The Normality of the Voice of Cochlear Implant Children

2015 ◽  
pp. 167-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Perrin ◽  
C. Berger-Vachon ◽  
C. Le Dissez ◽  
I. Kauffmann ◽  
A. Morgon
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
The Voice

Systematic Review of Auditory Perceptual and Acoustic Characteristics of the Voice of Cochlear Implant Adult Users

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Malta de Souza Medved ◽  
Larissa Mendes da Rocha Cavalheri ◽  
Ana Cristina Coelho ◽  
Ana Carolina Nascimento Fernandes ◽  
Eduardo Magalhães da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
The Voice

The Use of Voice Cues for Speaker Gender Recognition in Cochlear Implant Recipients

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 546-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartmut Meister ◽  
Katrin Fürsen ◽  
Barbara Streicher ◽  
Ruth Lang-Roth ◽  
Martin Walger
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Fundamental Frequency ◽  
Stimulus Type ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Vocal Tract ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Gender Recognition ◽  
Point Rating Scale ◽  
The Voice

PurposeThe focus of this study was to examine the influence of fundamental frequency (F0) and vocal tract length (VTL) modifications on speaker gender recognition in cochlear implant (CI) recipients for different stimulus types.MethodSingle words and sentences were manipulated using isolated or combined F0 and VTL cues. Using an 11-point rating scale, CI recipients and listeners with normal hearing rated the maleness/femaleness of the corresponding voice.ResultsSpeaker gender ratings for combined F0 and VTL modifications were similar across all stimulus types in both CI recipients and listeners with normal hearing, although the CI recipients showed a somewhat larger ambiguity. In contrast to listeners with normal hearing, F0-VTL and F0-only modifications revealed similar ratings in the CI recipients when using words as stimuli. However, when sentences were used, a difference was found between F0-VTL–based and F0-based ratings. Modifying VTL cues alone did not affect ratings in the CI group.ConclusionsWhereas speaker gender ratings by listeners with normal hearing relied on combined VTL and F0 cues, CI recipients made only limited use of VTL cues, which might be one reason behind problems with identifying the speaker on the basis of voice. However, use of the voice cues depended on stimulus type, with the greater information in sentences allowing a more detailed analysis than single words in both listener groups.

Acoustic Analysis of the Voice in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients: A Longitudinal Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 115 (6) ◽  
pp. 1046-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Campisi ◽  
A Low ◽  
B Papsin ◽  
R Mount ◽  
R Cohen-Kerem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
Acoustic Analysis ◽  
The Voice

Public School Voice Clinics, Part I

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Sandra Q. Miller ◽  
Charles L. Madison
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School District ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Urban School District ◽  
Local School District ◽  
Local School ◽  
Perceived Need ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Voice Problem

The purpose of this article is to show how one urban school district dealt with a perceived need to improve its effectiveness in diagnosing and treating voice disorders. The local school district established semiannual voice clinics. Students aged 5-18 were referred, screened, and selected for the clinics if they appeared to have a chronic voice problem. The specific procedures used in setting up the voice clinics and the subsequent changes made over a 10-year period are presented.

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Voice

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 607-614
Author(s):  
Jean Abitbol
Keyword(s):  
Replacement Therapy ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Hormone Replacement ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Female Voice ◽  
Fat Cells ◽  
High Pitch ◽  
Endocrine Effects ◽  
The Voice

The purpose of this article is to update the management of the treatment of the female voice at perimenopause and menopause. Voice and hormones—these are 2 words that clash, meet, and harmonize. If we are to solve this inquiry, we shall inevitably have to understand the hormones, their impact, and the scars of time. The endocrine effects on laryngeal structures are numerous: The actions of estrogens and progesterone produce modification of glandular secretions. Low dose of androgens are secreted principally by the adrenal cortex, but they are also secreted by the ovaries. Their effect may increase the low pitch and decease the high pitch of the voice at menopause due to important diminution of estrogens and the privation of progesterone. The menopausal voice syndrome presents clinical signs, which we will describe. I consider menopausal patients to fit into 2 broad types: the “Modigliani” types, rather thin and slender with little adipose tissue, and the “Rubens” types, with a rounded figure with more fat cells. Androgen derivatives are transformed to estrogens in fat cells. Hormonal replacement therapy should be carefully considered in the context of premenopausal symptom severity as alternative medicine. Hippocrates: “Your diet is your first medicine.”

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