Acoustic parameters for the evaluation of voice quality in patients with voice disorders

Li, Gelin; Hou, Qian; Zhang, Chi; Jiang, Zhen; Gong, Shusheng

doi:10.21037/apm-20-2102

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“…F0 SD was considered as a more reliable index than jitter and shimmer for the assessment of voice quality, since a rapidly shifting F0 may not alter the perturbation parameters. [16] In the current study, the value of F0 SD was not impacted while wearing masks. We believe that F0 SD is still a reliable and sensitive vocal analysis index for vocal analysis with a medical mask.…”

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Effects of different medical masks on acoustic and aerodynamic voice assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jin

Zhang

et al. 2023

Medicine

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of the surgical masks and N95 masks on the acoustic and aerodynamic parameters of voice assessment during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The challenge of the study was to enable each inexperienced participant to perform a number of acoustic and aerodynamic voice assessment in a qualified and homogeneous manner without and with medical masks, and to minimize the individual differences. There were 32 healthy participants recruited in the study, including 16 males and 16 females. The acoustic parameters analyzed included fundamental frequency, standard deviation of fundamental frequency (fundamental frequency standard deviation), percentage of jitter (%), percentage of shimmer (%), glottal-to-noise excitation ratio (GNE), and the parameters of irregularity, noise and overall severity. The aerodynamic parameters included s time, z time, s/z ratio and maximum phonation time. When wearing surgical masks, the GNE ratio (P = .043) significantly increased, whereas noise (P = .039) and s time (P = .018) significantly decreased. When wearing N95 masks, the percentage of shimmer (P = .049), s time (P = .037) and s/z ratio (P = .048) significantly decrease. In general, performing voice assessment with a medical mask proved to be reliable for most of the acoustic and aerodynamic parameters. It is worth noting that the shimmer (%), could be slightly impacted when wearing N95 masks. Wearing surgical masks might slightly influence the measurement of noise and higher GNE ratio. The s/z ratio could be affected when wearing N95 masks. The contribution of the study is to explore acoustic and aerodynamic parameters that might be easily affected by wearing masks during the voice assessment, and provide references for clinical evaluation of voice disorders during the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019.

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confidence: 51%

Effects of different medical masks on acoustic and aerodynamic voice assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jin

Zhang

et al. 2023

Medicine

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“…Quantitative acoustic measurements are more regularly studied and are obtained from tools that digitize and analyze the voice and quantify the characteristics [ 6 , 7 ] .…”

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Voice quality after transoral CO2 laser microsurgery (TOLMS): systematic review of literature

Colizza

Ralli

D’Elia

et al. 2022

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Purpose Transoral laser microsurgery (TOLMS) with carbon dioxide is a safe approach for laryngeal carcinoma. In literature there are three main methods for evaluating speech outcomes: acoustic and aerodynamics analysis, perceptual evaluation and patient-reported outcomes (PROs). The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature about the voice quality outcomes of TOLMS according to type of cordectomy. Methods A systematic literature review was performed and all the results until December 2021 were extrapolated. We evaluated the acoustic and aerodynamics parameters (fundamental frequency, harmonics to noise ratio, jitter, shimmer and maximum phonation time), perceptual data (GRBAS scale) and patient-related outcomes (VHI scale). Results 24 studies met the inclusion criteria for a total number of 1207 patients enrolled. The number for each type of cordectomy are: 287 type I (23.78%), 311 type II (25.78%), 328 type III (27.14%), 129 type 4 (10.69%) and 152 type V (12.60%). Patients are grouped according to the type of cordectomy in: limited cordectomy (type I and II) and extended cordectomy (types III–IV–V). The difference between two groups is statistically significative in terms of acoustic analysis, perceptual data and patient-related outcomes (p < 0.05). Conclusions Patients who underwent type I or II cordectomy have significantly better quality of voice in terms of VHI, perceptual voice quality evaluations and acoustic parameters compared to type III, IV and V cordectomies. The effect of TOLMS on the voice should depend from the extent of the resection and in particular from the scar of the vocal muscle.

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“…Currently, the diagnosis and effective treatment of dysphonia is ensured by the introduction of modern objective methods for assessing the state of the voice function of the larynx into the practice of a phoniatrist. The method of computer spectral acoustic analysis of the voice is a method for diagnosing voice dysphonia, which is based on the subjective and objective data of the patient's voice [7,8], and the acoustic parameters of the voice objectively reflect the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the voice [9,10]. Acoustic analysis is an objective, noninvasive modality for the evaluation of voice quality in patients with voice disorders such as laryngitis, laryngospasm, laryngeal tumors, spasmodic dysphonia, and vocal cord paralysis.…”

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Conceptual Options for the Development and Improvement of Medical Science and Psychology

Vladlenov,

Alieva,

Nadzhmutdinova

et al. 2023

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Acoustic parameters for the evaluation of voice quality in patients with voice disorders

Cited by 19 publications

References 17 publications

Effects of different medical masks on acoustic and aerodynamic voice assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Effects of different medical masks on acoustic and aerodynamic voice assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Voice quality after transoral CO2 laser microsurgery (TOLMS): systematic review of literature

Conceptual Options for the Development and Improvement of Medical Science and Psychology

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