Vocal symptoms and acoustic changes in relation to the expanded disability status scale, duration and stage of disease in patients with multiple sclerosis
| Autor: | Nabil Fuleihan, Taghrid El Hajj, Bassem Yamout, Omar Sabra, Hani Rifai, Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Abla M. Sibai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Disease Audiology Speech Acoustics Central nervous system disease Disability Evaluation Young Adult Multiple Sclerosis Relapsing-Remitting Risk Factors Prevalence otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Stage (cooking) Voice Disorders Expanded Disability Status Scale business.industry Multiple sclerosis General Medicine Middle Aged Multiple Sclerosis Chronic Progressive respiratory system medicine.disease Surgery Cross-Sectional Studies Otorhinolaryngology Duration (music) Case-Control Studies Female Neurosurgery business |
| Zdroj: | European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 266:1759-1765 |
| ISSN: | 1434-4726 0937-4477 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00405-009-1003-y |
| Popis: | Vocal symptoms and acoustic measures of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are investigated in relation to the duration of the disease, stage of the disease and the degree of disability. Eighty-two patients were enrolled in this study (40 MS, 42 controls). In the MS group, the most common vocal symptoms were vocal breaks and vocal fatigue present in 10. None of the patients in the control group had voice breaks. In the male group, there was a significant decrease in the fundamental frequency, habitual pitch and maximum phonation time with a significant increase in Shimmer. In the female group, there was a significant decrease in the maximum phonation time only. There was no correlation between vocal symptoms and acoustic measures versus duration of the disease and extent of disability except for vocal fatigue which significantly associated with EDSS (expanded disability status scale) score. Patients with MS may develop vocal symptoms irrespective of the EDSS score, duration and stage of the disease. Vocal fatigue and vocal breaks are more common than hoarseness. |
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