Acoustics Features of Cervical Auscultation in Dysphagic and Dysphonic Individuals: A Preliminary Study.

The acoustics of cervical auscultation of swallowing, a potential objective tool for the swallowing assessment, has been explored in normal subjects. However, there needs to be more literature profiling the same in individuals with swallowing problems. The study estimated the acoustic features of swallowing sounds in individuals with swallowing and voice problems and compared them with the previous reported findings in literature.

Efficacy of Long-Term Intensive Straw Phonation Exercise in Air for Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders: A Preliminary Study.

Purpose: Literature highlights the efficacy of prolonged use of straw phonation for vocally healthy individuals. Nevertheless, minimal studies have examined the prolonged use of single treatment in hyperfunctional voice disorders (HFVD), as straw phonation is used as physiological training to improve voice quality in these individuals. The present study aimed to investigate the long-term intensive training effect of straw phonation exercise in air (SPEA) for HFVD.

Navigating Vocal Challenges: Singing Difficulties in a Carnatic Singer with Clinically Normal Voice.

This study aimed to describe the clinical presentation and therapeutic course of a trained Carnatic singer with perceptually clinically normal voice who presented with singing difficulties. The participant of the study was a 25-year-old male individual who reported to the speech and language diagnostics unit with complaints of reduced vocal range for singing and strained voice while singing. After the routine voice evaluations, the subject was allotted Resonant Voice Therapy.

Acoustic Characteristics of Voice in Teachers and Nonteachers.

Background: Teachers are professional voice users, and the vocal demands in the teaching profession can be considered unique. All teachers will wish to possess a voluminous, strongly-carrying voice that can be maintained for a prolonged time. This necessitated the need to understand and document the voice-acoustic characteristics of teachers.

Long-Term Average Spectrum as an Outcome Measure of Vocal Projection After Resonant Voice Therapy in Carnatic Classical Singers.

Background: The current study evaluated the effects of resonant voice therapy (RVT) on the long-term average spectrum (LTAS) parameters of vocally healthy trained Carnatic classical singers. The objectives of the study were i) to understand the perceptual differences and ii) to understand the change in LTAS contour parameters and the alpha ratio of the sung voice samples of the trained Carnatic classical singers before and after RVT.

Method: The study used a quasi-experimental, pre post design and purposive-convenient sampling method.

Auditory-Perceptual Judgment of Vocal Resonance in Carnatic Singers by Different Groups of Listeners.

Aim: This study was aimed at evaluating the auditory perceptual judgments of vocal resonance by professional singers, speech-language pathologists (SLP) with singing training, and SLPs without singing training.

Objectives: (a) To examine the auditory-perceptual judgments of the phonation samples of professional singers obtained before and after resonant voice therapy (RVT) by professional singers, SLPs with singing training, and SLPs without singing training. (b) To compare the agreement between the auditory-perceptual judgments of the phonation samples obtained before and after RVT by professional singers, SLPs with singing training, and SLPs without singing training METHOD: Three groups of judges formed the participants of the study: group A (professional singers), group B (SLPs with singing training), and group C (SLPs without singing training).

Effects of Occupational Risk Factors on Subjective Vocal Aerodynamic Measures in Teachers.

Aerodynamics, vital to voice production forms an important correlate of voice. The study aimed to compare subjective vocal aerodynamic measures in teachers and nonteachers and verify the effects of a few known occupational risk factors on the voice of teachers. Group 1 consisted 264 female and 42 male teachers, teaching languages and/or core subjects for a minimum of 5 years, between 30 and 45 years from the local schools of the city and surrounding nine taluks.

Impact of Facemasks Use on Interpersonal Communication in a Clinical Setup: A Questionnaire Based Study.

Precautionary measures such as physical distancing, wearing a mask, and hand hygiene to suppress virus transmission necessitated a shift in the communication paradigm.The study aimed to check the effects of wearing masks (N95, surgical, and cloth) due to the COVID-19 pandemic on interpersonal communication in audiology-speech-language pathology clinical setup from a clinician perspective. A total of 105 participants, 17 males, and 88 females, in the age range of 19 to 29 years (Mean age = 21.

Effects of Resonant Voice Therapy on Perceptual and Acoustic Source and Tract Parameters - A Preliminary Study on Indian Carnatic Classical Singers.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of resonant voice therapy (RVT) on the vocal resonance of trained Carnatic singers. The specific objectives were to evaluate the effects of resonant voice therapy on the auditory perceptual judgments and acoustic source and tract parameters before and after RVT on phonation and sung voice samples.

Method: Six vocally healthy trained Carnatic singers, three males and three females aged 18-25 years (M = 23; S.

Exploring the Spectral and Temporal Characteristics of Human Beatbox Sounds: A Preliminary Study.

Purpose: Human beatbox is a developing hip-hop branch of music wherein impersonations of the percussion drum are done using manipulations of the oro-laryngopharyngeal structures. This study presents a preliminary attempt of exploration and documentation of the spectral and temporal measures of beatbox sounds produced by a single beatbox performer.

Method: An analytical observational study design was adopted wherein; audio recordings were taken from a professional beatboxer.

Perception of speech stress in children with hearing impairment.

Purpose: The study aimed to test effect of training on the perception of speech stress in children with severe to profound hearing impairment. The first objective was to compare the speech stress perception scores of children with hearing impairment and language age-matched children with normal hearing sensitivity after short term prosody training and the second objective was to correlate between the speech stress perception scores and the language age of the children with hearing impairment.

Method: Thirty children with normal hearing (CWNH) in the age range of 3-7 years and thirty children with hearing impairment (CWHI) who had a language age of 3-7 years participated in the study.

Perception of vocal emotional prosody in children with hearing impairment.

Purpose: The study aimed at testing the effect of supra segmental training on vocal emotional prosody perception of children with hearing impairment. The objectives of the study were to compare the perception of vocal emotional prosody (happy, sad, and neutral) in children with hearing impairment with and without a short-term prosody training and to draw correlations between the vocal emotional prosody perception scores and the subject factors - chronological age, age of hearing aid fitting, duration of the intensive intervention (speech, language and auditory training without breaks more than 30 days) and language age in children with hearing impairment.

Method: Thirty children with hearing impairment in the age range of 4.