Vocal folds

Ramig, L. O., Sapir, S., Fox, C., & Countryman, S. (2001). Changes in vocal loudness following intensive voice treatment (LSVT®) in individuals with Parkinson 's disease: A comparison with untreated patients and normal age‐matched controls. Movement Disorders, 16(1), 79-83. Summary of the Research Study The research study addressed the efficacy of a voice treatment in improving the loudness of speech for people with Parkinson’s disease. For individuals with Parkinson’s disease it is common for…

A Closer Look at Spasmodic Dysphonia Approximately 7.5 million Americans suffer from a voice disorder (NIDCD). Voice disorders are speech disorders characterized by irregular pitch, loudness, duration, and vocal quality that are inappropriate for an individual’s age or gender (ASHA-Def of communication disorders and variations). Voice disorders are broken into three categories: functional, organic, or both. Organic voice disorders are broken down even further into structural and…

CSD 3150: Hyperkinetic Dysarthria of Huntington’s disease Huntington’s disease is a disorder that can be inherited through a defect in a gene in which there is a progressive degeneration of the brain cells. A person’s motor will become impaired, with many moments of uncontrolled involuntary movements such as jerking, imbalance and posture issues, as well as speech and swallowing issues. However, the severity of this disease varies with different stages (asha.org). Cognition is also an issue,…

A case study of asthma in a 10 year old European child. This case study will cover the normal structure and function of the respiratory system. This case study will also discuss the changes that occur when asthma is triggered, and the routine diagnostic tests/vital signs for asthma. The normal range of the routine tests/vital signs for asthma and three nursing interventions that are required to meet the clients needs in relation to asthma will be explained further. To stay alive we need…

Therefore, the structures and muscles in the respiration for life help to deliver oxygen to the different parts of the body. Along with this, the main function of the structures and muscles in respiration for speech is to make sounds using the vocal folds. During respiration for speech, the individual is still performing respiration for life but that is not always the case with respiration for life. In each role of respiration, there are some structures that perform the same job for a different…

with up to seven adults and their young in a nest. This also helps to conserve heat when the weather is cold. They have scent glands which they use to mark their territory, and also mark their nest with urine. They communicate using a wide variety of vocal sounds. They engage in social grooming which helps improve their hygiene and health. It also helps with their colony by bonding and establishing their group identity. They can be really social and can act like other animals or have the same…

everyone has something blocking them, repress, and preventing them from ever really being heard. Listen, I don't judge people on there infirmity of appearance, but rather their personality. I listen to the vibration that falls an upon their vocal folds. I listen to their intellectual alterations through the diversification of conversation. Listen. But…

Thyroid cartilage a. The thyroid cartilage is the most prominent structure, forming the Adam’s apple (Starkey, et al., 2011). b. The cartilage is a strong but flexible tissue which houses the vocal folds, also known as the vocal cords (AnatomyExpert, 2014). 12. Cricoid cartilage a. The cricoids cartilage lies inferior to the thyroid cartilage, forming a ring of cartilage that surrounds the trachea (Starkey, et al., 2011). 13. Tracheal cartilage a. The tracheal…

Society and the media did not react to LSD so kindly as it became more popularized in both America and Britain in the mid 60’s, the mass majority of media portrayed it as a danger to individuals and to society, they ignored the beneficial effects and instead of looking at the successes it had in the psychotherapy world, they focused on the “bad trips,” the small number of disaster stories from personal user experiences, and over dramatized the possible and actual dangers of the drug. [8]…

velopharyngeal incompetence (movement), and velopharyngeal mislearning (articulation). Normal resonance is control by the size and the shape of the pharyngeal, oral, and nasal cavities, which provides the quality and uniqueness of the voice from the vocal tract with airflow and sound. Airflow is converted into air pressure by articulators, which…