The Naked Voice

Comparing the Voice Handicap Index Scores in Groups with Structural and Functional Voice Disorders

Objective: The effects of voice disorders vary from person to person. Occupation, work environment, life, and family reaction are variables that affect one’s perception of his/her own as an impaired voice. Voice Handicap Index (VHI) has not yet been used to compare the degree of voice disorders. Assuming that the quality of life may be different under a variety of voice disorders and that diffe...

Invisible to the Naked Eye

Cleanliness . . . and an early application of medicine and medical skill . . . were supposed to be specifics against the contagion. And to a certain extent there is some truth in these views; and i t is thus that God enforces on us, by his great and invariable laws of health, the necessity of attention to these sanitary measures. But, pushing that truth too fix, men began to map out the geograp...

Naked suicide.

Suicide attempts and completions by individuals while naked remain unexplored, both by clinicians and in the professional literature. Nakedness at the time of the incident conveys important information about an individual's mental state. Motivations for attempting or completing suicide while naked are discussed. Nakedness during a suicide attempt is presumptive evidence of high risk for suicide...

Naked in the electronic age.

The Case for Naked Objects

This paper examines the methods for identifying and choosing a QA collaboration tool, whichcan serve to support and reinforce process for an organization. The following points will be addressed: • Introduction increasing importance of quality and what tools can facilitate quality • Definition of the term QA collaboration tool what is it and what can it do for you • How to select a QA collab...