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Respiratory sounds, also known as lung sounds or breath sounds, are the specific sounds generated by the movement of air through the respiratory system. [1] These may be easily audible or identified through auscultation of the respiratory system through the lung fields with a stethoscope as well as from the spectral characteristics of lung ...
[2] [3] [clarification needed] A hoarse voice can be associated with a feeling of unease or scratchiness in the throat. [2] Hoarseness is often a symptom of problems in the vocal folds of the larynx. [2] It may be caused by laryngitis, which in turn may be caused by an upper respiratory infection, a cold, or allergies. [2]
“You should not be making a very loud honking noise when blowing your nose,” says Alan Workman, M.D., a sinus and nasal disorders specialist at Mass Eye and Ear, and assistant professor of ...
The sound is almost guttural and the aspirant is inhaled, not exhaled, air. Thus, for an English-speaker exhaling the response, the exhaled sound is not understood by native Samar-speakers. The American English trouble expression "uh-oh" does not approximate it. Eastern, Western, and Northern Samar have different accents in the same dialect.
Patulous Eustachian tube is a physical disorder. The exact causes may vary depending on the person and are often unknown. [5] Weight loss is a commonly cited cause of the disorder due to the nature of the Eustachian tube itself and is associated with approximately one-third of reported cases. [6]
Stop blowing your nose the wrong way, grab a hot water bottle and try 'retro walking' — plus 7 more wellness tips to have a great week Kaitlin Reilly December 8, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Crackles are the clicking, rattling, or crackling noises that may be made by one or both lungs of a human with a respiratory disease during inhalation, and occasionally during exhalation. They are usually heard only with a stethoscope ("on auscultation"). Pulmonary crackles are abnormal breath sounds that were formerly referred to as rales. [2]
Squawks, or short wheezes, are brief, "squeaky" sounds; they are also referred to as squeaks. Their waveforms show a sinusoidal pattern with a duration 10 to 100 ms and a frequency between 200 and 800 Hz. Many birds have made sounds which are onomatopoeically described as "squawk".