Sentences with phrase «of vocal cord»

Surgical canine debarking can be performed by removing the tissues from the sides of the vocal cord or larynx, resulting in a reduced pitch and decreased level of the barking sound.

Post surgery, there is a major risk of vocal cord tissue regrowth, or «webbing» which can lead to future respiratory problems.

Those with permanent impairment — usually caused by repeated surgeries or radiation to remove cancerous and noncancerous growths — have scarring and stiffening of the vocal cord mucosa that can lead to a complete loss of the voice.

«Even in low - risk patients, the risk of vocal cord paralysis is still 2 percent and the risk of hypoparathyroidism is 8 percent.

Croup is a viral infection of the vocal cord.

Baby hiccups are caused by a contraction of the diaphragm and the quick closing of the vocal cords.

From feeling the vibrations of your vocal cords to touching different fabrics around the house.

Hiccups are caused by contraction of your baby's diaphragm, which is the muscle below her rib cage that controls her breathing, accompanied by closure of the vocal cords.

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De Boer found that air sacs also interfered with the workings of the vocal cords, making consonants trickier.

Singers suffer strain from dry heat in the winter and secondhand cigarette smoke, both of which dry out and inflame the mucosal lining of the vocal cords.

«Abnormalities of the vocal cords such as inflammation, polyps, cysts, and tumors can affect the pitch and quality of the voice.

Voice biometrics is based on the assumption that each person has a unique voice that depends not only on his or her physiological features of vocal cords but also on his or her entire body shape, and on the way sound is formed and articulated.

Like the vibration of a drum or a violin string, the vibration frequency of the vocal cords is independent of the type of gas that surrounds them.

Luckily for her, her child Noni (Gugu Mbatha - Raw) was born with an incredible set of vocal cords.

That's because the choking of his vocal cords reduced his distinctly - haunting singing voice to a shallow shadow of its former self.

Placing our fingers on our throats, we begin the day with a sound or class chant and feel the vibration of our vocal cords.

Tumours of the throat may also hinder the vibration of the vocal cords and structures around them.

This surgical procedure involves removal of all or part of the vocal cords.

These qualities, combined with a powerful set of vocal cords, make the Chihuahua a natural watchdog who will never fail to alert the family to anyone who darkens the door.

Dog barking laws often have very severe penalties for the dog and the owner, including taking the dog from the owner, «de-barking» the dog (forced surgical removal of the vocal cords by a surgeon), fines, euthanasia for some dogs, and even jail time for the dog owners.

These include a hypoplastic trachea (a malformation of the tracheal cartilage rings leading to narrowing of the airway), stenotic nares (which means the nostrils are pinched and narrow), everted laryngeal saccules (a condition where the soft tissue located in front of the vocal cords becomes swollen and inflamed) and an elongated soft palate, all of which can contribute to increased respiratory effort and noise.

A veterinarian performs the surgery by removing a portion of the vocal cords.

A surgery to remove the tissue of the vocal cords may in fact reduce the noise level of the bark, but it does nothing to address the behavioral issue underlying the excessive barking.

Everted Laryngeal Saccules (Figure 4) is a condition in which tissue within the airway, just in front of the vocal cords, is pulled into the trachea (windpipe) and partially obstructs airflow.

Not exact matches

Cogito uses readings of vocal - cord tension to detect when a caller is becoming excessively agitated.

Yet few companies pay more than lip ser - vice to training the vocal cords of their operators.

It is brought on by a number of causes, including vocal cord nodules, cysts and paralysis or intubation upon birth.

A viral infection most often causes croup, an infection of the laynx and vocal cords.

«It slices the vocal cords,» complained Jeffrey Henson, who ran the Facebook page, calling for a boycott of Target over its $ 150,000 donation to a group supporting a candidate some view as hostile to the gay community, Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer.

A bill in both the Assembly and Senate would prohibit the practice of «devocalization» of both dogs and cats — a process that involves removing an animal's vocal cords.

In court, Assistant District Attorney Alissa Marque said of the victim, «Her vocal cords were severely damaged so she could barely speak.

This wasn't a commentary on the plots; it was a naive attempt to reproduce the sound of the glottal stop of many Native American languages, produced by briefly closing the vocal cords during speech.

A novel set of breathing techniques developed at National Jewish Health help athletes overcome vocal cord dysfunction and improve performance during high - intensity exercise.

For that matter, human vocal cords closely resemble those of other species.

Although the pitch depends on the number of times per second the vocal cords collide — ranging from as few as 55 times per second for a low A sung by a bass, to 1,047 times per second for a soprano's high C — the refinement and articulation of the musical notes take place in the singer's throat and mouth.

One of the major next steps would be placing the engineered tissue in the vocal cords of living animal models and having it survive and work.

The sound box in which exhaled air becomes musical notes is the larynx — the tip of which forms the Adam's apple — a cartilaginous shell that contains and protects the vocal cords.

«If somebody did a weird transplant where a singer got a dog's vocal cords, they could probably do a good job of singing,» says Fitch.

A robot with artificial vocal cords resembling those of a 6 - month - old child has been created.

At this year's ABEA annual meeting the researchers received the organization's Broyles Maloney Award for their successful development of this innovative, minimally - invasive strategy for treating vocal cord cancer.

The team found that two factors were much better at predicting range: A factor measuring the amount of length change possible in the vocal cord, or how far it could stretch, and a factor measuring the stiffness of the cord due to the fiber structures within.

While in only the first months after treatment for tumors involving both vocal cords, the youth's voice has returned to near normal for a young man of his age.

Another important aspect of the green - light KTP laser approach, Zeitels adds, is that biopsy and treatment of patients whose cancer involves a single vocal cord usually can be accomplished in the same procedure, whereas radiotherapy requires a prior biopsy to determine the extent and location of the tumor, followed by daily radiation treatments over approximately six weeks.

According to Ingo Titze, director of the National Center for Voice and Speech at the University of Utah, vocal cords are able to produce a wide range of sound frequencies because of the larynx's ability to stretch vocal cords and the cords» molecular composition.

«Long - term results confirm success of laser treatment for vocal - cord cancer.»

The larynx houses the vocal cords, and is situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the esophagus.

In addition, Zeitels notes, the treatment's mechanism of eradicating the blood vessels supplying a tumor — highly effective for conventional vocal - cord cancer — is even more useful for treating tumors caused by HPV infection, which are characterized by an excessive overgrowth of blood vessels.

«Use of the KTP laser, which eradicates blood vessels in a process called photoangiolysis, was conceived to treat vascular malformations in infants» delicate skin; but we have demonstrated that this specialized laser is especially effective in treating vocal - cord cancer,» says Zeitels.

The first long - term study of a pioneering endoscopic laser treatment for early vocal - cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and previously shown to provide optimal voice outcomes, finds that it is as successful as traditional approaches in curing patients» tumors while avoiding the damage to vocal quality caused by radiotherapy or by conventional laser or cold - instrument surgery.