Search for dissertations about: "Elisabeth Sederholm"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Elisabeth Sederholm.

2. 1. Hoarseness in ten-year-old children : perceptual characteristics, prevalence and etiology

   Author : Elisabeth Sederholm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Child voice; hoarseness; perceptual analysis; voice quality; visual analog scales; connected speech; sustained vowels; prevalence; acute hoarseness; chronic hoarseness; videolaryngoscopy; stroboscopy; incomplete glottal closure; vocal nodules; voice;

   Abstract : The aim of the present investigation was to explore the occurrence of and factors related to hoarseness in ten- year-old children. In order to establish the prevalence of hoarseness in a group of normal children, a method to distinguish atypical from normal voices was introduced and the perceptual characteristics of hoarseness were identified. READ MORE