BACKGROUND Postthyroidectomy voice changes are common even without apparent laryngeal nerve injury. Our study evaluated the impact of open cervical thyroidectomy on five acoustic voice parameters in the early (< 3 months) and late (≥ 3 months) postoperative periods. METHODS A systematic review was performed to identify studies that quantitatively assessed voice quality by acoustic voice analy...

OBJECTIVES Verbal communication depends on a good function of voice and speech organs. Some of the voice characteristics of deaf people differ considerably from those of speakers with normal hearing. After cochlear implantation (CI), auditory control of voice production is possible and the quality of the voice is improved. CI improves quality of voice, speech and hearing with deafness. The aim ...

ABSTRACT Purpose To assess the performance of phonatory deviation diagram and its measurements in monitoring voice quality before after exercise individuals with Parkinson's Disease. Methods Retrospective documentary study. A sample 30 subjects was used, 50% male, a mean age 62.13 ± 9.05 years. The results were analyzed, moments vocal pushing technique associated plosive sounds, considering are...

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Caring for the professional voice involves an understanding of the aspects of vocal function and the aspects affecting vocal function. The significance of the voice is especially obvious for individuals whose careers rely on speech. Clinical advice and support programs to improve voice conditions for professional voice users should be based on a foundation of empirical resear...

Samples of everyday conversations are being collected and analyzed in a growing number of applications, ranging from studying behavior in social psychology to clinical assessment of voice pathology and even cognitive function. Aside from the spoken words, the acoustic properties of speech samples can provide important cues in these applications. The goal of this study is to develop robust and a...

SHIMMER (Soil biogeocHemIcal Model for Microbial Ecosystem Response) is a new numerical modelling framework designed to simulate microbial dynamics and biogeochemical cycling during initial ecosystem development in glacier forefield soils. However, it is also transferable to other extreme ecosystem types (such as desert soils or the surface of glaciers). The rationale for model development aris...

This research work presents an oesophageal speech improvement algorithm using Wavelet and Kalman Filtering approach. In both techniques, it has been used different mother wavelet for wavelet approach and different measurement noises for Kalman filtering. People who have suffered from larynx cancer have enormously low intelligibility due to the surgery. A new algorithm has been developed to impr...