Sentences with phrase «normal voice quality»

However, in recent years, researchers have noted occasional use of the creak in speakers with normal voice quality.

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Possible reasons include providers misunderstanding or misapplying the guidelines, or patients being informed that total laryngectomy is the preferred treatment, but refusing it against medical advice and opting for chemoradiation due to concerns about quality of life and loss of normal voice function after total laryngectomy.

The patterns were «normal» variations, says co-author and speech scientist Nassima Abdelli - Beruh of LIU, because the women rarely slipped into vocal fry during sustained vowel tests — prolonged holding of vowels such as «aaa» and «ooo» — a classic way to assess voice quality and probe for possible disorders.