Effectiveness of voice rehabilitation on vocalisation in postlaryngectomy patients: a systematic review

S Xi - JBI Evidence Implementation, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background Laryngeal cancer is one of the most common malignant neoplasia of the head
and neck. Its incidence has been increasing steadily all over the world. Many patients will …

Silent speech recognition as an alternative communication device for persons with laryngectomy

GS Meltzner, JT Heaton, Y Deng… - … ACM transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Each year thousands of individuals require surgical removal of the larynx (voice box) due to
trauma or disease, and thereby require an alternative voice source or assistive device to …

Listener perception of monopitch, naturalness, and intelligibility for speakers with Parkinson's disease

S Anand, CE Stepp - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015 - ASHA
Purpose Given the potential significance of speech naturalness to functional and social
rehabilitation outcomes, the objective of this study was to examine the effect of listener …

Tackling speaking mode varieties in EMG-based speech recognition

M Wand, M Janke, T Schultz - IEEE transactions on biomedical …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An electromyographic (EMG) silent speech recognizer is a system that recognizes speech
by capturing the electric potentials of the human articulatory muscles, thus enabling the user …

The effect of fundamental frequency on the intelligibility of speech with flattened intonation contours

PJ Watson, RS Schlauch - 2008 - ASHA
Purpose To examine the effect of fundamental frequency (F0) on the intelligibility of speech
with flattened F0 contours in noise. Method Participants listened to sentences produced by 2 …

Transmasculine voice modification: A case study

DP Buckley, KL Dahl, GJ Cler, CE Stepp - Journal of Voice, 2020 - Elsevier
This case study measured the effects of manual laryngeal therapy on the fundamental
frequency (fo), formant frequencies, estimated vocal tract length, and listener perception of …

Neck and face surface electromyography for prosthetic voice control after total laryngectomy

CE Stepp, JT Heaton, RG Rolland… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The electrolarynx (EL) is a common rehabilitative speech aid for individuals who have
undergone total laryngectomy, but they typically lack pitch control and require the exclusive …

A lifesaving view of vascularized composite allotransplantation: patient experience of social death before and after face, hand, and larynx transplant

KA Bramstedt - Journal of patient experience, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Most solid organ transplantation is viewed as lifesaving, whereas vascularized
composite allotransplantation (VCA) has been viewed as life enhancing. This article …

The new bionic electro-larynx speech system

AK Fuchs, M Hagmüller, G Kubin - IEEE journal of selected …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Persons who have lost their larynx and thus speech functionality need to use a substitution
voice to regain speech. The electro-larynx (EL) is a widely used device but is known for its …

The effects of modulating fundamental frequency and speech rate on the intelligibility, communication efficiency, and perceived naturalness of synthetic speech

JM Vojtech, JP Noordzij Jr, GJ Cler, CE Stepp - American journal of speech …, 2019 - ASHA
Purpose This study investigated how modulating fundamental frequency (f0) and speech
rate differentially impact the naturalness, intelligibility, and communication efficiency of …