Reliability of Acoustic Measures in Dysphonic Patients With Glottic Insufficiency and Healthy Population: A COVID-19 Perspective

Lee, Seung Jin; Kang, Min Seok; Park, Young Min; Lim, Jae‐Yol

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.06.013

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“…Although some systematic reviews and further single studies noted for HNR [ 6 , 8 , 17 , 23 , 24 , 25 ], Jitter [ 26 ], Shimmer [ 24 , 26 ], CPPS [ 18 , 21 ], SPL [ 6 , 8 , 18 , 26 ], and AVQI [ 21 ] significantly effects by RPMs, the present evaluation of this meta-analysis did not support these findings using the software Praat for the signal processing of the included acoustic measures. Further studies that were not included in the present meta-analysis (based on different signal processing methods of the acoustic parameters or other mask types) also concluded that for the same acoustic measures for vocally healthy and voice-disordered individuals, no significant differences between wearing a RPM or not [ 27 , 28 , 29 ]. Moreover, it must be taken into account that voice physiology and voice characteristics may differ between different speakers and between single or multiple voice recordings for consistency of sound measurements [ 30 , 31 ].…”

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The Impact of Protective Face Coverings on Acoustic Markers in Voice: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Barsties v. Latoszek,

Jansen,

Watts

et al. 2023

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Background: Wearing respiratory protective masks (RPMs) has become common worldwide, especially in healthcare settings, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hypotheses have suggested that sound transmission could be limited by RPMs, which possibly affects the characteristics of acoustic energy and speech intelligibility. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of RPMs on acoustic measurements through a systematic review with meta-analysis. Methods: Five database searches were conducted, ranging from their inception to August 2023, as well as a manual search. Cross-sectional studies were included that provided data on widely used gender-independent clinical acoustic voice quality measures (jitter, shimmer, HNR, CPPS, and AVQI) and habitual sound pressure level (SPL). Results: We found nine eligible research studies with a total of 422 participants who were compared both without masks and with different types of masks. All included studies focused on individuals with vocally healthy voices, while two of the studies also included those with voice disorders. The results from the meta-analysis were related to medical/surgical and FFP2/(K)N95 masks. None of the acoustic measurements showed significant differences between the absence and presence of masks (p > 0.05). When indirectly comparing both mask types, statistical significance was identified for parameters of jitter, HNR, CPPS and SPL (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The present meta-analysis indicates that certain types of RPMs have no significant influence on common voice quality parameters and SPL compared to recordings without masks. Nevertheless, it is plausible that significant differences in acoustic parameters might exist between different mask types. Consequently, it is advisable for the clinical practice to always use the same mask type when using RPMs to ensure high comparability and accuracy of measurement results.

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The Impact of Protective Face Coverings on Acoustic Markers in Voice: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Barsties v. Latoszek,

Jansen,

Watts

et al. 2023

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“…The previous studies revealed a significant difference between various aspects of voice quality in COVID-19 patients and healthy people 10 , 12 , 24 , 30 . All of them have shown that the disease could damage various dimensions of voice after recovering from the COVID-19 infection 10 , 32 , 45 , 46 , 47 , but few studies were conducted during the bedridden period of these patients in the hospital 24 , 28 , 29 . In this study, we intend to examine the effect of COVID-19 infection on the different aspects of voice by implementing DSI and CAPE-V in patients during their bedridden time in the hospital.…”

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Dysphonia Severity Index and Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice Outcomes, and Their Relation in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

Aghadoost¹,

Molazeinal²,

Khoddami³

et al. 2022

Journal of Voice

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Current Status and Perspectives of Telepractice in Voice and Speech Therapy

Lee¹

2022

J Korean Soc Laryngol Phoniatr Logop

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Voice and speech therapy can be performed in various ways depending on the situation, although it is generally performed in a face-to-face manner. Telepractice refers to the provision of specialized voice and speech therapy by speech-language pathologists for assessment, therapy, and counseling by applying telecommunication technology from a remote location. Recently, due to the pandemic situation and the active use of non-face-to-face platforms, interest in telepractice of voice and speech therapy has increased. Moreover, a growing body of literature has been advocating its clinical usefulness and non-inferiority to traditional face-to-face intervention. In this review, the existing discussions, guidelines, and preliminary studies on non-face-toface voice and speech therapy were summarized, and recommendations on the tools for telepractice were provided.

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Reliability of Acoustic Measures in Dysphonic Patients With Glottic Insufficiency and Healthy Population: A COVID-19 Perspective

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

The Impact of Protective Face Coverings on Acoustic Markers in Voice: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The Impact of Protective Face Coverings on Acoustic Markers in Voice: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Dysphonia Severity Index and Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice Outcomes, and Their Relation in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

Current Status and Perspectives of Telepractice in Voice and Speech Therapy

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