Assessment of Effects of Septoplasty on Acoustic Parameters of Voice: A Prospective Clinical Study

Autor: Burak Olgun, Ayşe Öznur Akidil, Ahmet Altıntaş, Mustafa Çelik, Baver Maşallah Şimşek, Fatma Tülin Kayhan, Yakup Yegin
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Turk Otolarengoloji Arsivi/Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology. 54:146-149
ISSN: 2149-553X
0304-4793
Popis: Objective To investigate the effects of septoplasty on the acoustic parameters of voice. Methods In total, 23 patients (seven females and 16 males; average age, 32.13±9.67 years; age range: 19-56 years) with a diagnosis of nasal septal deviation and who underwent septoplasty were included. Preoperative and on postoperative 30th day, acoustic analysis of voice was conducted for all patients. The recordings of /mana/ vowel were used to evaluate average fundamental frequency (F0), jitter, shimmer, and noise-to-harmony ratio (NHR). F0, shimmer percent, jitter percent, and NHR of two terms were compared. A p-value
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