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ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2018

Intrinsic Laryngeal Muscle Response to a Public Speech Preparation Stressor.

Leah B Helou, Clark A Rosen, Wei Wang, Katherine Verdolini Abbott

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Article in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leah B HelouDepartment of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Clark A RosenDepartment of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Wei WangDepartment of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Katherine Verdolini AbbottDepartment of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstitutionKL2TR000146 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$8.7M
Cortical Control of a Dextrous Prosthetic HandR01NS050256 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SCHWARTZ, ANDREW B. · 2006 to 2012
$6.3M
PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF VOICE PROBLEMS IN TEACHERSR01DC008567 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VERDOLINI, KATHERINE · 2009 to 2013
$2.8M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000146NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC008567NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS050256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Research suggests that abnormal levels of intrinsic laryngeal muscle (ILM) contraction is a potential causal factor in stress-induced voice disorders. This study seeks to characterize the ILM stress response in a cohort of vocally healthy women. Method: The authors used an unblinded, nonrandomized, repeated-measures design. Forty vocally healthy female adults were subjected to a stressful speech preparation task. Measurements of heart rate, blood pressure, trapezius muscle (positive control) activation, and tibialis muscle (negative control) activation were obtained from 37 participants before and during stressor exposure, in a nonvoice and nonspeaking task paradigm, to confirm physiological stress response compared to baseline. Fine wire electromyography of the ILMs (posterior cricoarytenoid, thyroarytenoid/lateral cricoarytenoid muscle complex, and cricothyroid) was performed simultaneously so that the activity of these muscles could be measured prior to and during stressor exposure. Results: The protocol successfully elicited the typical and expected physiological stress responses. Findings supported the hypothesis that, in some individuals, the ILMs significantly increase in activity during stress reactions compared to baseline, as do the control muscles. Conclusions: This study characterizes ILM responses to psychological stress in vocally healthy participants. Some of the female adults in this study appeared to be "laryngeal stress responders," as evidenced by increased activity of the ILMs during a silent (i.e., nonvocal, nonspeech) speech preparation task that they considered to be stressful.

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AdultAnxietyCohort StudiesElectromyographyFemaleHumansLaryngeal MusclesRespirationSocial BehaviorSpeechStress, PsychologicalVoice DisordersYoung Adult

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PMID29922837
PMCPMC6195061
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