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[Experiments on intelligibility of esophagus-speech (author's transl)]. 1976

G Schlöndorff, and H G Bruchmüller

An electroacustic voice amplifier with a formant-specific amplitude frequency response has been developed, which leads to a remarkable increasing of intellegibility.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000162	Acoustics	The branch of physics that deals with sound and sound waves. In medicine it is often applied in procedures in speech and hearing studies. With regard to the environment, it refers to the characteristics of a room, auditorium, theatre, building, etc. that determines the audibility or fidelity of sounds in it. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Acoustic
D000669	Amplifiers, Electronic	Electronic devices that increase the magnitude of a signal's power level or current.	Amplifier, Electronic,Electronic Amplifier,Electronic Amplifiers
D013071	Speech, Alaryngeal	Methods of enabling a patient without a larynx or with a non-functional larynx to produce voice or speech. The methods may be pneumatic or electronic.	Voice Production, Alaryngeal,Alaryngeal Speech,Alaryngeal Voice Production,Alaryngeal Voice Productions,Production, Alaryngeal Voice,Productions, Alaryngeal Voice,Voice Productions, Alaryngeal
D013072	Speech, Esophageal	A method of speech used after laryngectomy, with sound produced by vibration of the column of air in the esophagus against the contracting cricopharyngeal sphincter. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Esophageal Speech,Esophageal Speechs,Speechs, Esophageal
D014705	Verbal Behavior	Includes both producing and responding to words, either written or spoken.	Behavior, Verbal,Behaviors, Verbal,Verbal Behaviors
D014831	Voice	The sounds produced by humans by the passage of air through the LARYNX and over the VOCAL CORDS, and then modified by the resonance organs, the NASOPHARYNX, and the MOUTH.	Voices