INSTRUMENTATION
Instrumentation for measurements of speech, voice and resonance is available
at the Voice Disorders and Technology Lab for research and teaching
COMPUTERIZED SPEECH LAB HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF SPEECH AND VOICE
The full PENTAX Medical Computerized Speech Lab hardware and software for acoustic analysis of speech and voice including:
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Analysis of Dysphonia in Speech and Voice (calculates the Cepstral/Spectral Index of Dysphonia which quantifies the level of dysphonia for assessment of voice disorders)
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Multidimensional Voice Program (MDVP) and Database (analysis of voice acoustic parameters for diagnosis of voice disorders; database of disordered voices)
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Visipitch (extraction and analysis of pitch)
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Real-Time Pitch (visualization of pitch in real time for biofeedback for patients with speech and voice disorders)
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Motor Speech Profile (measures diadochokinetic rates, durations and coarticulation features for assessment of motor speech disorders)
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Real-Time Spectrogram (provides biofeedback for treatment of articulation disorders)
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Sona-Match (used for biofeedback for treatment of articulation disorders)
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Voice Games (games for therapy of voice disorders)
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Auditory Feedback Tools (biofeedback for voice and articulation disorders)
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Voice Range Profile (assessment test for intensity/frequency voice range)
NASOMETER
The Glottal Enterprises Nasalance System measures and displays an acoustically-based measure, termed Nasalance, that is related to the degree of vowel nasalization and correlates strongly with the degree of velopharyngeal closure during voiced vowels and vowel-like consonants.
Speech pathology students using a nasometer!
Watch this video of students using a nasometer!
ELECTROGLOTTOGRAPH (EGG)
The Voice Vista Electroglottograph provides noninvasive measurement of the degree of contact between the vibrating vocal folds during voice production.
Students learn how to use the EGG for voice assessment in class!
AAC DEVICES TO PROVIDE TELETHERAPY TO CHILDREN IN ETHIOPIA
UN project on teletherapy for Ethiopian orphans :
The project aims to bring speech pathology care for children in Ethiopia by teletherapy.
We are at present focusing on providing assessment and therapy for children with communication disorders at the Sele Enat Mahiber orphanage in Addis Ababa
