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[Assessment of voice acoustic parameters in female teachers with diagnosed occupational voice disorders]
Ewa Niebudek-Bogusz1, Marta Fiszer, Mariola Sliwińska-Kowalska
1Z Centrum Profilaktyki i Leczenia Zaburzeń Głosu i Słuchu Instytutu Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra med. 1. Nofera w Lodzi. ebogusz@imp.lodz.pl
Background:
Laryngovideostroboscopy is the method most frequently used in the assessment of voice disorders. However, the employment of quantitative methods, such as voice acoustic analysis, is essential for evaluating the effectiveness of prophylactic and therapeutic activities as well as for objective medical certification of larynx pathologies. The aim of this study was to examine voice acoustic parameters in female teachers with occupational voice diseases.
Materials And Methods:
Acoustic analysis (IRIS software) was performed in 66 female teachers, including 35 teachers with occupational voice diseases and 31 with functional dysphonia.
Results:
The teachers with occupational voice diseases presented the lower average fundamental frequency (193 Hz) compared to the group with functional dysphonia (209 Hz) and to the normative value (236 Hz), whereas other acoustic parameters did not differ significantly in both groups.
Conclusions:
Voice acoustic analysis, when applied separately from vocal loading, cannot be used as a testing method to verify the diagnosis of occupational voice disorders.
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