The purpose of this study was to describe the acoustic characteristics of Spanish vowels in
subjects who had undergone a total laryngectomy and to compare the results with those …

The present study investigated the effect of tonal changes on voice onset time (VOT)
between normal laryngeal (NL) and superior esophageal (SE) speakers of Mandarin …

This work investigates the use of automatic speech processing techniques for the automatic
assessment of children's speech disorders. The target group were children with cleft lip and …

The ability of Mandarin esophageal speakers to distinguish between aspirated and
unaspirated stops, and to distinguish between different places of articulation of stops were …

The objective of this study was to assess the difference in voice quality as defined by
acoustical analysis using sustained vowel in laryngectomized patients in comparison with …

Purpose To investigate the ability of standard esophageal (SE) and tracheoesophageal (TE)
speakers of Cantonese to differentiate between aspirated and unaspirated stops produced …

Tracheoesophageal (TE) speakers often have difficulty producing the voiced/voiceless
distinction. This limitation has been attributed to use of the pharyngoe-sophageal segment …

In 20 to 40 percent of all cases of laryngeal cancer, total laryngectomy has to be performed,
ie the removal of the entire larynx. For the patient, this means the loss of the natural voice …

In speech processing, identification of speaker's gender has been considered as a topic of
interest by many studies so far. Although various methods and approaches have been …

The purpose of this study was to compare listener processing demands when decoding
alaryngeal compared to laryngeal speech. Fifty-six listeners were presented with single …