Analysis of different performance times of the voiced trill technique in older women.

Purpose: To analyze and compare the immediate vocal effects of the voiced trill technique in the assessment of acoustic and auditory-perceptual measures of older women with and without self-perceived vocal changes.

Methods: Clinical, quasi-experimental study in older women, aged 60 to 70 years (n=53). A questionnaire on vocal self-perception, voice, and laryngeal assessment was applied, before and after performing the voiced trill technique.

Elderly people with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-associated myelopathy present an early impairment in cognitive skills.

Background: Cerebral changes occur in individuals with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy (HAM) and seem to predominate in subcortical areas. Little is known about the cognitive decline in the elderly living with HTLV-1.

Objective: To evaluate the cognitive aging of individuals infected with HTLV-1 aged ≥ 50 years.

Galvanic vestibular stimulation and its applications: a systematic review.

Objective: Galvanic vestibular stimulation has been evaluated in the context of vestibular rehabilitation. The objective was to identify evidence in the scientific literature about the clinical applications of galvanic vestibular stimulation.

Methods: In this systematic review, the articles describing the applications of galvanic vestibular stimulation were extracted from PubMed, Web of Science, MEDLINE, Scopus, LILACS and SciELO databases.

Cepstral Measurements: A Comparison of Results Between Singing and Non-Singing Individuals.

Objective: To analyze and compare cepstral measurements in singing and non-singing men and women to understand if vocal adaptations of singers reflect greater cepstral measurement results.

Method: The study included 91 vocally healthy individuals, consisting of 60 erudite or popular singers (30 males, 30 females) and 31 non-singers (16 males, 15 females). The Cepstral Peak Prominence (CPP) and Cepstral Peak Prominence-Smoothed (CPPS) measures were carried out using the sustained /a/ vowel recorded with a unidirectional condenser microphone associated with a sound card on the computer.

Nebulized Saline Solution: A Multidimensional Voice Analysis.

Purpose: To verify the effect of nebulization on the voice of dysphonic and non-dysphonic individuals on acoustic, perceptual-auditory, aerodynamic, electroglottographic, laryngeal parameters and on the self-perception of vocal discomfort.

Materials And Methods: All the research subjects were submitted to vocal evaluation, laryngeal and voice self-perception. Then, the participants remained in vocal rest for a period of 10 minutes and the analysis mentioned above were again performed.