Prevalence and etiologies of adult communication disabilities in the United States: Results from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey

Morris, Megan A.; Meier, Sarah; Griffin, Joan M.; Branda, Megan E.; Phelan, Seán

doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2015.07.004

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“…Our prevalence estimate is consistent with the 6.4% prevalence found in another nationally representative sample among those aged 25 to 44 years, although this estimate encompasses a voice disorder not limited in duration . In contrast, our estimate exceeds the 4.2% prevalence of current voice disorders observed for community‐dwelling adults aged 20 to 29 years, a difference likely due to a socioeconomically more diverse population and the 12‐month period of recall.…”

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Voice disorders and associated risk markers among young adults in the United States

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Objective To examine the prevalence of voice disorders in young adults and identify socio-demographic factors, health conditions, and behaviors associated with voice disorder prevalence. Study Design Cross-sectional analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Methods During home interviews, 14,794 young adults, aged 24–34 years, reported their health conditions and behaviors. Presence and duration of voice disorders were reported over the past 12 months. We computed overall and stratified prevalence estimates by age, gender, race/ethnicity, medical conditions, smoking and alcohol use. Multiple logistic regression was used to identify independent risk factors for a voice disorder while accounting for the complex sample design. Results Six percent of participants reported a voice disorder lasting at least 3 days. Females had 56% greater odds of voice disorders than males. Number of days drinking alcohol was associated with voice disorders, but number of smoking days was not. Conditions which increased the likelihood of voice disorders included hypertension (OR=1.42 (1.07, 1.89)), tinnitus (OR=1.53(1.06, 2.20)), and anxiety/panic disorder (OR=1.26 (1.00, 1.60)). Results were independent of gender, alcohol consumption, upper respiratory symptoms, lower respiratory conditions including asthma, bronchitis/emphysema, and gastrointestinal symptoms (diarrhea/nausea/vomiting). Conclusion Voice disorders in young adulthood were associated with hypertension, tinnitus, and anxiety. Greater awareness of these relationships may facilitate voice evaluation among people who seek health care for these chronic conditions.

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“…[9][10][11] Young to middle-aged adults are least likely to experience voice disorders, but the 12-month period prevalence was estimated to be 6% to 7% among those aged 18 to 44 years. 7 No population-based study of voice disorders has focused solely on young adults.…”

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Voice disorders and associated risk markers among young adults in the United States

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“…This is a critical finding, as 7% of the US population reports voice disabilities. 1 Other studies have found that persons with voice disabilities report lower quality of life and health compared to those without voice disabilities. 19 Further research is needed to understand what factors contribute to lower quality of health care, health, and access for this relatively large portion of the US population.…”

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Adults with Communication Disabilities Experience Poorer Health and Healthcare Outcomes Compared to Persons Without Communication Disabilities

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“…Speech impairment, due to voice disability, is one of them. An estimated 17.9 million U.S. adults of ages 18 or older report voice problems in a year [1], [2]. Among them, approximately 9.4 million adults are having problems using their voice that lasts for one week or longer [3].…”

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A Survey on Signal Processing Based Pathological Voice Detection Techniques

2020

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Voice disability is a barrier to effective communication. Around 1.2% of the World's population is facing some form of voice disability. Surgical procedures namely laryngoscopy, laryngeal electromyography, and stroboscopy are used for voice disability diagnosis. Researchers and practitioners have been working to find alternatives to these surgical procedures. Voice sample based diagnosis is one of them. The major steps followed by these works are (a) to extract voice features from voice samples and (b) to discriminate pathological voices from normal voices by using a classifier algorithm. However, there is no consensus about the voice feature and the classifier algorithm that can provide the best accuracy in screening voice disability. Moreover, some of the works use multiple voice features and multiple classifiers to ensure high reliability. In this paper, we address these issues. The motivation of the work is to address the need for non-invasive signal processing techniques to detect voice disability in the general population. This paper conducts a survey related to voice disability detection methods. The paper contains two main parts. In the first part, we present background information including causes of voice disability, current procedures and practices, voice features, and classifiers. In the second part, we present a comprehensive survey work on voice disability detection algorithms. The issues and challenges related to the selection of voice feature and classifier algorithms have been addressed at the end of this paper. INDEX TERMS Algorithms, issues and challenges, signal processing, surgical methods, survey, voice disability, voice features.

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Prevalence and etiologies of adult communication disabilities in the United States: Results from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey

Cited by 60 publications

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Voice disorders and associated risk markers among young adults in the United States

Voice disorders and associated risk markers among young adults in the United States

Adults with Communication Disabilities Experience Poorer Health and Healthcare Outcomes Compared to Persons Without Communication Disabilities

A Survey on Signal Processing Based Pathological Voice Detection Techniques

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