Comparison of Speaking Fundamental Frequency between Premenopausal Women and Postmenopausal Women with and without Hormone Therapy

D’haeseleer, Evelien; Depypere, Herman; Lierde, Kristiane Van

doi:10.1159/000350405

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“…Other acoustic changes of women's voices have been reported following menopause. Following menopause, women's voices decreased in speaking fundamental frequency ( f 0 ; D'Haeseleer et al, 2011; D'Haeseleer, Depypere, & Van Lierde, 2013;Raj, Gupta, Chowdhury, & Chadha, 2010;Schneider, van Trotsenburg, Hanke, Bigenzahn, & Huber, 2004). Also, women's signal-to-noise ratio increases until the age of 50 years and then decreases with age, which may relate to the onset of menopause (Stathopoulos, Huber, & Sussman, 2011).…”

Section: Effect Of Hormones On the Aging Voicementioning

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“…Menopause does not affect all women's voices similarly. Adipose tissue is the primary source of estrogen production in postmenopausal women, which may explain why a high body mass index is correlated to a higher f 0 postmenopause (D'Haeseleer et al, 2013). Therefore, investigating the role of estrogen in vocal fold maintenance postmenopause is essential to interpret acoustic findings that occur postmenopause.…”

Section: Effect Of Hormones On the Aging Voicementioning

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A Tutorial of the Effects of Sex Hormones on Laryngeal Senescence and Neuromuscular Response to Exercise

Lenell

Sandage

Johnson

2019

J Speech Lang Hear Res

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Purpose The purpose of this tutorial is to summarize how sex hormones affect both laryngeal senescence and neuromuscular response to exercise, highlighting the importance of considering sex differences in developing treatment for the senescent voice. Conclusion Men and women's voices are sexually dimorphic throughout the life span, including during the laryngeal adaptations observed during senescence. Therefore, presbyphonia (age-related dysphonia) likely clinically manifests differently for men and women due to differences in how the male and the female larynx change in response to aging. Because sexual dimorphism is evident in both laryngeal aging and response to exercise, voice therapy programs aimed at treating the typical and disordered aged voice should consider sex differences in their design.

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Section: Effect Of Hormones On the Aging Voicementioning

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Section: Effect Of Hormones On the Aging Voicementioning

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A Tutorial of the Effects of Sex Hormones on Laryngeal Senescence and Neuromuscular Response to Exercise

Lenell

Sandage

Johnson

2019

J Speech Lang Hear Res

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“…In several studies there was a correlation between BMI and speaking fundamental frequency. 12 13 14 There was no mentioning of the prevalence of phonatory symptoms and their correlation with BMI. The results of this study corroborate the correlation between voice and BMI in menopausal women further substantiating the role of fat in as an important confounding variable in the prevalence of these symptoms.…”

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“…Based on PubMed review using “menopause” and “body mass index” as key words, only three studies have considered BMI as a confounding variable in the analysis of vocal changes associated with menopause. 14 15 16 D'Haeseleer et al 15 has initially reported a positive correlation between BMI and speaking fundamental frequency in a group of postmenopausal women not on hormonal therapy. In this group which consisted of 26 women, an increase in BMI was associated with a higher fundamental frequency.…”

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Vocal Symptoms and Acoustic Findings in Menopausal Women in Comparison to Pre-menopause Women with Body Mass Index as a Confounding Variable

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ObjectivesTo compare the prevalence of phonatory symptoms in menopausal women compared to pre-menopause women with body mass index (BMI) as a confounding variable.MethodsA total of 69 women, 34 menopausal and 35 pre-menopausal were invited to participate in this study. Demographic variables included age, smoking, and BMI. All subjects were asked about the presence hoarseness, loss of high or low frequencies, pitch breaks, throat clearing, dryness in the throat and vocal fatigue. Acoustic analysis was performed and the Voice Handicap Index (VHI)-10 was filled by all the subjects.ResultsThere was a significantly higher prevalence of throat clearing and dryness in the menopausal group compared to the pre-menopause group with a P value of 0.035 and 0.032 respectively. When BMI was taken into account, there was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of any of the phonatory symptoms in menopausal women with high BMI and pre-menopause. There was no statistically significant difference in the means of any of the acoustic parameters between the menopausal group and pre-menopausal group. There was no significant difference in the mean VHI-10 between the menopause group and the pre-menopause (P = 0.652).ConclusionsThe results of this investigation substantiate the importance of fat as an alternative source of estrogen which can mask some of the phonatory symptoms.

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“…On the other hand, after menopause women can experience variable F0 modifications. Since adipose tissue is the main source of estrogen production in post-menopausal women, higher body mass indexes correlate with higher F0 after menopause [53].…”

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Effect of sex hormones on human voice physiology: from childhood to senescence

Zamponi¹,

Mazzilli²,

Mazzilli³

et al. 2021

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The aim of the present literature review is to describe the influence of sex hormones on the human voice in physiological conditions. As a secondary sexual organ, the larynx is affected by sex hormones and may change considerably over the lifespan. In the current review, sex hormone-related voice modifications occurring during childhood, puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and senescence are described. The roles of sex hormones (including gonadotropins, testosterone, estrogen, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate) underlying physiological voice changes are discussed, the main differences between males and females are explained and clinical implications are taken into account.

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Comparison of Speaking Fundamental Frequency between Premenopausal Women and Postmenopausal Women with and without Hormone Therapy

Cited by 32 publications

References 17 publications

A Tutorial of the Effects of Sex Hormones on Laryngeal Senescence and Neuromuscular Response to Exercise

A Tutorial of the Effects of Sex Hormones on Laryngeal Senescence and Neuromuscular Response to Exercise

Vocal Symptoms and Acoustic Findings in Menopausal Women in Comparison to Pre-menopause Women with Body Mass Index as a Confounding Variable

Effect of sex hormones on human voice physiology: from childhood to senescence

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