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	Breathy or Lost Voice
		Treatment depends on the cause of the breathy voice.
		This patient has a breathy voice, not due to anything wrong with her voicebox, but because the patient has severe lung problems.
		This patient regained her voice after 15 minutes of speech therapy focused on relaxation of the neck muscles and focussing on pitches where her voice became most audible and clear (upper register).
	homepage.mac.com /changcy/voicebreathy.htm (762 words)

	MEEI-Voice Disorders
		Voice disorders are caused by disturbances in the functioning of the larynx (the "voice box" in the neck), and can be associated with a variety of conditions including: neurological disorders (e.g., nerve damage, Parkinson's Disease), non-neurological organic disorders (e.g., trauma to the larynx, cancer), and misuse/abuse of the voice (e.g., excessive yelling or loud talking).
		Individuals with voice disorders may experience symptoms such as hoarseness, breathy voice quality, difficulty projecting voice, voice loss, voice that is easily fatigued or deteriorates with use.
		A full range of voice therapy treatment services are also provided by Laboratory staff who specialize in the treatment of all types of voice disorders with special expertise in the areas of professional voice (e.g., singers/performers), and the rehabilitation of patients who have lost the larynx (laryngectomy) due to cancer.
	www.meei.harvard.edu /shared/oto/voice.php (293 words)

	Kansas Voice Center - Common Voice Disorders
		Muscle tension dysphonia is a common problem that can cause symptoms ranging from an extremely breathy voice to one that is tight/strangled and high pitched.
		The most common perceptual symptom is a tight/strained voice, although occasionally a person may exhibit spasms with an excessive breathy vocal quality.
		Voice symptoms can include weakness, breathiness, hoarseness, or a strained voice if a person is using too much effort with speaking.
	www.kansasvoicecenter.com /common_disorders.html (1002 words)

	Voice Disorders
		Voice therapy will not "cure" spasmodic dysphonia but is often recommended to educate the patient and to instruct the patient in compensatory strategies.
		Voice therapy is often recommended to address vocal health and hygiene and to instruct the patient in vocal facilitation techniques targeted at reducing swelling.
		Voice therapy may be recommended to assist patients after surgery and to encourage optimal vocal quality.
	www.gbmc.org /voice/disorders.cfm (1582 words)

	The Hindu : Magazine / Health : Voice at risk
		VOICE is the sound produced by the inward movement of vocal cords when the air from lungs passes through and brings the vocal cords together.
		People with voice problems often complain of or notice changes in the pitch or the volume, loss of voice or endurance and sometimes a sharp or dull pain or change in singing ability.
		It is very important to be conscious about using voice during an episode of laryngitis as it may cause sub mucosal haemorrhages due to injury to the vessels traversing the vocal cords and then lead to permanent damage.
	www.hindu.com /mag/2005/07/03/stories/2005070300210700.htm (1085 words)

	CFV - Spasmodic Dysphonia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The voice usually sounds "strained-strangled," similar to the sound of someone being "choked." It doesn't hurt to talk, and it is usually worse when speaking loudly.
		There may also be pitch or voice breaks during vowels, with uncontrolled rises in fundamental frequency during speech, or especially a breathy voice quality.
		Voice therapy also may provide support for patients unlikely to improve on other therapies, and may prolong the duration of effectiveness for those treated with botulinum toxin.
	www.voice.northwestern.edu /spasmod.html (1269 words)

	The Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
		Voice is often worse on the telephone or when the speaker is under stress.
		Voice therapy is used in conjunction with Botox injections to maximize voice capabilities during the breathy period, minimize the dysfunction as the spasms return, and lengthen the time between injections.
		Voice therapy is often useful to decrease associated swelling and improve voice quality.
	www.hopkinsmedicine.org /voice/disorders.html (3308 words)

	Disorders of Vocal Abuse and Misuse [NIDCD Health Information]
		Voice is produced by vibration of the vocal folds.
		It may be caused by excessive use of the voice, by bacterial or viral infections, or by irritants such as inhaled chemicals or the backup of stomach acid into the throat (gastroesophageal reflux).
		A voice recording is often made, and trial therapy techniques may be used to test their effectiveness at improving the voice.
	www.nidcd.nih.gov /health/voice/vocalabuse.asp (1565 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, Alabama (AL) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Breathy voice or murmured voice is a phonation in which the vocal cords vibrate, as they do in normal (modal) voicing, but are held further apart, so that a larger volume of air escapes between them.
		A second is to bring the vocal cords closer together along their entire length than in voiceless [10], but not as close as in modally voiced sounds such as vowels.
		For example, in both languages, the standard morphological mechanism for achieving the morphosyntactic copula is to simply execute the noun prefix syllable as breathy voiced (or 'depressed').
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=breathy_voice (460 words)

	NPR : Why Do Men Have Deeper Voices than Women?
		"Voice is a profound difference between men and women, and it colors every human interaction we have," says David Puts, an anthropologist at Michigan State University.
		Breathiness comes from air whistling through a gap at the back of the vocal cords.
		What's even stranger, Hughes says, is that both men and women with sexy voices also tend to be more symmetrical and have traditionally sexy body types: the men in her studies tended to have broad shoulders and narrow hips, and the women tended to have hourglass-shaped figures.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=6632829&ft=1&f=1007 (811 words)

	The Voice Clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Voice disorders are often evaluated and treated in conjunction with a laryngologist.
		Common voice concerns include hoarseness; scratchy voice; weak voice; breathy voice; difficulty with loudness; pain or discomfort with speaking or singing; change in singing voice; increased effort to talk; frequent laryngitis; voice fatigue (worsening voice quality or discomfort with voice use); and changes in voice after trauma or surgery to the neck, throat, or larynx.
		Voice disorders can be caused by a variety of factors and are frequently related to vocal nodules, polyps, cysts, granulomas, cancer, papilloma, vocal fold paralysis, vocal edem (swelling), muscle tension dysphonia, or other changes to the vocal folds and how they move.
	www.otoweb.org /clinics_folder/voice_clinic_folder/voice_home.htm (735 words)

	Karl Nordstrom: Evoq (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Singing voices become breathy when the voice is very relaxed such that air escapes between the vocal folds.
		To control the glottal voice quality it is necessary to adjust both the breathiness and the perception of vocal effort.
		This approach of transforming the voice treats breathiness as an effect to be added to the voice in much the same way that electronic effects are added to guitars and other instruments.
	karlnordstrom.typepad.com /voxresearch/evoq (258 words)

	Diseases of the Larynx
		Nodules are calluses on the vocal folds that occur with improper voice use or overuse.
		Polyps are benign lesions of the larynx, occurring mostly in adult males, that are usually located on the phonating margin (edge) of the vocal folds and prevent the vocal folds from meeting in the midline.
		Adductor SD, with spasms causing sporadic vocal fold closures, are identified by a strained, strangled voice.
	www.texasvoicecenter.com /diseases.html (1118 words)

	Coup de Glotte
		I was only 28 years of age and my voice was in ruins, mainly because of the terrible instruction I had by teachers who knew nothing of the Old World training; the training that developed so many world class singers in the early 20th Century.
		The actor suffered from a strange sound in his speaking voice; a breathy and squeaky quality which made his voice sound like a comedy voice rather than the voice of a leading actor.
		You have the voice of a child; very small and breathy." Even though she insisted that she had received excellent reviews, he was sure that she was only using a small part of her voice.
	www.voiceteacher.com /coupdeglotte.html (2620 words)

	Types of Disorders
		Voice use is minimal at first, with a very gradual return to complete voice use (1-4 months, depending on the surgical wound and the extent and type of voice use required).
		In the case of conversion disorder, the individual may undergo functional voice therapy to gain control over his or her voice, but in most cases the voice disorder will not resolve unless there is also psychotherapy to address the underlying problem.
		The voice therapist may be able to elicit a normally low-pitched voice by engaging the individual in certain vocal tasks, but if the psychological resistance is strong, psychotherapy may be necessary to maintain the more adult voice quality.
	www.lionsvoiceclinic.umn.edu /page3b.htm (7721 words)

	Labelling of voice quality
		The changes in voice source behavior may be associated with segmental or suprasegmental elements on the linguistic layer of communication.
		It is rather striking that the tense/lax voice opposition (in the sense of the degree of overall muscular tension) is used linguistically (Maddieson and Ladefoged, 1985).
		Hoarseness is a term used to explain the perceived voice abnormality as originating at a voice source rather than resulting from abnormalities in vocal tract configuration and is perceptually related to the noise generation during phonation.
	www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de /phonetik/EGG/page8.htm (1013 words)

	Source-Tract Acoustic Interaction in Breathy Voice
		When the voice is made "breathy" by medial abduction of the vocal folds (and not by abduction of just the posterior interarytenoidal segment, as sometimes occurs (Rothenberg 1973), the projected glottal area can be expected to have the form shown in the lower solid trace in Figure 37-1.
		Turning first to the non-breathy voice immediately before and after the /h/, we have labeled the four non-breathy pulses closest to the abductory movement as A, B, C and D. It can be seen that the area waveform for these pulses is not symmetrical, even ignoring the perturbations at the apex.
		Since we have used a symmetrical Ag pulse of about the same duty cycle and relative amplitude as in the non-breathy voice of Figure 37-2, this simulation value of 0.95 should be comparable to the measured values of a, namely 0.93 from the breathy voice and 0.70 from the non-breathy voice.
	www.rothenberg.org /Sourcetractbv/Sourcetractbvprinterfriendly.htm (5946 words)

	Identifying Your Voice Needs
		Absenteeism with laryngitis and voice problems from upper respiratory illnesses.
		Monotone voice / unpleasant or unfriendly tone of voice.
		Voice ergonomics® is a CCR registered, woman owned business.
	www.voice-ergonomics.com /needs.htm (209 words)

	Voice Disorders in Children
		Pediatric voice problems involve pathologic laryngeal conditions, including inflammation of the vocal folds, chronic laryngitis, vocal nodules, vocal polyps and contact ulcers, all of which can be identified by the child’s Ear, Nose and Throat doctor.
		Special help for children with voice disorders is needed to show how to clear the throat easily and softly by exhaling air using a "silent cough." An easy-soft voice using /n/ sounds, /h/ words, and the "yawn-sign" technique are effective in teaching the child how to close the vocal folds softly for voice production.
		Speaking to children in a soft breathy voice can help model an easier method of phonation; a whistle can be used by parents and children to get attention from a distance; and, if appropriate, the child can learn to increase pitch with modeling.
	www.cslot.com /children/child_voice_disorders.htm (559 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Breathy voice (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Breathy voice is a special kind of phonation in which the vocal folds are vibrating as in normal voicing, but the glottal closure is incomplete, so that the voicing is somewhat inefficient and air continues to leak between the vocal folds throughout the vibration cycle with audible friction noise.
		A breathy voiced glottal approximant can be heard as an allophone of English [h] between vowels, e.g.
		] etc.) is often followed by an h-like offglide that delays the onset of full voicing –- this is the normal pronunciation of "voiced aspirated stops" such as Hindi bh, dh etc.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/br/Breathy_voice (123 words)

	Hoarseness (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first is a breathy voice caused by paralysis or weakness of one or both vocal cords.
		The second is a rough or coarse voice caused by a growth or swelling on the vocal cord and this results in a hoarse voice and is the subject of this algorithm.
		If the history is one of voice abuse such as: a high school cheerleader, a screaming parent, or a professional who is required to project their voice excessively, then voice rest is the preferred treatment.
	www.surgery.ucsd.edu /ent/davidson/Pathway/Hoarse.htm (706 words)

	Phonation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		("Voice quality" is often also used to describe aspects of the filter, specifically vocal tract "settings" that persist over a stretch of speech.
		Deviations from ordinary voicelessness or modal voicing are marked with diacritic symbols.
		After the release of the stop, the breathy voice continues for an interval before the onset of modal voicing (parallel to the lag in Voice Onset Time in voiceless aspirated stops).
	www.umanitoba.ca /linguistics/russell/138/sec5/phonatio.htm (674 words)

	sidbn
		Breathy voice is used in many languages as a paralinguistic signal of passion.
		Some languages, Hindi is an example, have breathy voiced segments in contrast with modal voiced varieties.
		In these cases, the breathy voice is often called "voiced aspiration".
	www.phon.ucl.ac.uk /home/johnm/sid/sidb.htm (918 words)

	Modelling of voice quality correlates
		The quality of the voice depends on the degree of tension in the larynx and pharynx, and on the vertical displacement of the larynx: a raised larynx produces a thin tense voice, and a lowered larynx a booming voice.
		The human voice is a series of puffs of air separated by (partial) closure of the vocal folds between each puff.
		Voice is thereby produced by the vibrations of the vocal folds activated by the air pressure from the lungs and is characterised by the shape and the physiology of the vocal folds and larynx.
	dea.brunel.ac.uk /cmsp/Home_Emir_Turajlic/introduction.html (1447 words)

	Voicefoundation.org
		Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a voice disorder in which abrupt, involuntary movements (spasms) in the voice box cause abnormal voice (dysphonia).
		The voice box muscle spasms that characterize spasmodic dysphonia alter the precise closure of vocal folds during speech.
		There is no characteristic voice sound for mixed SD, but a careful evaluation of the voice will identify both the strained, strangled voice characteristics of adductor SD and the breathy or soundless voice breaks of abductor SD.
	www.voicefoundation.org /spasmodic_dysphonia_understanding.html (933 words)

	Types of phonation
		Below, the influences of the tensions and adjustments of the vocal folds on the phonation process and on voice quality will be described briefly(after Eckert and Laver, 1994).
		For voiced sounds the glottis is closed or nearly closed, whereas for voiceless sounds it is wide open, actually the distance between the folds amount to only a fraction of a milimeter.
		Breathy voice differs from voiced whisper because of the weaker medial compression and the smaller degree of voicing effort.
	www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de /phonetik/EGG/page10.htm (1124 words)

	Voice Academy glossary
		Breathiness: The distinct sound of air with the voice, resulting from vocal folds that do not completely meet during voicing.
		Hoarse voice: A raspy, harsh, or grating sounding voice caused by irregular vocal fold vibration (such as asymmetry of the vocal folds) and noisy escape of air from the glottis.
		Voice coach/director: In theatrical or singing performance, an experienced individual who assists the performer with healthful and aesthetically pleasing use of the voice.
	www.uiowa.edu /~shcvoice/glossary.html (3575 words)

	voice problems, hoarseness
		When hoarse, the voice may sound breathy, raspy, strained, or there may be changes in volume (loudness) or pitch (how high or low the voice is).
		A breathy voice may suggest poor vocal cord function, which may be caused by a benign tumor, polyp or cancer of
		voice abuse or paralysis of the vocal chords.
	cms.clevelandclinic.org /headandneck/body.cfm?id=135 (474 words)

	Emory Healthcare \| \| Spasmodic Dysphonia \| "
		Other symptoms may include a tight or constricted sounding voice, which is the result of the patient trying to control spasms.
		After that, the voice becomes soft and breathy for a period of several days to two weeks.
		Voice relaxation techniques and other speech therapies may sometimes be effective in lessening some of the symptoms of the condition.
	www.emoryhealthcare.org /departments/voice_center/sub_menu/spasdomic.html (531 words)

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