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Peer reviewedTrudeau, Michael D. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1987
Twenty-five adult (mean age 58) speakers who were either esophageal or tracheoesophageal speakers were grouped according to gender, voice type, and speaking proficiency. Naive listener evaluation found that speaker proficiency but not voice type had a significant effect on judgment of acceptability, suggesting that postlaryngectomy speech is quite…
Descriptors: Adults, Special Health Problems, Speech Handicaps, Voice Disorders
Peer reviewedHeidel, Sandra E.; Torgerson, John K. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1993
Comparison of vocal problems of 50 female aerobic instructors and 50 female aerobic participants by means of questionnaires found that aerobic instructors generally experienced more hoarseness and episodes of voice loss during and after instructing and exhibited a significantly higher prevalence of nodules. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Aerobics, Females, Incidence
Peer reviewedLaguaite, Jeannette K. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1972
A health-screening program found that 5-10 percent of adults had some type of laryngeal or nasopharyngeal pathology recognizable by a deviant voice quality. (KW)
Descriptors: Adults, Health Services, Identification, Physical Examinations
Peer reviewedZeine, Lina; Brandt, John F. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1988
The study investigated the Lombard effect (evoking increased speech intensity by applying masking noise to ears of talker) on the speech of esophageal talkers, artificial larynx users, and normal speakers. The noise condition produced the highest intensity increase in the esophageal speakers. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Noise (Sound), Rehabilitation, Speech Handicaps
Peer reviewedBatza, Eugene M.; Geurkink, Nathan A. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1970
Descriptors: Adults, Exceptional Child Research, Medical Case Histories, Medical Services
