Fundamental Voice Frequency: Acoustic, Electroglottographic, and Accelerometer Measurement in Individuals With and Without Vocal Alteration To analyze the values of the fundamental frequency obtained through acoustic, electroglottographic, and accelerometer assessments on the skin of the neck in individuals with and without vocal alterations.

Voice Outcome of Total Thyroidectomy in Comparison With Administration of Recombinant Human TSH The larynx is an end-organ target for hormones, and thyroid hormone may act on the larynx. We objectively compared and analyzed the phonetic characteristics of patients who underwent total thyroidectomy before and after radioiodine therapy (RIT) according to administration of recombinant human TSH (rh-TSH).

Are the Acoustic Measurements Reliable in the Assessment of Voice Quality? A Methodological Prospective Study Acoustic parameters are widely used as voice quality therapeutic outcomes in many laryngological diseases. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of changes in the nature and duration of the analyzed time interval and the vowel choice on the significance of the acoustic measurements used as therapeutic outcomes in two different diseases.

Vocal Congruence: The Voice and the Self Measured by Interoceptive Awareness Voices are, by nature, idiosyncratic representations of individuals because they possess anatomical, physiological, and psychological characteristics that are unique to them, which contribute to vocal output, and thus, establish the voice as a salient marker of their individuality. The areas of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience have examined the psychological and neurological constructs that form one's sense of self and have employed measures of interoceptive and exteroceptive abilities to discover the underlying constructs of the sense of self.

Does Size Matter in Laryngology? Relation Between Body Height and Laryngeal Morphometry Laryngeal framework surgery has been a topic of interest since last decades. To succeed with least morbidity, the most important step is mastering the anatomy of larynx. In this study, we aim to show the relation between body height and laryngeal morphometrics that are important during laryngeal framework surgeries.

The Utility of Strap Muscle in Complex Type I Thyroplasties Type I thyroplasty is a common procedure used to improve dysphonia secondary to glottic insufficiency caused by vocal fold paralysis, paresis, or bowing. Revision often involves more complex procedures that can be complicated by mucosal violation, hemorrhage, infection, and shifted or extruded implants. Intraoperative challenges can be managed successfully using autologous strap muscle rotation flaps.

Analyzing Emotion Expression in Singing via Flow Glottograms, Long-Term-Average Spectra, and Expert Listener Evaluation Acoustic aspects of emotional expressivity in speech have been analyzed extensively during recent decades. Emotional coloring is an important if not the most important property of sung performance, and therefore strictly controlled. Hence, emotional expressivity in singing may promote a deeper insight into vocal signaling of emotions. Furthermore, physiological voice source parameters can be assumed to facilitate the understanding of acoustical characteristics.

Diagnostic Accuracy of Acoustic Voice Quality Index Version 02.03 in Discriminating across the Perceptual Degrees of Dysphonia Severity in Kannada Language Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) has been reported to be a sensitive tool for discriminating between the normal and dysphonic voices, however, there is a dearth of research focused on investigating the diagnostic accuracy of AVQI in discriminating across the perceptual categories of dysphonia severity ie, slight, moderate, and severe. Hence, the present study is a preliminary attempt to document the AVQI across the degrees of dysphonia severity and to verify whether the AVQI can discriminate across these degrees of perceptual dysphonia severity.

Different Vibratory Conditions Elicit Different Structural and Biological Vocal Fold Changes in an In-Vivo Rabbit Model of Phonation Vibration of the vocal folds can disrupt the tissue and induce structural, functional, and molecular changes; the presence or absence of contact between the vocal folds during vibration can affect the type and extent of these changes. The purpose of this study was to characterize vocal fold changes following 2 hours of contact phonation or phonation without vibratory contact.

A Trigger Reduction Approach to Treatment of Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion Disorder in the Pediatric Population Paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder (PVFMD), or induced laryngeal obstruction (ILO), is a clinical phenomenon characterized by inappropriate adduction of the true vocal folds during inspiration. The resultant episodes of acute respiratory distress marked by exercise-induced cough, inspiratory stridor, throat tightness, and shortness of breath are often misattributed to asthma despite normal pulmonary function testing results. Although the pathogenesis of the disease remains unclear, the etiology is likely multifactorial with an inflammatory, neurological, and psychiatric basis.