¸ñÀû: To investigate the acoustic characteristics of 'wet voice' that occurs
when liquid penetrates the vocal fold. ¹æ¹ý:A videofluoroscopic swallowing study was performed on patients
diagnosed with thyroid cancer before operation. The subjects of this
study were 7 patients whose vocal fold was touched by liquid
contrast medium. The control group included 7 patients with thyroid
cancer. As an examination procedure, the subjects were asked to
phonate the vowel /e/ without eating, and then to drink more than 10
cc of contract medium, and to phonate /e/ again, and both the
videofluoroscopic image and voice were recorded. As variables, the
first formant bandwidth (B1), as well as the amplitude of the first,
second and fourth harmonics (H1, H2, H4) were measured. In addition,
the maximum amplitude in the first, second and third formant (A1,
A2, A3) and the amplitude in high frequency (2K, 5K) were measured.
Further, the variables related to the slope of high spectrum (H1-H2,
H1-A1, H1-A2, H1-A3, H2-H4, 2K-5K) were measured. In addition, CPP,
Energy, HNR, SHR and F0, which are associated with voice disorder,
were measured. °á°ú:In the whole vowel section, the effect size was statistically significant in the descending order of B1, H1-A1, H1-H1 (*) and H1-A2 (p<.05). In the beginning section of vowel, the effect size was statistically significant in the order of H1-A1 (*), H1-A1, B1, H1-A2 (*), A1 (*), A2 (*), HNR (0-1500Hz) and A1 (p<.05). In the middle of vowel, the effect size was statistically significant in the order of H1-A1 (*), H1-A1, 2K (*)-5K and A1 (p<.05) °á·Ð:The acoustic variables for identifying the occurrence of swallowing
disorder, which is a phenomenon where liquid enters into the trachea
and penetrates the vocal fold, include H1-A1, H1-A2, B1, A1, A2, 2K
(*)-5K and HNR (0-1500Hz). |