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VOCAL CORD [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Informatics
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
CONT

The Hummer Project will improve upon its vocal cord vibration sensor providing hands-free access to digital devices. This prototype has been designed for people who are non-speaking but can vibrate their vocal cords to produce a short "hum," which, when paired with scanning software, can be used to perform keyboarding functions such as Internet browsing and word processing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Informatique
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
CONT

Le projet Hummer améliorera son capteur de vibrations des cordes vocales offrant un accès mains libres aux appareils numériques. Ce prototype a été conçu pour les personnes qui ne parlent pas mais qui peuvent faire vibrer leurs cordes vocales pour produire un court «bourdonnement» qui, lorsqu'il est associé à un logiciel de numérisation, peut être utilisé pour exécuter des fonctions de saisie au clavier telles que la navigation sur Internet et le traitement de texte.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Larynx
DEF

An unilateral pedunculated or sessile (broad based) polyp (not Reinke's edema).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Larynx
DEF

[...] tumeur pseudo-inflammatoire, plus fréquente chez l'homme que chez la femme [...] Son origine peut être multiple : inflammatoire, infectieuse, traumatique vocale, allergique [...] Son lieu d'implantation est variable, le plus souvent situé à la partie moyenne de la corde vocale; il n'est pas exceptionnel à la commissure antérieure où il peut poser d'ailleurs des problèmes délicats de diagnostic.

OBS

Polypes de la corde vocale - Ce sont des lésions fréquemment unilatérales, siégeant également le plus souvent au niveau du point nodulaire. Elles sont sessiles ou pédiculées. D'aspect translucide, ces polypes sont dits œdémateux; d'aspect rougeâtre, ils sont dits angiomateux.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Larynx
CONT

In 1983, physicians at National Jewish reported a new condition that may mimic asthma. This condition is called Vocal Cord Dysfunction, or VCD. VCD causes asthma-like symptoms because of an abnormal closing of the vocal cords. VCD can cause difficulty breathing and even wheezing. Based on these symptoms, many people with VCD may be diagnosed with asthma and treated with asthma medications, including oral steroids... Common symptoms include a chronic cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chest tightness, throat tightness, "difficulty getting air in", hoarseness and wheezing... A specific breathing test called a flow volume loop, can be helpful in showing VCD, especially on the "breathing in" or inspiratory part of the loop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Larynx

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory System
DEF

One of the inferior, or true, vocal cords.

Key term(s)
  • vocal cord

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil respiratoire
DEF

Un des deux replis muqueux du larynx, soulevés par le muscle et le ligament thyro-aryténoïdiens, situés de part et d'autre de la glotte.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Nose (Medicine)
DEF

One of the pair of folds of mucous membrane stretching across the laryngeal cavity from the angle of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage; they enclose a space called the rima vestibuli or false glottis.

Key term(s)
  • false vocal fold

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nez (Médecine)
DEF

Repli pair antéro-postérieur de la surface interne du larynx, situé au-dessus des cordes vocales.

Key term(s)
  • pli ventriculaire

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ear, Nose and Larynx (Medicine)
DEF

Each of the string-like muscular organs situated in the larnyx.

CONT

Voice is the result of their vibration when air passes through the [vocal cords].

OBS

Specialists replaced the term "cord" about 10 years ago with the more descriptive term "fold".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oreille, nez et larynx (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oreja, nariz y laringe (Medicina)
DEF

Ligamento situado en la faringe, que produce la voz al vibrar con la salida del aire.

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Record 7 1996-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Larynx
DEF

A cyst occurring in the subepithelial (Reinke's) space of the vocal cord, usually requiring surgical removal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Larynx

Spanish

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