Search for dissertations about: "vocally"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the word vocally.

  2. 1. Vocally disruptive behaviour in severely demented patients in relation to institutional care provided

    Author : Ingalill Rahm Hallberg; Astrid Norberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dementia; vocally disruptive behaviour; shouting; nursing care; sensory deprivation; understimulâtion; anxiety; object relation theory; caregivers1 reactions; E.H. Erikson1s theory;

    Abstract : Thirty-seven patients identified as vocally disruptive and a control group, selected from 264 patients at psychogeriatric wards were studied. Tape-recordings of their vocal behaviour, ratings of their functional performance and symptoms related to dementia, observations of their behaviour, activities and interaction with caregivers were performed. READ MORE

  4. 2. The female voice in vocally demanding professions : field studies using portable voice accumulators

    Author : Annika Szabo Portela; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Objectives: Methods to register voice use outside the voice clinic, at work, are important for assessment of work-related voice disorders. Such methods must be reliable and valid and at the same time practical and easy to handle. READ MORE

  5. 3. Radiotherapy and voice rehabilitation in laryngeal cancer: Effects on quality of life and voice function

    Author : Therese Karlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Laryngeal cancer; Radiotherapy; Voice rehabilitation; Quality of life;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to describe the effects of radiotherapy following laryngeal cancer on health-related quality of life (HRQL) and voice function as well as to assess the efficiency of voice rehabilitation. Patients treated by radiotherapy for laryngeal cancer were included in the study and randomised into two groups, one intervention group receiving voice rehabilitation and one control group. READ MORE

  6. 4. Voice Rehabilitation and Functional Outcomes Following Radiotherapy for Laryngeal Cancer

    Author : Lisa Tuomi; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; voice quality; voice training; laryngeal neoplasms; patient outcome assessment; quality of life; radiotherapy;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate the effects of radiotherapy and voice rehabilitation on voice function and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) following treatment for laryngeal cancer. Patients treated for laryngeal cancer were prospectively studied pre-radiotherapy and 1, 6 and 12 months post-radiotherapy. READ MORE

  7. 5. Voice use in teaching environments: Speakers' comfort

    Author : Viveka Lyberg Åhlander; foniatri och audiologi Logopedi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; voice; vocal load; teachers; voice quality; room acoustics; work environment; F0; Sound pressure level; vocal dose; high-speed imaging; voice accumulation;

    Abstract : Teachers have high occupational voice demands and is a group frequently presented at voice clinics. Little is known about the teachers’ own view of the contribution from the environment and about the teachers’ voice use at their work-place. READ MORE