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Voice Function and Voice-Related Quality of Life in the Elderly [PDF]

Gerontology, 2010
<i>Background:</i> Many studies have referred to the effects of age on voice and the consequences of these changes. However, only little is known about the adverse effects of voice changes on quality of life in the elderly. <i>Objective:</i> This study focuses on self-perception of voice in seniors as assessed by the Voice ...
Schneider, Sophie, Plank, Christoph, Eysholdt, Ulrich, Schützenberger, Anne, Rosanowski, Frank   +4 more
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Inebilizumab in AQP4‐Seropositive NMOSD: One‐Year Follow‐Up From a Multicenter, Real‐World Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Real‐world evidence on inebilizumab among neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) patients is lacking. This study assessed inebilizumab among Chinese patients with aquaporin 4 autoantibody (AQP4‐IgG)‐seropositive NMOSD in a real‐world setting.
Mengcui Gui, Jiayang Zhan, Wei Li, Tao Jin, Dan He, Daishi Tian, Zhijun Li, Jing Lin, Yue Li, Hongyu Zhou, Bitao Bu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Iconic prosody enhances the depictive power of ideophones

Language and Cognition
Prosody not only signals the speaker’s cognitive states but can also imitate various concepts. However, previous studies on the latter, the iconic function of prosody, have mostly analyzed novel words and nonlinguistic vocalizations.
Kimi Akita, Shigeto Kawahara
doaj   +1 more source

Voice Quality And Gender Identification: Acoustic And Perceptual Analysis

, 2012
The voice is a fundamental method of communication and as such, helps in our efforts to define our identity. Projection of the appropriate voice is crucially important to transgender individuals in transition for acceptance as their identified gender ...
Cain Porter, Courtney
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Nationwide Survey of Association Between Fever and Epileptic Seizure in CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder Revealed Therapeutic Implications

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD) is a rare, severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. There is a pressing need to develop effective and sustainable therapeutic strategies. We aimed to investigate the causal association between febrile episodes and epileptic seizures for therapeutic implications in CDD patients.
Siyi Wang, Jialin Du, Jinghui Liu, Dongmei Hu, Hongxin Wang, Xiaoxiao Man, Lehong Gao, Shimin Hu, Xianghong Meng, Hongyang Zhao, Minjing Hu, Yingxue Yang, Zhiqi Xiong, Liankun Ren   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI based scheme on voice service quality evaluation and assurance

Dianxin kexue, 2021
The voice service is one of the mainstream services under the telecommunications network.The mainstream voice service quality evaluation method in the industry is to compare the voice and audio of the transceiver and calculate the POLQA MOS, which is the
Guangyu LI, Yanping LIANG, Li YU, Kun WANG, Yangming CHEN, Sijia LIU   +5 more
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Voice quality in affect cueing: does loudness matter?

Frontiers in Psychology, 2013
In emotional speech research, it has been suggested that loudness, along with other prosodic features, may be an important cue in communicating high activation affects.
Irena eYanushevskaya, Christer eGobl, Ailbhe eNí Chasaide   +2 more
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Artificial Intelligence–Based Online Symptom Assessment Tools for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Diagnosis: Patient Perspectives

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this article is to identify perceptions of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) regarding artificial intelligence (AI)–based online symptom assessment tools, and the potential of these tools to address diagnostic barriers.
Olivia A. Stein, Jennifer L. F. Lee, Evelyne Vinet, Arielle Mendel, Christian A. Pineau, Fares Kalache, Louis‐Pierre Grenier, Sasha Bernatsky   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voice Quality of Choir Singers and the Effect of a Performance on the Voice

Journal of Voice
The voice use of choir singers is understudied despite the imbalance of high vocal demands versus low vocal education, and consequently increased risk for voice problems. Also, there is a lack of information on the effects of a performance on choristers' voices. Available studies included performances of at least one hour.
Iris Meerschman, Evelien D'haeseleer, Heleen Cammu, Imke Kissel, Tine Papeleu, Clara Leyns, Julie Daelman, Jelena Dannhauer, Laura Vanden Abeele, Valerie Konings, Erik Demarbaix, kristiane Van Lierde   +11 more
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Voice Quality in English: an Introduction

Anglophonia, 2019
This 2019 thematic issue of Anglophonia is dedicated to Voice Quality in English. It follows the 19th Villetaneuse Conference on Spoken English, organized by ALOES and PLEIADE at the University of Paris 13 in April 2018, whose topic was Voice quality in English: from the production of a phonation type to the perception of a social variable.
Herment, Sophie, Fournier, Pierre
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