The Prevalence of Creak Across Breath Groups in Adductor Laryngeal Dystonia.

Autor: Marks KL; Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215; Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 30308. Electronic address: katie.marks@emory.edu., Frankford SA; Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215; Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, 75080., Cocroft SJ; Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215., Lonergan S; Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215., Díaz Cádiz ME; Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215., Stepp CE; Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation [J Voice] 2024 Nov 19. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 19.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.10.013
Abstrakt: Objective: Creak is an acoustic feature found to discriminate speakers with adductor laryngeal dystonia (AdLD) from typical speakers with outstanding diagnostic accuracy. Yet creak is also used by typical speakers as a phrase-boundary marker. This study aims to compare the prevalence of creak across estimated breath groups in speakers with AdLD and controls to delineate physiological mechanisms underlying creak in AdLD.
Methods: Thirty-four speakers read aloud the first paragraph of the Rainbow Passage (17 diagnosed with AdLD and 17 with no history of voice complaints). "Breath-like" pauses were defined as any in which technicians audibly heard a pause and all pauses >500 ms. For each phoneme, the time preceding the next breath-like pause was calculated, and the probability of creak occurrence was calculated. A generalized linear mixed-effects model was performed to determine the relationship between creak and time preceding a breath-like pause.
Results: Inter-rater and intrarater reliability of technicians were excellent. There was a statistically greater probability of creak in the AdLD group compared to controls (22% vs. 5%) and a statistically greater probability of creak as speakers approached a breath-like pause in both groups. The interaction between the time preceding a breath-like pause and group was significant, with a stronger relationship between the time preceding a breath-like pause and creak for control speakers (P < 0.001).
Conclusions: Creak is more prevalent in speakers with AdLD and may not only be related to respiratory phrasing but possibly in response to or because of the hyperadduction of the vocal folds during a laryngeal spasm.
Lay Summary: The probability of creak occurring was greater towards the end of estimated breath groups in speakers with and without AdLD; however, for speakers with AdLD, creak was more prominent across the entire breath group.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest Cara E. Stepp has received consulting fees from Altec, Inc./Delsys, Inc., companies focused on developing and commercializing technologies related to human movement. Stepp’s interests were reviewed and are managed by Boston University in accordance with their conflict-of-interest policies. The other authors have declared that no other competing interests existed at the time of submission.
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