A Study of Voice Handicap and Acoustic Measures in Arab Kuwaiti Prospective Professional Singers.

Introduction: Despite its clinical significance, few studies have explored the applicability of the validated Arabic version of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-Arab) in professional voice users, especially singers. The correlation between VHI-Arab scores and acoustic measures in this targeted group remains unclear. The aim of this study was to explore Arab Kuwaiti prospective professional singers' perception of voice handicap using the validated VHI-Arab.

Phonemically Balanced Arabic Monosyllabic Word Lists for Speech Audiometry Testing in Jordan.

Background: Many of the Arabic monosyllabic word lists that are currently available in the literature have some limitations and drawbacks. Some of these available lists include word structures that are not consonant-nucleus-consonant (CNC) such as cluster and disyllabic word structures. Other lists have poor phonetic or phonemic distribution balance and do not represent some phoneme appropriately in each list.

Kuwaiti Teachers' Perceptions of Voice Handicap.

Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the effects of age, gender, level of education, experience, and class level taught on the perception of voice handicap by Kuwaiti teachers using the Arabic version of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-Arab). The mean VHI scores of Kuwaiti teachers were compared with those of Jordanian and Emirati teachers.

Methods: The study had a cross-sectional survey design.

Emirati Teachers' Perceptions of Voice Handicap.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to explore Emirati teachers' perceptions of voice handicap and to analyze their acoustic characteristics to determine whether acoustic measures of teachers' voice would verify their perceptions of voice handicap.

Methods: Sixty-six Emirati school teachers (33 men and 33 women), with different years of teaching experience and age, and 100 control participants (50 men and 50 women) underwent vocal assessment that included the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-Arab) and acoustic measures (F0, jitter%, shimmer%, signal to noise ratio [SNR]).

Results: Significant differences between the teachers' group scores and the control group scores on the following subscales of VHI-Arab: physical (P = 0.

Jordanian teachers' perceptions of voice handicap.

This study aimed to investigate if Jordanian school teachers perceive their voice as handicapped using the Voice Handicap Index (VHI)-Arab. The effect of teachers' age, gender, years of teaching, class taught, and education level on VHI was examined. A total of 289 teachers and a control group of 100 participants took part in the study.

The respiratory muscle capabilities of Jordanian patients with multiple sclerosis.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the maximum expiratory pressure (MEP) and maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP) of Jordanian patients (19 females and 20 males) with multiple sclerosis (MS). A control group of 28 females and 26 males was included for the purposes of comparison. For the MS group, MIP results were as follows: female = 53.

Formant frequency characteristics in normal Arabic-speaking Jordanians.

This study is designed to test the acoustic characteristics of the normal Arabic voice. The subjects were 300 normal Arabic speakers (100 adult males, 100 adult females, and 100 children). The subjects produced a sustained phonation of the six steady state Arabic vowels (/i:/, /e:/, /a:/, , /o:/, and /u:/).

Self-administered cued naming therapy: a single-participant investigation of a computer-based therapy program replicated in four cases.

Purpose: This study examined the benefits of a self-administered, clinician-guided, computer-based, cued naming therapy. Results of intense and nonintense treatment schedules were compared.

Method: A single-participant design with multiple baselines across behaviors and varied treatment intensity for 2 trained lists was replicated over 4 participants.