(1) We believe that an early use of a nonvocal communication system by autistic children with these features results in more successful outcomes than before.
(2) A procedure was devised in which message content was provided to nonvocal, severely palsied quadriplegic subjects in advance.
(3) A rationale for the use of nonvocal communication systems by anarthric and severe dysarthric patients is presented.
(4) This study investigated the development of nonvocal teaching of reading and writing in severely retarded children.
(5) Interpreting gestures from retarded, nonvocal subjects is scientifically risky.
(6) The success of the visual nonvocal treatment program with the severely retarded is encouraging.
(7) It is doubly important therefore that, in addition to educators and indeed prior to them, all health professionals who work with hearing impairment of any type be proficient in the principles and practice of nonvocal communication.
(8) Arousal reactions were measured in 3 response modalities: verbal report of subjective experience; nonverbal, nonvocal behavior; and physiological reactions.
(9) A training program for teaching communication skills to nonvocal retarded adults was evaluated in three experiments.
(10) Criteria for selecting nonvocal systems are discussed in relationship to: type of motor dysfunction, intellectual and cognitive capabilities, language abilities, emotional-motivational status and system variables.
(11) Vowel quality of target syllables was influenced by this acoustic correlate of vocal-tract scale, implying that the perception of these nonvocal signals includes a process of vocal-tract scale, implying that the perception of these nonvocal signals includes a process of vocal-tract normalization.
(12) The sequence of treatment included the following stages: early establishment of communication, establishment of a flexible nonvocal communication system, development of functional verbal communication, and maximizing intelligibility of speech.
(13) This study investigated the relationship between limb apraxia, as assessed by a formal clinical test, and the production of spontaneous communicative gesture, as measured by a newly designed rating scale--the Nonvocal Communication Scale (NCS).
(14) This paper discusses a case study wherein a 24-year-old male nonvocal cerebral palsy patient was assessed for his ability to operate assistive communication devices.
(15) In both experiments, lactating females attacked the vocalizing males more rapidly and showed a higher incidence of aggressive behaviors toward these males than they did to the nonvocalizing male.
(16) Intact, vocalizing males, surgically devocalized males, and naturally nonvocalizing males were used to assess the effects of high frequency vocalizations on maternal aggression.
(17) It is not found to be associated with the type of occupation (i.e., blue or white collar), the level of reported habitual vocational physical activity, or the calculated total vocational plus nonvocational caloric expenditure in physical activity.
(18) Results essentially replicated studies that found increased vocal potentials in hallucinators, but also showed that these increased potentials were nonsignificant when nonvocal measures are included in the statistical analysis.
(19) We conclude that different MAO substrates mediate different aspects of vocal and nonvocal behavior in adult male squirrel monkeys.
(20) Hepatitis B virus markers in serum were measured and data from questionnaires were used to determine characteristics of anesthetic practice, effectiveness of strategies for hepatitis B virus infection control, and nonvocational hepatitis B risk factors.
Vocal
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
(a.) Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, /poken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds.
(a.) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, // 199-202.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel.
(n.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.
(n.) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.
Example Sentences:
(1) We present numerical methods for studying the relationship between the shape of the vocal tract and its acoustic output.
(2) Brewdog backs down over Lone Wolf pub trademark dispute Read more The fast-growing Scottish brewer, which has burnished its underdog credentials with vocal criticism of how major brewers operate , recently launched a vodka brand called Lone Wolf.
(3) This variability, coupled with the lack of extreme specificity in the secondary auditory cortex, suggests that secondary cortical neurons are not well suited for the role of "vocalization detectors."
(4) Unilateral lesions of n. intercollicularis (previously implicated in the control of vocal behavior) had little effect on song.
(5) Results of the present study show that epithelial cells of ciliated columnar type covering vocal cords change remarkably to nonciliated squamous cells between prenatal and postnatal stages.
(6) He has also been a vocal opponent of gay marriage, appearing on the Today programme in the run-up to the same-sex marriage bill to warn that it would "cause confusion" – and asking in a Spectator column, after it was passed, "if the law will eventually be changed to allow one to marry one's dog".
(7) Using a special electromyographic hypodermic needle, we injected botulinum A toxin into one of the vocal folds of two patients with severe spasmodic dysphonia.
(8) It is hypothesized that the first group contains predominantly or exclusively "primary" vocalization substrates; the second group is thought to be composed mainly of structures whose stimulation yields vocalization secondarily due to stimulus induced motivational changes.
(9) The system has been validated for monitoring ultrasonic vocalizations in the mouse.
(10) In addition to vocal cord paralysis on the laryngoscopy, videofluoroscopy confirmed diminished mobility of the soft palate.
(11) However, there is no reported study which compares the long-term outcome of patients with vocal cord nodules treated surgically with those treated with a combination of surgery and speech therapy, and those treated only with speech therapy.
(12) The capability to determine accurately vocal tract dimensions is a major advantage of this imaging technique.
(13) In a fairly high percentage of patients we noted a long-lasting positive result in respect of vocal performance, despite persisting vocal cord paresis.
(14) Here a diaphragm support breath pattern was used in voice therapy for patients with vocal nodules, recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, and incomplete glottal closure.
(15) The hypersensitivity, termed allodynia, where the animals reacted by vocalization to nonnoxious mechanical stimuli in the flank area, was consistently observed during several days after induction of the ischemia.
(16) He is a vocal critic of Putin and the leader of the United Civil Front opposition group.
(17) Familial vocal cord dysfunction is a rare condition that has been reported in only a few instances.
(18) A significant counter-example is now demonstrated in the production of a common vocalization by the black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus), in which the two acoustic sources interact in a nonlinear fashion.
(19) the operational efficiency of the neuromuscular phonatory control system, and the quality of vocal function.
(20) The published literature contains relatively few references to vocal rehabilitation for persons with partial laryngectomy.