Effects of voice-sparing cricotracheal resection on phonation in women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Individuals with idiopathic subglottic stenosis (SGS) are at risk for voice disorders prior to and following surgical management. This study examined the nature and severity of voice disorders in patients with SGS before and after a revised cricotracheal resection (CTR) procedure designed to minimize adverse effects on voice function.

Method

Eleven women with idiopathic SGS provided presurgical and postsurgical audio recordings. Voice Handicap Index (VHI) scores were also collected. Cepstral, signal-to-noise, periodicity, and fundamental frequency (F₀ ) analyses were undertaken for connected speech and sustained vowel samples. Listeners made auditory-perceptual ratings of overall quality and monotonicity.

Results

Paired samples statistical anal

SUBMITTER: Tanner K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5443709 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature