Influence of Age and Gender on the Dysphonia Severity Index

Hakkesteegt, Marieke M.; Brocaar, M. P.; Wieringa, Marjan H.; Feenstra, Louw

doi:10.1159/000093183

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“…Gender did not have a significant influence on the V-RQOL Questionnaire, which confirms the data in the literature [5,6,16,30] . In contrast to other diseases [31,32] , the subjective burden elicited by dysphonia is not perceived differently by women and men.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…The male patients scored worse than the female patients. In the literature, the DSI is regarded to be unisex because the gender-related parameters of highest frequency (higher in female voices) and maximum phonation time (longer in male voices) of pathological as well as of healthy voices appear to be compensated in the DSI formula [14,30] . Thus, this former assumption may be wrong.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Objective Voice Parameters and Self-Perceived Handicap in Dysphonia

Hummel¹,

Scharf²,

Schuetzenberger³

et al. 2010

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Objective: This study focuses on the relation between objective voice quality and the self-perception of a voice handicap. Patients and Methods: The study group consisted of 86 German-speaking patients (51 women, 35 men) suffering from benign dysphonia. The test persons completed the German version of the Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) Questionnaire without prior information about their diagnosis and underwent voice analysis with the Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI) being the parameter of this study. Results: No correlation between V-RQOL and DSI could be found (p > 0.05). On the V-RQOL, women scored worse than men, but not at a significant level. Patients with dysphonia of organic origin scored significantly worse than patients with functional dysphonia (p = 0.026). On the DSI, men’s values were significantly lower than women’s (p = 0.001). Organic dysphonia caused significantly lower DSI values than functional dysphonia (p = 0.011). Conclusion: Objective voice quality and the individual perception of voice quality by the patient are independent parameters. Both need to be assessed in clinical practice.

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Objective Voice Parameters and Self-Perceived Handicap in Dysphonia

Hummel¹,

Scharf²,

Schuetzenberger³

et al. 2010

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“…2 ). With regard to the DSI, Hakkesteegt et al [40] showed a significant effect of age, especially in women (p ! 0.01).…”

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confidence: 95%

“…In one study [40] , it did not depend on gender (p ! 0.01), in contrast to the results obtained in this work (p = 0.01) with higher values in women ( fig.…”

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Voice Function and Voice-Related Quality of Life in the Elderly

Schneider¹,

Plank²,

Eysholdt³

et al. 2010

Gerontology

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Background: Many studies have referred to the effects of age on voice and the consequences of these changes. However, only little is known about the adverse effects of voice changes on quality of life in the elderly. Objective: This study focuses on self-perception of voice in seniors as assessed by the Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) questionnaire, on voice quality as measured by the Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI) and on the correlation between these parameters. Methods: V-RQOL and DSI were measured as previously described in 107 non-treatment-seeking test persons without voice complaints (76 women and 31 men; mean age 78.7 ± 6.8 years, range 66–94 years). Results: The mean V-RQOL value was 94.4 ± 9.8%. The mean value of the DSI in all participants was 1.2 ± 2.4. There was no significant correlation between the V-RQOL and DSI, either in women (p = 0.11), men (p = 0.58) or the whole study group (p = 0.26). Conclusion: Both the V-RQOL questionnaire and the DSI may be applied to seniors. As self-perception of voice and voice function do not correlate, both parameters have to be measured for voice assessment.

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“…A DSI of +1.6 was determined to be the cutoff for perceptually normal voices (10). The index can be used to compare vocal quality in different groups of people and evaluate the results of voice therapy and vocal training programs, such as vocal warm up exercises (11).…”

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Immediate Effects of Phonation into the Tube Protocol on the Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI) and Perceptual Self-Evaluation in Future Speech-Language Pathologists

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the immediate effects of the protocol of phonation into tube on DSI as an objective multi-parametric approach for measuring voice quality and perceptual self-evaluation in senior students participating in clinical training to become speech language pathologists (SLPs). Methods:Eleven future SLPs (7 females and 4 males) with an average age of 22.5 ± 1 performed the protocol of phonation into tube.The immediate effects of phonation into tube exercise program were evaluated by dysphonia severity index (DSI) and self-evaluation of perceived phonatory comfort.Results: After phonation in the tube exercise program, DSI and all its parameters significantly improved. Results of the paired t-test showed that MPT (P = 0.02), F-high (P = 0.001), i-low (P < 0.001), jitter (P < 0.001), and DSI (P < 0.001) before and after phonation in the tube program significantly changed, respectively. Self-evaluation after phonation in tube exercise program showed that most participants, i.e. 7 individuals (64%), reported improved phonatory comfort. Conclusions:The results of this study suggest that phonation in tube exercise program may lead to an improvement of vocal quality and voice fatigue in future SLPs.

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Influence of Age and Gender on the Dysphonia Severity Index

Cited by 76 publications

References 76 publications

Objective Voice Parameters and Self-Perceived Handicap in Dysphonia

Objective Voice Parameters and Self-Perceived Handicap in Dysphonia

Voice Function and Voice-Related Quality of Life in the Elderly

Immediate Effects of Phonation into the Tube Protocol on the Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI) and Perceptual Self-Evaluation in Future Speech-Language Pathologists

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