Analysis of the voice quality of 14 7- to 10-year-old Down's syndrome children revealed significantly greater frequency and amplitude perturbations and spectral noise-to-harmonic component ratios compared to ratings for nonretarded subjects. (Author/CL)

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…

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)

Discussed are speech appliances, devices which may be worn inside the mouth to improve voice resonance. (LS)

Described and provided is a laryngology consult form that has been found useful by speech therapists in obtaining information important to the diagnosis and management of children with voice disorders. (CL)

A clinical program of vocal rehabilitation for eight patients with biopsied papillomata of the vocal folds resulted in reduction or elimination of the papillomata in four patients. (KW)

A combination of training in deep muscle relaxation, instruction in phonation in controlled vowel contexts, and gradual reintroduction of a normal voice quality restored normal voice quality after five sessions to a 40-year-old female with hoarseness of sudden onset and of suspected psychogenic origin. (Author/KW)