在帕金森病中分析声音使用声学语音质量指数
Rachel B Convey1, Anne-Maria Laukkanen1, Sari Ylinen1
1Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation
|January 19, 2024
概括
声学语音质量指数 (AVQI) 与帕金森病 (PD) 患者的感知语音分析相关,但与疾病严重程度无关. 这表明AVQI可能反映了语音变化,但不能直接跟踪PD的进展.
科学领域:
- 语音和语言病理学 语言病理学
- 神经学 神经学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 帕金森病 (PD) 通常会导致声音障碍,影响沟通和生活质量.
- 需要客观的声学测量来补充PD中的主观感知语音评估.
- 声学语音质量指数 (AVQI) 是一种量化语音质量的工具.
研究的目的:
- 调查AVQI和感知语音质量评级 (GRBASI尺度) 之间的关系.
- 为了检查AVQI,感知语音质量和PD患者的疾病严重程度 (Hoehn和Yahr尺度) 之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究分析了34名芬兰PD母语人士的数据.
- 专家评价者使用AVQI (v03.01) 和GRBASI等级来评估语音录音 (延长的元音,阅读样本).
- 在AVQI得分,GRBASI评分和Hoehn和Yahr尺度得分之间进行了相关性分析.
主要成果:
- 在AVQI得分和GRBASI总得分之间观察到显著的正相关性 (rs = 0.508,P = 0.01).
- 特定的AVQI参数也与GRBASI组件 (G,R,B,A) 有显著的相关性.
- 虽然Hoehn和Yahr的分数与GRBASI总分数相关 (rs = 0.437,P = 0.01),但AVQI和疾病严重程度之间没有显著的相关性.
结论:
- AVQI显示了与PD患者的感知语音质量评估的显著关联.
- AVQI似乎与霍恩和雅尔尺度测量的帕金森病阶段没有直接关联.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解AVQI在跟踪PD进展方面的临床实用性.
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