Differences of the Voice Parameters Between the Population of Different Hearing Tresholds: Findings by Using the Multi-Dimensional Voice Program.
- Author:
Ferit AKIL
1
;
Umur YOLLU
;
Ozcan OZTURK
;
Murat YENER
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Voice; Hearing Loss; Adult; Sex
- MeSH: Adult; Female; Hearing Loss; Hearing*; Humans; Male; Phonation; Voice*
- From:Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology 2017;10(3):278-282
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To compare voice parameters in subjects with different hearing level. METHODS: The evaluation consisted of Multi-Dimensional Voice Program (MDVP) and electroglottography. Group 1 consisted of normal hearing subjects which is bilateral average hearing better than 25 decibels (dB) whereas group 2 consisted of patients who have bilateral average hearing between the 25 and 60 dB and group 3 consisted of patients who have bilateral average hearing between the 60 and 90 dB. The evaluations were performed on males and females separately. RESULTS: In female subjects, fundamental frequency (F0), absolute jitter, %jitter and soft phonation index (SPI) were significantly different between the group 1 and group 2. Also, we detected significant difference on maximum phonation time (MPT), fundamental frequency, absolute jitter and %jitter, and variable F0 (vF0) values between group 1 and group 3. Male subjects demonstrated significant difference between the group 1 and group 2 in MPT, absolute jitter, %jitter, vF0, and SPI parameters. Between the group 3 and group 1; differences in absolute jitter, %jitter, shimmer, %shimmer, vF0, and SPI were also significant. CONCLUSION: This study concluded that even mild to moderate hearing losses may affect voice patterns in adults and also females and males react differently to hearing loss in some parameters.
