Voice Component Relationships with High Reflux Symptom Index Scores in Muscle Tension Dysphonia

Autor: Shamim Hosseinifar, Benyamin Rahmaty, Reza Erfanian, Safa Taherkhani, Adnan Satariyan, Payman Dabirmoghaddam
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Laryngoscope. 131
ISSN: 1531-4995
0023-852X
DOI: 10.1002/lary.29220
Popis: OBJECTIVE To analyze the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) and the Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) scores based on the perceptual and analytical parameters in primary MTD patients with no reflux. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS One hundred and eighteen participants, that is, sixty patients with normal voices and fifty-eight patients with primary MTD were recruited in this study. The diagnosis of primary MTD was made by perceptual voice analysis, neck palpation, video-laryngoscopic examination, and exclusion of other etiologies. Acoustic analysis and the GRBAS (Grade, Roughness, Breathiness, Asthenia, and Strain) scale were evaluated for all participants. The V-RQOL and RSI questionnaires were then given to all participants. RESULTS This study included 118 participants of 29 males (48.3%) and 31 females (51.7%) in the normal group. MTD group also included 27 males (46.6%) and 31 (53.4%) female patients. Mean (SD) RSI and V-RQOL scores were 12.35 (3.84) and 11.09 (2.20) for the normal group, and 22.87 (6.97) and 22.89 (7.94) for the MTD group (P = .000). In the MTD group, V-RQOL had a positive correlation with jitter for /i/ and /u/, Noise to Harmonic Ratio (NHR) for /i/, /a/, and /u/, and Grade, Roughness, and Strain of GRBAS scale (P
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