Validation of the Acoustic Voice Quality Index Version 03.01 in Turkish.

Autor: Yeşilli-Puzella G; Speech and Language Therapy Department, School of Health Sciences, Cappadocia University, Ürgüp, Nevşehir, Turkey; Otolaryngology Division, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Sassari, Italy. Electronic address: gamzeyesilli@gmail.com., Maryn Y; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, European Institute for ORL-HNS, GZA Sint-Augustinus, Wilrijk, Belgium; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Health, University College Ghent, Ghent, Belgium; Phonanium, Lokeren, Belgium., Tunçer AM; Speech and Language Therapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Muğla, Turkey., Akbulut S; Kadıköy Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Ünsal EM; Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, İzmir Bakırçay University, Menemen, İzmir, Turkey., Tadıhan Özkan E; Speech and Language Therapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation [J Voice] 2024 Oct 10. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 10.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.08.030
Abstrakt: Objectives: The aim of this study was to validate the Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) version 3.01 in the Turkish-speaking population.
Materials and Methods: Concatenated voice samples of the sustained vowel [a:] and continuous speech were collected from 127 dysphonic and 128 normophonic participants. The auditory-perceptual evaluation was performed by five experienced raters using the Grade parameter of the Grade, Roughness, Breathiness, Asthenia, Strain scale. Rater reliability, concurrent validity, diagnostic accuracy, and differences between normophonic and dysphonic groups were analyzed for the AVQI version 3.01.
Results: The number of syllables for the standardized reading text with the concatenation of the voiced parts lasting around 3 seconds (mean = 3.84 seconds) was 36. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) values of intra-rater reliability of G scores of five raters were excellent (mean ICC = 0.934), and of inter-rater reliability, they varied between moderate and excellent (mean ICC = 0.786). AVQIv3 demonstrated a high diagnostic accuracy with area under receiver-operating characteristic curve = 0.906 in identifying disrupted versus normal voice quality. With sensitivity of 80% and specificity of 94%, AVQIv3 = 2.345 was the cutoff point that differentiated most accurately between normophonic and dysphonic voices in Turkish.
Conclusion: AVQIv3 is an ecologically valid tool for objective differentiation between dysphonic and normal voices in the Turkish language.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2024 The Voice Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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