Normative Voice Data for Younger and Older Adults

Goy, Huiwen; Fernandes, David N.; Pichora-Fuller, M. Kathleen; Lieshout, Pascal van

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2013.03.002

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“…Voice aging is caused by normal anatomical and physiological changes associated with this phase of life (Goy et al 2013;Forero Mendoza et al 2014). In particular, physiological changes occur in the larynx (Honjo and Isshiki 1980;Bloch and Behrman 2001;Ximenes Filho et al 2003;Kersing and Jennekens 2004;Pontes et al 2005Pontes et al , 2006Sato et al 2010Sato et al , 2011, the vocal tract (Pontes et al 2006), and the respiratory system (Linville 1996;Teles-Magalhães et al 2000;Ramig et al 2001;Sauder et al 2010).…”

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“…These changes have an impact on voice production and quality (Mazzetto de Menezes et al 2014). Indeed, aging negatively affects voice stability and amplitude in a sex-dependent manner (Linville and Fisher 1985;Ma and Love 2010;Dehqan et al 2013;Goy et al 2013). For instance, men generally show a gradual increase in fundamental frequency (f0) with age (Honjo and Isshiki 1980;Harnsberger et al 2008;Torre and Barlow 2009;Ma and Love 2010;Dehqan et al 2013), while women exhibit a decrease in f0 with age (Honjo and Isshiki 1980;Torre and Barlow 2009;Ma and Love 2010;Da Silva et al 2011;Dehqan et al 2013;Goy et al 2013).…”

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Effects of age on the amplitude, frequency and perceived quality of voice

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Thibeault

Guitton

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The manner and extent to which voice amplitude and frequency control mechanisms change with age is not well understood. The related question of whether the assessment of one's own voice evolves with age, concomitant with the acoustical changes that the voice undergoes, also remains unanswered. In the present study, we characterized the aging of voice production mechanisms (amplitude, frequency), compared the aging voice in different experimental contexts (vowel utterance, connected speech) and examined the relationship between voice self-assessment and age-related voice acoustical changes. Eighty healthy adults (20 to 75 years old) participated in the study, which involved computation of several acoustical measures of voice (including measures of fundamental frequency, voice amplitude, and stability) as well as self-assessments of voice. Because depression is frequent in older adults, depression and anxiety scores were also measured. As was expected, analyses revealed age effects on most acoustical measures. However, there was no interaction between age and the ability to produce high/low voice amplitude/frequency, suggesting that voice amplitude and frequency control mechanisms are preserved in aging. Multiple mediation analyses demonstrated that the relationship between age and voice self-assessment was moderated by depression and anxiety scores. Taken together, these results reveal that while voice production undergoes important changes throughout aging, the ability to increase/decrease the amplitude and frequency of voice are preserved, at least within the age range studied, and that depression and anxiety scores have a stronger impact on perceived voice quality than acoustical changes themselves.

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Effects of age on the amplitude, frequency and perceived quality of voice

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Thibeault

Guitton

et al. 2015

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“…Older adults also have higher jitter-a measure of cycle-to-cycle variation of vocal F0 (i.e., the acoustical correlate of pitch fluctuations)-compared to younger adults (Wilcox and Horii 1980). In addition to changes in F0 and jitter, voice loudness also changes (decrease) in aging (Baker et al 2001), affecting males more than females (Goy et al 2013). A decline in speech rate has also been reported for the repetition of words or sentences (Fozo and Watson 1998;Wohlert and Smith 1998) or directed speech (Duchin and Mysak 1987;Searl et al 2002), even when pauses between sentences were excluded from the calculation of speech rate, suggesting that the duration of speech sounds becomes longer with age (Ramig 1983a;Ryan 1972).…”

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Movement sequencing in normal aging: speech, oro-facial, and finger movements

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Kirouac

Langlois

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The manner and extent to which normal aging affects the ability to speak are not fully understood. While age-related changes in voice fundamental frequency and intensity have been documented, changes affecting the planning and articulation of speech are less well understood. In the present study, 76 healthy, cognitively normal participants aged between 18 and 93 years old were asked to produce auditorily and visually triggered sequences of finely controlled movements (speech, oro-facial, and manual movement). These sequences of movements were either (1) simple, in which at least two of the three movements were the same, or (2) complex, in which three different movements were produced. For each of the resulting experimental condition, accuracy was calculated. The results show that, for speech and oro-facial movements, accuracy declined as a function of age and complexity. For these movements, the negative effect of complexity on performance accuracy increased with age. No aging or complexity effects were found for the manual movements on accuracy, but a significant slowing of movement was found, particularly for the complex sequences. These results demonstrate that there is a significant deterioration of fine motor control in normal aging across different response modalities.

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“…Median silence length during the reading task was 229 ms (healthy controls = 83 ms (SD 27)), variability of silence duration was 174 ms (controls = 50 msec (SD 27)), harmonics to noise ratio (proxy of voice quality) during conversation was 17 dB (control = 25 dB (SD 4)) [2] and variation of pitch (proxy of vocal control) during the sustained vowel task was 4.8 Hz (control = 1.4 Hz (SD 0.6)) [3].…”

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Diagnostic Distortions: A Case Report of Progressive Apraxia of Speech

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Pemberton

Darby

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Abstract. Apraxia of speech (AOS) can be the presenting symptom of neurodegenerative disease. The position of primary progressive AOS in the nosology of the dementias is still controversial. Despite seeing many specialists, patients are often misdiagnosed, in part due to a lack of quantitative measures of speech dysfunction. We present a single case report of a patient presenting with AOS, including acoustic analysis, language assessment, and brain imaging. A 52-year-old woman presenting with AOS had remained undiagnosed for 6 years despite seeing 8 specialists. Results of her MRI scans, genetic testing, and computerized speech analysis are provided. AOS is an underdiagnosed clinical syndrome causing great distress to patients and families. Using acoustic analysis of speech may lead to improved diagnostic accuracy. AOS is a complex entity with an expanding phenotype, and quantitative clinical measures will be critical for detection and to assess progression.

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Normative Voice Data for Younger and Older Adults

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References 68 publications

Effects of age on the amplitude, frequency and perceived quality of voice

Effects of age on the amplitude, frequency and perceived quality of voice

Movement sequencing in normal aging: speech, oro-facial, and finger movements

Diagnostic Distortions: A Case Report of Progressive Apraxia of Speech

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