News tagged with vocalization


Frequent heartburn may predict cancers of the throat and vocal cord

Frequent heartburn was positively associated with cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers and nondrinkers, and the use of antacids, but not prescription medications, had a protective effect, according to data ...

Cancer created May 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows how bilinguals switch between languages

(Medical Xpress)—Individuals who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate "sound systems" for each language, according to new research conducted at the University of Arizona.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New treatment may lead the way to fighting obesity and diabetes

Two professors believe they may have a promising lead from which to develop a new treatment for obesity and diabetes.

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breathing problem sometimes misdiagnosed in athletes

(HealthDay)—A vocal cord problem that restricts athletes' breathing is often misdiagnosed as exercise-induced asthma, a small new study suggests.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers pinpoint brain mechanisms that make the auditory system sensitive to behaviorally relevant sounds

(Medical Xpress)—How do we hear? More specifically, how does the auditory center of the brain discern important sounds – such as communication from members of the same species – from relatively irrelevant background ...

Neuroscience created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Mice show innate ability to vocalize: Deaf or not, courting male mice make same sounds

Scientists have long thought that mice might serve as a model for how humans learn to vocalize. But new research led by scientists at Washington State University-Vancouver has found that, unlike humans and ...

Neuroscience created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Need for culturally sensitive treatment for deaf patients with psychiatric disorders

Members of the Deaf community who suffer from mental health problems need culturally sensitive treatment to avoid misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment, according to a report in the March Journal of Psychiatric Practice. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Secrets of human speech uncovered: Study shows brain exerts symphony-like control of vocal tract during act of speaking

A team of researchers at UC San Francisco has uncovered the neurological basis of speech motor control, the complex coordinated activity of tiny brain regions that controls our lips, jaw, tongue and larynx as we speak.

Neuroscience created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Language protein differs in males, females

Male rat pups have more of a specific brain protein associated with language development than females, according to a study published February 20 in The Journal of Neuroscience. The study also found sex differences in the ...

Neuroscience created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Analyzing babies' expressions could help children at risk for developmental disorders

Parents and babies smile, laugh and coo at each other, but scientists still have a lot of questions about how these interactions help infants develop.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mu-rhythm in the brain: The neural mechanism of speech as an audio-vocal perception-action system

The cortical mechanisms governing speech are not well understood because it is extremely challenging to measure the activity of the brain in action, that is, during speech production. Researchers in Japan ...

Neuroscience created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts urge rapid evaluation for swallowing and voice problems after brain surgery

Johns Hopkins experts are recommending early post-surgical assessment—preferably within 24 hours—for trouble chewing and swallowing food, or speaking normally, among patients who have had benign tumors removed from the ...

Cancer created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neural circuit in the songbird brain that encodes representation of learned vocal sounds located

(Medical Xpress)—Although less than half the size of a walnut and weighing one gram, the brain of a songbird is fully capable of generating complex learned behaviors. Songbirds are one of the few groups ...

Neuroscience created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Voice prostheses can help patients regain their lost voice

Help is on the way for people who suffer from vocal cord dysfunction. Researchers are developing methods that will contribute to manufacturing voice prostheses with improved affective features. For example, for little girls ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Robotic surgery through the mouth safe for removing tumors of the voice box, study shows

(Medical Xpress)—Robotic surgery though the mouth is a safe and effective way to remove tumors of the throat and voice box, according to a study by head and neck cancer surgeons at the Ohio State University ...

Cancer created Sep 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0