Validation of the Acoustic Voice Quality Index Version 03.01 and the Acoustic Breathiness Index in the Spanish language

Abstract

The AVQIv3 and ABI showed in the Spanish language valid and robust results to quantify abnormal voice qualities regarding overall voice quality and breathiness severity.

Validation of the Acoustic Voice Quality Index Version 03.01 and Acoustic Breathiness Index in German

“…In relation to the quantification of breathiness, ABI correctly identified breathiness in the voice (A ROC = 0.91), which are comparable to Dutch 24 (A ROC = 0.95), and Spanish 20 (A ROC = 0.92). It confirmed a very high accuracy in the evaluation of breathiness.…”

“…The speech material length and score system of ABI are similar to AVQI version 03.01. 17À20 The previous studies of ABI showed sufficient results in concurrent validity and diagnostic precision to measure breathiness severity in Dutch, 24 Spanish, 20 and unpublished data in Japanese.…”

Diagnostic Accuracy of Dysphonia Classification of DSI and AVQI

“…Sustained vowels, on the other hand, are less sensitive to such phonetic variability but implicate less natural phonation as well. This acoustic index correlates meaningfully with the auditory–perceptual judgment of overall voice quality . The threshold of AVQI, which discriminates between the presence of hoarseness and the absence of hoarseness, mainly differs between the second and third version of AVQI and languages (see Table ).…”

“…The threshold of AVQI, which discriminates between the presence of hoarseness and the absence of hoarseness, mainly differs between the second and third version of AVQI and languages (see Table ). Further investigations about AVQI revealed consistent and acceptable diagnostic precision, consistent and high concurrent validity, robust interlanguage phonetic differences, test–retest variability about 0.54 for the second AVQI version, independence of the influencing factors of age and gender, and high sensitivity to voice changes across voice therapy …”

Application of the New Version of the Acoustic Voice Quality Index with Korean Speakers

“…이러한 AVQI 회귀식은 다양한 언어권에서 검증되고 있으며 초 기 버전 alpha부터 버전 2.02 (v2), 버전 3.01 (v3)까지 보고된 상태이 다 (Barsties et al, 2018a;Barsties & Maryn, 2015Delgado Hernández et al, 2018;Hosokawa et al, 2017aHosokawa et al, , 2017bKim et al, 2018a;Maryn, Corthals, Van Cauwenberge, Roy, & De Bodt, 2010a;Maryn et al, 2014;Maryn et al, 2016;Maryn & Weenink, 2015).…”