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The resonance tube method in voice therapy: Description and practical implementations
Susanna Simberg,Anneli Laine +1 more
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Phonation into glass tubes, keeping the free end of the tube in water, has been a frequently used voice therapy method in Finland for more than four decades.Abstract:
Phonation into glass tubes, keeping the free end of the tube in water, has been a frequently used voice therapy method in Finland for more than four decades. These so-called resonance tubes, introduced by Professor Sovijarvi in the 1960s, are used in different ways depending on the patient's diagnosis and the goal of the voice therapy. In this paper, some of the most common ways of using the tube are presented.read more
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Vocal tract and glottal function during and after vocal exercising with resonance tube and straw
Marco Guzman,Anne-Maria Laukkanen,Petr Krupa,Jaromír Horáček,Jan G. Švec,Ahmed Geneid,Ahmed Geneid +6 more
TL;DR: CT and acoustic results indicated that vocal exercises with increased vocal tract impedance lead to increased vocal efficiency and economy and one of the major changes was the more prominent singer's/speaker's formant cluster.
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Vocal tract changes caused by phonation into a tube: a case study using computer tomography and finite-element modeling.
TL;DR: The results indicate that the phonation into a tube causes changes in the vocal tract which remain also when the tube is removed, which may help improving voice production in patients and voice professionals.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Voice Therapy Protocols
Mara Kapsner-Smith,Mara Kapsner-Smith,Eric Hunter,Eric Hunter,Kimberly Kirkham,Karin Cox,Ingo R. Titze,Ingo R. Titze +7 more
TL;DR: Comparison of the effect sizes suggests FRT therapy is noninferior to VFE in terms of reduction in Voice Handicap Index scores, and VFE andFRT therapy may improve voice quality of life in some individuals with dysphonia.
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Air Pressure and Contact Quotient Measures During Different Semioccluded Postures in Subjects With Different Voice Conditions
Marco Guzman,Christian Castro,Sofia Madrid,Christian Olavarria,Miguel Leiva,Daniel Muñoz,Elizabeth Jaramillo,Anne-Maria Laukkanen +7 more
TL;DR: During semioccluded exercises, most variables behaved in a similar way (same trend with a quite large individual variation) regardless of the vocal status of the participants.
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Laryngeal and pharyngeal activity during semioccluded vocal tract postures in subjects diagnosed with hyperfunctional dysphonia.
TL;DR: Results indicate that all variables differ significantly, and VLP, A-P constriction, and pharyngeal width changed differently throughout the eight semioccluded postures.
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