Acute effects of inhaling Oud incense on voice of Saudi adults.

Background And Objectives: Like in most of the Arab countries, incense burning, including Oud, is widely used in Saudi Arabia. The widespread effects of the Oud incense on voice have not been examined. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the short-term effects of Oud incense on laryngeal symptoms and voice acoustics in normal Saudi adults.

Studying the Psychological Profile of Patients with Laryngopharyngeal Reflux.

Background/aims: Psychological factors have been claimed to play a role in the predisposition for laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) symptoms. The aims of this work were to study the relationship between psychological disorders and LPR and to investigate the effect of potential psychological disorders on patients' self-perception of reflux-related problems.

Methods: Forty-two patients with symptoms suggestive of LPR were psychologically evaluated using the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, the Symptom Checklist-90 Revised, the Manifest Anxiety Scale of Taylor, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale.

Spectrographic analysis of Egyptian Cairene /r/: is it a trill or a tap?

The /r/ phoneme is variable in manner and place of articulation, and difficult to correct worldwide. Variability could exist within the same language. The objective of this study was to determine whether Egyptian Cairene /r/ was a trill or a tap and, if both forms were present, whether they were affected by word position or adjacent vowels/consonants.

Development and validation of the Arabic pediatric voice handicap index.

Background And Objective: Voice problems negatively affect how children are perceived both by adults and by their peers. Although voice disorders are common in the pediatric population, there is still a lack of information available to clinicians regarding evaluation and treatment of pediatric voice disorders. The purpose of the present study was to develop an Arabic version of pediatric VHI and to test its validity and reliability.

Early phonological development in Arabic Egyptian children: 12-30 months.

Phonological development is a dynamic process that operates on three levels: universal development, specific language development, and specific child development. An intricate relationship between the three factors delineates the course of acquisition of each child's phonemic inventory. This study is designed to investigate the phonemic inventory and the phonological processes used by Arabic Egyptian children in order to evaluate cross-linguistic similarities and differences.