Browsing Communication Sciences and Disorders by Author "Cox, Kathleen T."
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Effects of Instruction Method on Vital Capacity and Maximum Sustained Phonation in Adult Female Controls
Ohlhaut, Angela (East Carolina University, 2012)Angela Ohlhaut. Effects of Instruction Method on Vital Capacity and Maximum Sustained Phonation in Adult Female Controls (Under the direction of Kathleen T. Cox, Ph.D.) Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, ... -
Predicting Compliance in Voice Therapy using the Voice Handicap Index
Evans, Kristen N. (East Carolina University, 2010)Research indicates that it is not uncommon for patients to cancel or postpone scheduled appointments for speech therapy designed to improve the voice, i.e., voice therapy. The purpose of this study is to determine if ... -
Respiratory Measures of Musical Theater Singers, Classical Singers, and Non-singers
Burnette, Payton; Cox, Kathleen T.; Rangarathnam, Balaji (2015)This study looked for respiratory trends between musical theater singers, classical singers, and a non-singer control group using the KayPentax Phonatory Aerodynamic System. Results of Kruskal-Wallis and graphical comparison ... -
Social communication between intellectually disabled, severe middle school students who use augmentative and alternative communication and their typically developing peers
Frueh, Sarah (East Carolina University, 2013)Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices are often used as a mode of communication for people who cannot use spoken language to meet all of their communication needs. Current research is limited regarding ... -
Subjective and objective screening measures for dysphonia pre-thyroidectomy
Sanders, Ashley (East Carolina University, 2013)There has been a link established between post-surgical dysphonia and thyroidectomy procedures and various studies identify that a large percentage of these patients have dysphonia after surgery. Most of these incidences ...