Ortner's syndrome resulting from aortic pseudoaneurysm owing to intimal sarcoma of the aorta by Akio Shimoji, MD, Naoto Fukunaga, MD, PhD, Tatsuto Wakami, MD, Otohime Mori, MD, Kosuke Yoshizawa, MD, Nobushige Tamura, MD, PhD

“…A fiberoptic laryngoscopy revealed paralytic left vocal cord, indicating the left recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis. …”
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Anterior mediastinal tracheostomy – a salvage procedure for tracheal necrosis after thyroidectomy for medullary thyroid cancer: a case-report by Hanan Hemead, Akshay J. Patel, Hannah Jesani, Sajith Kumar, Irfan Ahmed, Sat Parmar, Robert Warner, Neil Sharma, Maninder S. Kalkat

“…He required post operative intubation due to bilateral vocal cord paralysis. He developed ischaemic necrosis of the upper two thirds of the trachea presenting with marked surgical emphysema and an infective wound. …”
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LONGITUDINAL STUDIES OF MUSICALLY GIFTED SCHOOLGIRLS by Svetlana N. Loseva

“…The aim of the article is to consider the empirical aspects of the development of musical gifted schoolgirls in vocal and choral activities.Methods. Scientific methods of research (observation, questionnaire, interview, formative experiment, longitude, testing) are used. …”
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Paving the Way for Speech: Voice-Training-Induced Plasticity in Chronic Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech—Three Single Cases by Monika Jungblut, Walter Huber, Christiane Mais, Ralph Schnitker

“…Likewise, pre- and posttreatment assessments of patients’ vocal rhythm production, language, and speech motor performance yielded significant improvements for all patients. …”
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Endoscopic Appearance of Oropharyngeal and Upper GI Kaposi’s Sarcoma in an Immunocompromised Patient by Umar Darr, Anas Renno, Zubair Khan, Turki Alkully, Maitham A. Moslim, Sehrish Kamal, Ali Nawras

“…Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was performed and revealed multiple large hypervascularized violaceous submucosal nodular lesions with stigmata of bleeding seen on the soft palate and pharynx and within the cricopharyngeal area close to the vocal cords. Biopsy of the soft palate lesions showed proliferation of neoplastic spindle shaped cells arranged in bundles with slit-like capillary spaces containing erythrocytes consistent with Kaposi’s sarcoma. …”
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Improving detection of Parkinson’s disease with acoustic feature optimization using particle swarm optimization and machine learning by Elmoundher Hadjaidji, Mohamed Cherif Amara Korba, Khaled Khelil

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD), characterized by motor impairments and tremors, also presents early-stage vocal abnormalities that hold diagnostic potential. …”
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UAlpha40: A comprehensive dataset of Urdu alphabet for Pakistan sign languageMendeley Data by Sameena Javaid, Shahood Sajid, Yusra Khan Baloch

“…Language bridges the gap of communication, and Sign Language (SL) is a native language among vocal and mute community. Every region has its own sign language. …”
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Active surveillance for adult low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma—a review focused on the 30-year experience of Kuma Hospital— by Yasuhiro Ito, Akira Miyauchi, Makoto Fujishima, Masashi Yamamoto, Takahiro Sasaki

“…Some PTMCs enlarge or show newly appeared metastatic nodes requiring CS, and findings on the postoperative prognosis and incidence of significant surgical complications (e.g., permanent vocal cord paralysis, hypoparathyroidism) do not differ significantly between patients who underwent CS after AS and those who underwent immediate surgery (IS). …”
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Stakeholder diversity matters: employing the wisdom of crowds for data-poor fisheries assessments by Benjamin L. H. Jones, Rolando O. Santos, W. Ryan James, Samuel Shephard, Aaron J. Adams, Ross E. Boucek, Lucy Coals, Sophia V. Costa, Leanne C. Cullen-Unsworth, Jennifer S. Rehage

“…We need to understand which, and how many knowledge holders are needed to ensure that management recommendations arising from local knowledge are not skewed towards the most vocal individuals. Here, we apply a Wisdom of Crowds framework to a data-poor recreational catch-and-release fishery, where individuals interact with natural resources in different ways. …”
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Lee Silverman Voice Treatment to Improve Speech in Parkinson’s Disease: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis by Tingting Pu, Min Huang, Xiangyu Kong, Meng Wang, Xiangling Chen, Xixi Feng, Changyou Wei, Xiechuan Weng, Fan Xu

“…This meta-analysis demonstrated the efficacy of LSVT in increasing vocal loudness and functional communication among individuals with PD. …”
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Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Presenting with Oculomotor Ophthalmoplegia and Distal Myopathy by Jessica Mani Penny Tevaraj, Evelyn Tai Li Min, Raja Azmi Mohd Noor, Azhany Yaakub, Wan Hazabbah Wan Hitam

“…She also had palsy of the right vocal cord, as well as the third and eighth nerve. …”
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A Sound-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System for Small-Scale Dairy Operations by Songül Şentürklü, Ertuğrul Bilgücü, A. Cumhur Kınacı, Sefa Aksu, Ünal Kızıl

“…Monitoring systems based on cameras are not sufficient in livestock barns since they require visual inspection and ignore vocal conditions within the barn. These systems are also quite expensive for most small family operations. …”
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Efeitos da expansão rápida de maxila nos limiares auditivos e funcionamento da orelha média by Cassiele Fontoura Moraes, Erissandra Gomes, Rebeca Cardona Santa Helena, Pricila Sleifer

“…A avaliação audiológica, realizada nos quatro momentos, foi composta pela meatoscopia, audiometria tonal liminar e vocal, timpanometria e pesquisa dos reflexos acústicos. …”
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Detection of pharyngeal perforation during fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing in a person with cervical spinal cord injury in the intensive care unit: a case report by Min Soo Choi, Sang Hun Han, Yong Beom Shin, Myung Hun Jang

“…In addition, FEES allows the identification of anatomical abnormalities of the oropharynx and abnormalities of vocal cord. Thus, it is recommended to do FEES to check anatomical abnormalities as well as dysphagia in patients in the intensive care unit.…”
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Analysis of the Effectiveness of Arytenoidectomy and Posterior Cordectomy with the Use of CFD Airflow Measurements in Patients with BVFP: A Retrospective Study by Marta Gamrot-Wrzoł, Magdalena Marków, Daniel Janecki, Bogusława Orecka, Krzysztof Warmuziński, Maciej Misiołek

“…Purpose. Bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP) is a rare larynx disease manifested by dyspnea, which often requires surgical treatment. …”
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Conflicts between indigenous and scientific concepts of landscape management for wildlife conservation: human-chimpanzee politics of coexistence at Bossou, Guinea by Gen Yamakoshi, Vincent Leblan

“…Even in the context of today’s participatory conservation approaches, there is vocal skepticism about the ability of Africans to act independently and about the existence of local “conservation” philosophies. …”
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Passive acoustic monitoring of an elusive rail, the corncrake (Crex crex): Calling patterns, detectability and monitoring recommendations by Andrea Parisi, Marie Greaney, John Carey, James Moran, Joanne O’Brien

“…Additionally, detectability according to weather variables and lunar fraction was assessed using a single-species occupancy model. We found marked vocal diel (hour, P < 0.001) and seasonal (date, P < 0.001) patterns. …”
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Misinterpretation of Psychiatric Illness in Deaf Patients: Two Case Reports by Ethan Anglemyer, Craig Crespi

“…Symptoms such as auditory hallucinations are not brought up in the same manner and are thought to be a visual construct interpreted by the patient as a vocal expression. It is imperative that these subtle differences are known in order to differentiate out an actual mental illness. …”
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The Assessment of Knowledge about Tourette’s Syndrome among Medical Students and Primary Physicians in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Anas A. Alalwan, Mohammad A. Alkhamis, Ahmad M. Samman, Enan H. M. Alsharif, Omar E. M. Tarabzoni, Ismail A. Khatri

“…Tourette’s syndrome (TS), a chronic, often disabling neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics, is frequently misdiagnosed, or patients are delayed in diagnosis. …”
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Influence of age on voice quality after transoral CO2 laser microsurgery by Jerome R. Lechien, Stephane Hans, Lise Crevier-Buchman

“…The voice quality was assessed pre-, 1-, 3- 6- and 12-month posttreatment with voice handicap index (VHI), dysphonia, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, strain (GRBAS), maximal phonation time (MPT), F0, F0 standard deviation (STD), percent jitter, percent shimmer, noise-to-harmonic ratio (NHR), vocal fold vibration assessment and speech fluency. …”
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