Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Aging Voice Index.

Purpose: The Ageing Voice Index is a valid and reliable tool for assessing the impact of changes in the voice of older adults. Our aim is to adapt the Aging Voice Index with Turkish older adults and test its reliability and validity to create the Turkish Aging Voice Index.

Method: A total of 206 participants were included in the study.

The discriminant ability of the Eating Assessment tool-10 to detect swallowing efficiency in neurogenic dysphagia.

Purpose: Neurogenic dysphagia causes complications such as malnutrition, dehydration, and aspiration pneumonia. Therefore, early detection with clinically valid tools is essential. This study aimed to investigate the Eating Assessment Tool-10 (EAT-10) ability to detect swallowing efficiency at three different consistencies in neurogenic dysphagia.

Effectiveness of a Voice Training Program for Religious Officials in Turkey.

This study examines the effectiveness of a voice training program designed for Islamic religious officials, who are occupational voice users with a significant vocal load. The participants included 34 healthy religious officials whose acoustic measures were within normal voice ranges for healthy adults (jitter < 1%; shimmer < 3%) and reported no voice complaints. Participants were randomly divided into two groups (experimental, n = 17; control, n = 17).

The Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of Preschool Hearing Environments and Reflection on Quality of Life Questionnaire.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess preschool children's hearing-related quality of life and to introduce the scale, originally titled "Preschool Hearing Environments and Reflections on Quality of Life Questionnaire" (Preschool HEAR-QL), to the literature through Turkish adaption, validity, and reliability analyses.

Method: Our study included 210 children aged 2-6 years: 110 with hearing loss (56 cochlear implant users and 54 hearing aid users) and 100 with normal hearing. Demographic data were collected and then the Preschool HEAR-QL, which was translated into Turkish, was administered twice at 15-day intervals.

Evaluation of Voice in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

Introduction: Inflammatory bowel diseases, which are among the most common chronic gastrointestinal diseases, can also affect the voice for different reasons. The aim of this study was to investigate acoustic, perceptual, and subjective voice evaluation parameters in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).

Methods: This prospective case-control study included a total of 80 participants: 28 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), 22 patients with Crohn's disease (CD), and 30 healthy controls.

Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of speech pathology-specific questionnaire for persons with multiple sclerosis (SMS-TR).

Purpose: The aim of this study is to validate the speech pathology-specific questionnaire for persons with Multiple Sclerosis (SMS) in Turkish.

Method: A total of 218 participants were included in the study. The study group was composed of 104 persons diagnosed with MS, and the control group was 114 healthy participants without any neurological deficits.

Organic and functional dysphonias: comparison of Self-Assessment protocols by confirmatory factor analysis.

Objective: This study aims to see if the effects of the sub-domains of the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10) and Voice Related Quality of Life (VRQoL) differ in organic (OD) and functional dysphonia (FD).

Method: A total of 162 patients completed the validated Turkish versions of the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10) and Voice-Related Quality of Life (VRQoL). Physical (pVHI-10), emotional (eVHI-10) and functional (fVHI-10) sub-domains of VHI-10 and physical-functional (PF-VRQoL), socio-emotional (SE-VRQoL) dimensions of VRQoL were assessed.

Effects of Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery on Voice and Formant Frequencies of Vowels in Turkish.

Aim: To investigate the effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) on acoustic characteristics of voice production in Turkish patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Material And Methods: This study recruited 20 patients diagnosed with PD. Voice samples were recorded under the "stimulation on" and "stimulation off" conditions of STN-DBS.

Investigating resilience, perceived social support and trait anxiety levels of mothers of school-age children who stutter.

Purpose: The attitude of mothers of children who stutter is believed to be crucial in the management of therapy process. Therefore, this study aimed at the description of resilience, perceived social support and trait anxiety levels of mothers of children with stuttering, as well as at the exploration of the relationship between them.

Methods: The study sample consisted of 33 mothers of children with stuttering aged 6-12 years.

Levels of Glucagon-like Peptide 1 are Decreased in Macrosomic Neonates from Non-Diabetic Mothers.

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is a gut-derived peptide with insulin-like effects. Our aim was to analyze cord blood GLP-1 levels of macrosomic and appropriate-gestational-age (AGA) neonates from non-diabetic mothers. A case-control study was conducted with 22 term macrosomic neonates (birth weight≥4000 g) and 22 AGA (birth weight>10 percentile and<4000 g) pregnancies.

Profiling morpho-syntactical development of cochlear implanted children with TR-LARSP.

This research aims to describe the grammatical development of Turkish-speaking children with cochlear implants (CI) using the Turkish adaptation of the Language Assessment and Remediation Profile (LARSP). The study was conducted on a total of 15 children with CIs aged 43-87 months with 22-45 months of hearing age. A total of 750 utterances were elicited from the CI group's recorded speech samples and analysed using the methodology of Turkish-Language Assessment and Remediation Profile (TR-LARSP).

Biomechanical Performances of Networked Polyethylene Glycol Diacrylate: Effect of Photoinitiator Concentration, Temperature, and Incubation Time.

Nutrient conduit networks can be introduced within the Polyethylene Glycol Diacrylate (PEGDA) tissue construct to enable cells to survive in the scaffold. Nutrient conduit networks can be created on PEGDA by macrochannel to nanochannel fabrication techniques. Such networks can influence the mechanical and cell activities of PEGDA scaffold.

Behçet's disease and pregnancy: a retrospective analysis of course of disease and pregnancy outcome.

Aim: Behçet's disease (BD) is a rare, chronic, multisystemic disease of unknown cause. BD is characterized by mucocutaneous, ocular, vascular and central nervous system manifestations and is also associated with thrombogenicity. In this retrospective analysis we investigated the relation between gestation and BD.

Retrospective evaluation of pregnancy outcomes in women with familial Mediterranean fever.

Aim: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive condition characterized by periodic attacks of fever, aseptic serositis and synovitis. In this study, we investigated maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnant patients with FMF.

Methods: This retrospective study consisted of 46 pregnant patients with FMF who attended the perinatology clinic of Dr Zekai Tahir Burak Research and Training Hospital between January 2008 and December 2012.

A Lindenmayer system-based approach for the design of nutrient delivery networks in tissue constructs.

Large thick tissue constructs have reported limited success primarily due to the inability of cells to survive deep within the scaffold. Without access to adequate nutrients, cells placed deep within the tissue construct will die out, leading to non-uniform tissue regeneration. Currently, there is a necessity to design nutrient conduit networks within the tissue construct to enable cells to survive in the matrix.