Do the Nonlinear Dynamic Acoustic Measurements, Nonlinear Energy Difference Ratio and Spectrum Convergence Ratio, Correlate with Perceptual Evaluation of Esophageal Voice Speakers?

IF 2.5 4区医学 Q1 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Journal of Voice Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.06.004

Fan Zhang , Duy Duong Nguyen , Catherine Madill , Yi Zhang , Sebastian Kiehn , Jiachen Sun , Nicole Haderlein , Sara Haines , Logan Klein , Cai Li , Jack J. Jiang

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Abstract

Background

The acoustic assessment of phonation after total laryngectomy is challenged by signal aperiodicity which makes frequency-based acoustic measures less reliable. This is important for patients who use esophageal voice since voice samples mostly include type III (highly aperiodic) and 4 (chaotic) signals. As such, using non-linear measures, which are better suited for aperiodic phonation, may be useful to investigate the relationship between acoustic signal characteristics and perception of esophageal voice quality.

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate whether nonlinear dynamic acoustic methods, nonlinear energy difference Ratio (NEDR) and spectrum convergence ratio (SCR), were correlated with perceptual measures in subjects who used esophageal phonation.

Methods

Thirty-one subjects who had undergone total laryngectomy and use esophageal voice as a rehabilitation method were included in this study. Expert and non-expert raters listened to the esophageal voice samples from the subjects and rated vowels and connected speech samples on a scale from 1 to 7 on dysphonia severity and intelligibility. In addition, non-linear acoustic analysis was performed to calculate NEDR and SCR. Analysis from the raters was compared to the non-linear acoustic analysis to find the correlation between the variables.

Results

There were no significant correlations between any of the non-linear acoustic measures NEDR and SCR and the perceptual ratings at the significance level of 0.05. Correlations were calculated for each acoustic measure among the expert raters and among the non-expert raters in both connected speech samples and sustained vowel fragments.

Conclusions

In conclusion, the nonlinear dynamic acoustic analyses of spectrum convergence ratio and nonlinear energy difference ratio do not have a significant correlation with perceptual measures of esophageal voice.

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非线性动态声学测量、非线性能量差比和频谱收敛比与食道扬声器的感知评估是否相关？

背景：全喉切除术后的发音声学评估面临着信号非周期性的挑战，这使得基于频率的声学测量不太可靠。这对于使用食管发声的患者来说非常重要，因为语音样本大多包括 III 型（高非周期性）和 4 型（混沌）信号。因此，使用更适合非周期性发音的非线性测量方法可能有助于研究声学信号特征与食道语音质量感知之间的关系：本研究旨在调查非线性动态声学方法、非线性能量差比（NEDR）和频谱收敛比（SCR）是否与使用食管发音的受试者的感知测量相关：本研究纳入了 31 名接受过全喉切除术并使用食管发声作为康复方法的受试者。专家和非专家评分员聆听了受试者的食管发声样本，并根据发音障碍严重程度和可懂度对元音和连接语音样本进行了评分，评分标准从 1 到 7 分不等。此外，还进行了非线性声学分析，以计算 NEDR 和 SCR。将评分者的分析结果与非线性声学分析结果进行比较，以找出变量之间的相关性：结果：在 0.05 的显著性水平下，非线性声学测量 NEDR 和 SCR 与知觉评分之间没有明显的相关性。在连贯语音样本和持续元音片段中，计算了专家评分者和非专家评分者之间每种声学测量的相关性：总之，频谱收敛比和非线性能量差比的非线性动态声学分析与食道语音的感知测量没有显著相关性。

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Journal of Voice 医学-耳鼻喉科学

CiteScore

4.00

自引率

13.60%

发文量

395

审稿时长

59 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Voice is widely regarded as the world''s premiere journal for voice medicine and research. This peer-reviewed publication is listed in Index Medicus and is indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information. The journal contains articles written by experts throughout the world on all topics in voice sciences, voice medicine and surgery, and speech-language pathologists'' management of voice-related problems. The journal includes clinical articles, clinical research, and laboratory research. Members of the Foundation receive the journal as a benefit of membership.