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Title
The acoustic voice quality index: toward improved treatment outcomes assessment in voice disorders
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Abstract
Voice practitioners require an objective index of dysphonia severity as a means to reliably track treatment outcomes. To ensure ecological validity however, such a measure should survey both sustained vowels and continuous speech. In an earlier study, a multivariate acoustic model referred to as the Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI), consisting of a weighted combination of 6 time-, frequency- and quefrency-domain metrics, was developed to measure dysphonia severity in both speaking tasks. In the current investigation, the generalizability and clinical utility of the AVQI are evaluated by first assessing its external cross-validity and then determining its sensitivity to change in dysphonia severity following surgical and/or behavioral voice treatment. The results, based upon a new set of normal and disordered voices compared favorably with outcomes reported earlier, indicating acceptable external validity. Furthermore, the AVQI was sensitive to treatment-related changes, validating its role as a potentially robust and objective voice treatment outcomes measure.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of communication disorders. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2010
ISSN
0021-9924
DOI
10.1016/J.JCOMDIS.2009.12.004
Volume/pages
43 :3 (2010) , p. 161-174
ISI
000277538800001
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UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 17.08.2024
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