλου, Γεωργία Κούτση, Νίκος Βέγκος, Ανδρέας Ασλάνης, Αναστασία Αντωνιάδου, Λίσσυ Κανελλοπούλου, Αντώνης Πούλιος   +15 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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