Publications by authors named "J M Noordzij"
Objective: This preliminary study tested whether non-invasive, remote Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy (ESS) measurements obtained in the oral cavity can be used as a proxy to accurately differentiate between patients with laryngeal cancer versus laryngeal leukoplakia.
Methods: 20 patients with laryngeal lesions [cancer (n = 10),leukoplakia (n = 10)] were clinically assessed and categorized by otolaryngologists per standard clinical practice. Patient demographics of age, race, sex, and smoking history were collected.
Objectives: Chronic laryngitis can present with numerous symptoms, including chronic cough. Patients who do not respond to standard treatment are sometimes diagnosed with chronic airway hypersensitivity (CAH). In many centers, neuromodulators are prescribed off-label despite limited evidence of efficacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between pitch discrimination and fundamental frequency (f) variation in running speech, with consideration of factors such as singing status and vocal hyperfunction (VH).
Method: Female speakers (18-69 years) with typical voices (26 non-singers; 27 singers) and speakers with VH (22 non-singers; 30 singers) completed a pitch discrimination task and read the Rainbow Passage. The pitch discrimination task was a two-alternative forced choice procedure, in which participants determined whether tokens were the same or different.
Background: The imposition of lockdowns during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 pandemic led to a significant decrease in pediatric care utilization in 2020. After restrictions were loosened, a surge in pediatric respiratory disease was observed in pediatric wards. The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of the lockdown(s) on the incidence of pediatric respiratory disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of children and adolescents by analyzing hospital admission data for various psychological diagnoses during and before the pandemic.
- It found that overall pediatric admissions dropped by 28%, but there was a notable increase in psychosocial admissions, particularly for eating disorders (up 64%) and intentional intoxications (up 24%).
- The findings suggest a significant rise in pediatric psychiatric issues, highlighting the pandemic's adverse effects on mental health in young populations.