Generating 'oohs' and 'aahs': Vocal Joystick uses voice to surf the Internet
A new tool lets people with disabilities control a computer cursor without lifting a finger. Early tests suggest that an experienced user of Vocal Joystick would have as much control as someone using a handheld device. The Internet offers wide appeal to people with disabilities. But many of those...Autistic Individuals can Be 'trained' to Comprehend Visual and Vocal Cues
A new study has revealed that individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) including autism, pervasive developmental disorder and Asperger's syndrome can be trained to understand the subtle meanings conveyed by a person's face and tone of voice. UCLA researchers have show...Dysfunction of Vocal Cord Often Misdiagnosed for Asthma
A recent investigation reveals that vocal cord dysfunction is often wrongly diagnosed as asthma. Dr. Miles M. Weinberger, of the University of Iowa,// and his colleagues carried out this study on 49 patients who were reported to be suffering from this dysfunction from 1989 to 2002. Of the 49 p...Two Distinct Types of Vocal Cord Dysfunction Identified
Two distinct phenotypes of vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) – an involuntary functional disorder during inspiration often misdiagnosed as asthma – were identified// in a long-term study published in the current issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American Coll...URI awarded $13 million grant to develop vaccines for emerging infectious diseases
...her infectious diseases. De Groot has received national and international recognition for her innovative "genometovaccine" approach, and has been a vocal advocate for tiered pricing of globally-relevant HIV and TB vaccines. Esquire Magazine gave her a Genius Award in Science and Technology in 2003, and...Human Rights Campaign Announces Speakers at 25th Annual Bay Area Gala
... in the military and the need for equality for LGBT service members and veterans. Woods was recently endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign. A vocal supporter of gay civil rights and gay marriage across the country, actress Audra McDonald, acclaimed singer and actress, earning an unprecedented thre...Award Honors Chicago Cancer Survivor Who Gives Back
...ise money for their causes. "Cancer survivors are a vital link in the battle against this disease. Their experience has caused many to become vocal advocates of cancer funding and research as a way to help lessen the blow of the disease on future generations," said Laura I. Thevenot, ASTRO CEO. "O...Cats Purrfect at Getting Needs Met, Study Shows
...eyed humans to do their bidding. "Remember, these cats have years to train up their owners," said study author Karen McComb, a specialist in animal vocal communication in the department of psychology at the University of Sussex. "They learn to dramatically exaggerate this cry embedded within the purr be...Schwarzenegger Administration Sued for Allowing Health Insurance Companies to Deny Autism Care
...ofit advocacy group Consumer Watchdog and author of the landmark insurance reform initiative Proposition 103. "Governor Schwarzenegger, a longtime and vocal supporter of the Special Olympics and developmentally disabled children, will now have to explain in court why his administration is allowing health i...Coapt Systems Launches FDA Cleared Novielle Voice (TM) for Restoration of Voice Loss
...y of medical and aesthetic Novielle filler products that we plan to introduce. Novielle Voice works by replacing the lost volume in one or both of the vocal folds to restore voice volume and quality and reduce voice effort," said David Barella, Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing. Barella add...RADIESSE More Effective Than Restylane As Reported In a 60-Patient Clinical Trial
...ts for use in the dermatology, plastic surgery and ENT markets. BioForm Medical's products include RADIESSE(R) filler for use in facial aesthetics and vocal fold insufficiency, and Coaptite(R) injectable implant for treating female stress urinary incontinence which is marketed through a partnership with Bo...Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital Using Bubbles to Help Babies Breathe
...rubbs. In addition, the invasive process of placing a breathing tube into the trachea and breathing with the aid of a ventilator carries risks such as vocal cord or airway injury, ventilator-associated pneumonia and infection. ...Fiberoptic Green System Viewmax®
Description:... The Viewmax® allows visualization of the vocal cords in even the most difficult cases. Designed by an Anesthesiologist to ...ual confirmation of endotracheal intubation by allowing a clear view of the vocal cords even as the tube passes through....Fiberoptic FOCS™ System Viewmax® ILS
Description:... The Viewmax® allows visualization of the vocal cords in even the most difficult cases. Designed by an Anesthesiologist to ...ual confirmation of endotracheal intubation by allowing a clear view of the vocal cords even as the tube passes through....GlideScope® Video Intubation System
Description:...e is an innovative intubation system. Providing an unobstructed view of the vocal cords, the GlideScope is ideal for many types of intubations. A high res...on Difficult nasogastric tube replacement Reintubation in ICU setting vocal cord visualization Teaching the anatomy of the airway ...Portex® Trach-Talk™ Blue Line® Tracheostomy Tubes
Features:... Blue Line® Trach-Talk™ tubes are designed to assist the tracheostomized patient with vocal cord function with intelligible speech. Trach-Talk™ tubes incorporate a Profile® cuff that provides a high-volume, low pressure seal that ...SHERIDAN LASER-TRACH Endotracheal Tubes
Features:...ed copper foil diffuses laser energy minimizing unintended laser damage to tissue Atraumatic outer covering minimizes damage to mucosal surfaces and vocal cords C-clamp, when engaged, maintains inflation of the saline filled cuff Convenient female luer lock connector secures syringe to inflation line...Hi-Lo® Evac Endotracheal Tube with Evacuation Lumen
Features:...ed on dorsal side proximal to cuff provides effective evacuation. Integral suction lumen allows continuous suctioning without risking trauma to the vocal cords as with manual catheter suctioning. ...Lo-Pro®/Lo-Contour® Tracheal Tube
Features:... Cuff lies close to the tube while deflated for better view of vocal cords providing ease of intubation. Translucent white tube is easy to see in trachea. (Lo-Pro®). Adequate cuff diameter provides low-pressur...From humming fish to Puccini: Vocal communication evolved with ancient species
It's a long way from the dull hums of the amorous midshipman fish to the strains of a Puccini aria or, alas, even to the simplest Celine Dion melody. But the neural circuitry that led to the human love song not to mention birdsongs, frog thrums and mating calls of all manner of vertebrates was ...Noise pollution negatively affects woodland bird communities, says CU-Boulder study
... in the quiet areas away from the din of compressors. Francis said the low vocal frequencies of mourning doves and black-headed grosbeaks appear to overlap with most human-caused noises, which may inhibit vocal communication required for repelling rivals, pairing and nesting. The s...A bad performance is better than no performance at all
... learning of speech in humans. Crucial for the process are acoustic perception and the ability to produce sound. Social isolation leads to a disturbed vocal development both in humans and in birds. When children grow up without contact to other humans they either develop no or a rudimentary form of human l...UCLA scientists discover ultrasonic communication among frogs
...n see it is vocalizing you can tell because their vocal pouches pulsate but you don't hear any sound. It'...h the Chinese frog species, every time you see the vocal sac pulsate, you will hear a sound," Arch said. "W...er, then played frog calls and recorded the frogs' vocal responses with a microphone and very high-frequenc...Some vocal-mimicking animals, particularly parrots, can move to a musical beat
...c sound. "It had recently been theorized that vocal mimicry might be related to the ability to move to...e particular theory was that natural selection for vocal mimicry resulted in a brain mechanism that was als...imals moving with the beat of the music, including vocal mimics such as parrots and...M. D. Anderson gives first Margaret Kripke Legend Award to Margaret Foti
... of the latest discoveries made by scientists from all over the world. Kripke's Legend "Margaret Kripke has always been the strongest and most vocal advocate for women within M. D. Anderson and outside the institution," Travis said. "It was only fitting to name the award for her because she's accom...Musicians have biological advantage in identifying emotion in sound
...Laboratory manager Erika Skoe co-authored the study titled "Musical Experience and Neural Efficiency: Effects of Training on Subcortical Processing of vocal Expressions in Emotion." The study, funded by the National Science Foundation, found that the more years of musical experience musicians possessed...Why the swamp sparrow is hitting the high notes
...uations, implying that songbirds use sophisticated vocal performances as signals in aggressive communicatio...ology Letters is entitled Swamp Sparrows Modulate vocal Performance in an Aggressive Context. DuBois investigated whether vocal performance (a measure of how well a male sings so...Rice University psychologist finds women's brains recognize, encode smell of male sexual sweat
...Humans are evolved to respond to salient socioemotional information. Distinctive neural mechanisms underlie the processing of emotions in facial and vocal expressions. The findings help explain the neural mechanism for human social chemosignals. The understanding of human smell at the neural level is ...A BBVA Foundation project comes up with a system enabling detection of cetacean hearing loss
...s air is recycled and allows them to vocalize for the purpose of social communication or echolocation, depending on the need at hand. The absence of vocal chords is accompanied by another trait unique among the mammals: that of not using an external auditory conduct for the purposes of hearing. Instead, ...New MIT radio chip mimics human ear
...s, has also developed an analog speech-synthesis chip inspired by the human vocal tract and a novel analysis-by-synthesis technique based on the vocal tract. The chip's potential for robust speech recognition in noise and its ...Nanogenerators produce electricity from running rodents and tapping fingers
...nstrates that nanogenerators which Wang's team has been developing since 2005 can be driven by irregular mechanical motion, such as the vibration of vocal cords, flapping of a flag in the breeze, tapping of fingers or hamsters running on exercise wheels. Scavenging such low-frequency energy from irregula...Nventa Provides Corporate Update and Advancement Plans for HspE7, Hsp 6/11 and Poly-ICR
...velopment candidate targeting the treatment of GW and recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), a disease in which benign tumors grow on the larynx, vocal cords and trachea. Combined, GW and RRP affect more than 2.5 million people worldwide and represent an estimated global market potential of more than ...VaxGen Issues Rebuttal to MedCap Letter
... of the proposed merger. A further significant factor in explaining the current stock price, in the opinion of the Company, is that the vocal opposition of certain stockholders to the transaction has deterred share purchases by new institutional investors who would otherwise be...BioForm Medical to Present at the 2008 JPMorgan Healthcare Conference on January 7, 2008
...ts for use in the dermatology, plastic surgery and ENT markets. BioForm Medical's products include Radiesse(R) filler for use in facial aesthetics and vocal fold insufficiency, and Coaptite(R) injectable implant for treating female stress urinary incontinence which is marketed through a partnership with Bo...Six Apart hits its adolescence
...loggers - is Six Apart's new licensing policy. And you can imagine just how vocal thousands of customers can be - particularly when the company has given the... to be a very effective model. Clearly, Six Apart needs to address these vocal (and maybe even loyal) customers. And I'm confident that they will. Six Apa...Stem-cell support from Schwarzenegger could shake Wisconsin leadership
...rch base eroded ... having our aces hired away, Charo said. Wisconsin has not been operating broke on the issue however, as Governor Jim Doyle is a vocal supporter of continuing the research. According to spokesperson Melanie Fondor, Doyle has made significant financial strides to support stem-cell rese...