OBJETIVO: el propósito de este estudio es conocer el efecto acústico inmediato de una secuencia de ejercicios fonatorios utilizando tubos de resonancia en un grupo de sujetos disfónicos. MÉTODO: se aplicó una secuencia única de cuatro tareas fonatorias dentro de tubos de resonancia a veinticuatro profesores con voces disfónicas, evaluadas perceptualmente con la escala GRBAS. Las muestras de voz fueron grabadas antes y después de la secuencia de ejercicios. El análisis acústico incluyó Cepstrum, Jitter, Shimmer y relación armónico-ruido (NHR). Se solitó completar un protocolo de autovaloración vocal posterior a la secuencia de ejercicios para evaluar los efectos subjetivos. Se compararon los valores de los parámetros acústicos en las muestras pre y post entrenamiento. RESULTADOS: cambios significativos fueron obtenidos en el análisis Cepstral, Jitter y relación armónico-ruido. En la autovaloración, los efectos positivos predominaron sobre los negativos, siendo los principales: voz más estable, voz más clara y garganta más abierta. CONCLUSIÓN: el uso de tareas fonatorias dentro de tubos de resonancia puede tener un efecto fisiológico terapéutico inmediato en sujetos con voces disfónicas y una percepción subjetiva de mejoría en la producción de la voz posterior a la terapia.
This study sought to measure any acoustic changes in the speaking voice immediately after phonation exercises involving plastic straws versus phonation exercises with the open vowel /a/. Forty-one primary school teachers with slightly dysphonic voices were asked to participate in four phonatory tasks. Phonetically balanced text at habitual intensity level and speaking fundamental frequency was recorded. Acoustical analysis with long-term average spectrum was performed. Significant changes after therapy for the experimental group include the alpha ratio, L1-L0 ratio and ratio between 1-5 kHz and 5-8 kHz. The results indicate that the use of phonatory tasks with straw exercises can have immediate therapeutic acoustic effects in dysphonic voices. Long-term effects were not assessed in this study.
Objectives/Hypothesis: Characterize the state of vestibular compensation of subjects diagnosed with acute unilateral vestibulopathy (AUV) of peripheral origin according to the temporal organization pattern of the refixation saccades (Perez and Rey (PR) score). Study Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study using previously collected clinical data from a tertiary referral center. Methods: Following the vestibular compensation criteria defined by Eisenman, we used the video head impulse test as the main vestibular function test and compared the results with other traditional tests: rotatory chair test (ROT), caloric test, videonystagmography, clinical situation (CLIN), and the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) questionnaire from 28 subjects (17 men, 11 women), average age 60.21 years, who were in a compensated and noncompensated vestibular situation. We used the PR score to measure the differences between the study groups. A cluster was developed to define a cutoff point that objectively distinguishes the vestibular compensation status. Results: Significant differences in the PR score were found in the state of vestibular compensation in the ROT test (P = .01), DHI (P = .04), and CLIN (P = .023). The vestibular compensation criteria that groups the original variables (PR-CLUSTER) cutoff point was 55 (P = .019). Conclusions: The PR score is a measure of temporal organization of the refixation saccades that enables us to distinguish clearly and objectively the vestibular situation of subjects with AUV. We suggest its clinical application.
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