Correlating Undiagnosed Hearing Impairment with Hyperfunctional Dysphonia.

Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation
Ahmed NagySomaya Mahmoud

Abstract

This study initially investigated the co-occurrence of hearing impairment that had not been previously diagnosed in a group of patients with hyperfunctional dysphonia. Subsequently, it explored whether any correlations exist between quantitative dysphonia severity assessment parameters and distinctive acoustic features of hearing impairment. The age-stratified participants were 36 patients presenting with hyperfunctional dysphonia to the voice clinic. For each subject, the following measurements were collected: grade of dysphonia severity rating by the clinician, a Voice Handicap Index (VHI) Patient Questionnaire, and an acoustic analysis of a standardized voice sample. Subsequently, the participants were referred to the audiology clinic for pure tone audiometry testing. The co-occurrence of hyperfunctional dysphonia and coincidentally discovered hearing impairment showed a percentage of 33% in the study subjects. There were no significant differences in the acoustic profiles of patients with and without hearing impairment. Mean frequency and jitter % were positively correlated in all investigated cohorts, except in subjects with simultaneous occurrence of hearing impairment and dysphonia. Mean intensity and shimmer % were not ...Continue Reading

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Dec 17, 2019·Applied Sciences·Elizabeth S Heller MurrayCara E Stepp
May 1, 2021·Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation·Ahmed A Mohammed, Ahmed Nagy

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