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  1. The Risk Factors Related to Voice Disorder in Teachers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Previous studies evaluating risk factors associated with the prevalence of voice disorders have reported that voice disorders are related to work environment [12,16,17,18,19], overall health [3,18,20,21,22], and psychological factors [2,23] as well as personal factors such as sociodemographic factors [13,20] and voice overuse . Therefore, it is ...

  2. PDF Evaluation and Management of Voice Disorders: a Systematic Review

    overview of the evaluation and management of voice disorders, highlighting evidence-based practices and identifying areas for future research. Voice disorders can significantly impact an individual's quality of life and communication abilities. Examining the current literature on this topic is

  3. Prevalence of Voice Disorders in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and

    Eligibility Criteria. Studies were eligible if they were observational studies published in English that reported the prevalence of voice disorders in older adults, defined by the United Nations as 60 years old or above (United Nations, 2019).We excluded (a) studies that investigated the prevalence of voice disorders in certain populations, such as occupational voice users or populations with ...

  4. A Systematic Review of Voice Therapy: What ...

    The present study's aims are as follows: (1) Review the literature on voice therapy administered by SLPs to treat voice disorders. (2) Provide clinicians with a list of evidence-based voice therapy techniques. (3) Incorporate the therapy components in a physiologically based model.

  5. A Systematic Review of Voice Therapy: What "Effectiveness ...

    Conclusion: Behavioral voice therapy generally leads to significant improvements in voice outcomes, but further research considering clinical meaningfulness of the results are needed to establish what is really meant by the term "effectiveness" when it comes to voice therapy. Keywords: Dysphonia; Review; Voice; Voice disorder; Voice therapy.

  6. Prevalence of Voice Disorders in the United States: A National Survey

    Search for more papers by this author. Molly N. Huston MD, Molly N. Huston MD. ... The prevalence of voice disorders has not been explored in the context of recent trends in voice use, including voice assistant technology and increased use of teleconferencing for remote work. The objective of this research is (1) to determine the prevalence of ...

  7. Clinical Psychology and Voice Disorders: A Meta-Analytic Review of

    Psychological conceptualizations of voice disorders posit that mood, anxiety, and personality characteristics contribute to the development and maintenance of voice symptoms. This review brings together research comparing these psychological characteristics across groups with and without voice disorders, with the aim of profiling group differences.

  8. The Prevalence of Voice Disorders and the Related Factors in ...

    Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence of voice disorders and related factors in university professors. Methods: In this systematic review, Medline, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library, Eric, ProQuest, Magiran, Scientific Information Database and IranDoc databases were searched. The search was limited to January 1990 and May 2020.

  9. A Review on Speech Disorders and Processing of Disordered Speech

    This paper discusses on various speech disorders in children and adults such as apraxia, stuttering, voice disorders involving the larynx, Aphasia and dysarthria. ... Although the research on speech disorder recognition and processing has achieved promising results, still the research area is challenging and most of the approaches need high ...

  10. PDF Voice disorder classification using convolutional neural ...

    Voice disorders are very common in the global population. Many researchers have conducted research on the identication and classication of voice disorders based on machine learning.

  11. Voice Disorder Classifications: A Scoping Review

    Voice is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon of interest to different disciplines. Divergent terminologies and, consequently, classification systems constitute, historically, a difficulty in this field of knowledge, which limits communication between professionals from different countries, backgrounds, and clinical experiences, and well as limiting clinical management and discussion of ...

  12. Voice disorder detection using machine learning algorithms: An

    The rest of the paper is structured as follows: ... RAP, PPQ5), as well as shimmer measurements (absolute, local, APQ3, APQ5), is founded on extensive research in the field of voice disorder detection and voice pathology analysis. These features have been widely utilized in existing literature (Mesallam et al., 2017, ...

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    Aug 2018. Aman Garg. Voice disorders affect about one in ten adults at some point in their lifetime. Vocal fold scarring can result from surgical excision of benign and malignant vocal fold ...

  14. The Prevalence of Voice Disorders and the Related ...

    The preliminary search yielded 1251 articles and 18 of which met the eligibility criteria. The overall prevalence of voice disorders in university professors was 41% (Pooled prevalence: 0.41, 95% CI: 0.34-0.49, P-value < .001).Country-based analysis showed that the highest prevalence of voice disorders among university professors was in Iran 69% (Pooled prevalence: 0.69, 95% CI: 0.62-0.76 ...

  15. The Physical Aspects of Vocal Health

    Even for patients who eventually require surgery, pre- and postoperative voice therapy is essential to achieve an optimal voice outcome and prevent recurrence of the voice disorder. For organic voice disorders or conditions of glottic insufficiency, surgical intervention is often more effective. One of the most common voice disorders in the ...

  16. Applied Machine Learning Techniques to Diagnose Voice ...

    Methods: This systematic literature review (SLR) investigated the state of the art of voice-based diagnostic and monitoring systems with ML technologies, targeting voice-affecting disorders without direct relation to the voice box from the point of view of applied health technology. Through a comprehensive search string, studies published from ...

  17. Personality and Voice Disorders

    Personality and Voice Disorders. It has been argued that personality, emotions, and psychological problems contribute to or are primary causes of voice disorders, and that voice disorders in turn create psychological problems and personality effects. This article provides an overview of recent concepts in personality and trait structure ...

  18. Voice Disorders

    A voice disorder occurs when voice quality, pitch, and loudness differ or are inappropriate for an individual's age, gender, cultural background, or geographic location (Aronson & Bless, 2009; Boone et al., 2010; Lee et al., 2004). A voice disorder is present when an individual expresses concern about having an abnormal voice that does not ...

  19. Voice Disorders: Research and Resources

    Results of the study help determine why two-thirds of those with voice problems don't seek medical care. The study included 789 patients in a primary care network. Nearly 30% had dysphonia at least once; 4.3% had it for more than four weeks. More than half of those with current dysphonia had missed at least one day of work as a result.

  20. Voice Disorders Research Papers

    Genetics , Reading , Writing , Dyslexia. Multidimensional Voice Program (MDVP) and amplitude variation parameters in euphonic adult subjects. Normative study. The introduction, in the late 70s, of the first digital spectrograph (DSP Sonograph) by Kay Elemetrics has improved the possibilities of spectroacoustic voice analysis in the clinical field.

  21. Voice disorder classification using convolutional neural ...

    Voice disorders are very common in the global population. Many researchers have conducted research on the identification and classification of voice disorders based on machine learning. As a data ...

  22. Identification of Voice Disorders: A Comparative Study of Machine

    A voice disorder is a state that influences the quality, loudness, or pitch of a person's voice. Classifying voice disorders automatically by non-invasive methods can help doctors to diagnose voice disorders quickly and more effectively. ... The rest of the paper is organized as follows: Information in Sect. 2 relates to earlier research ...

  23. PDF Enhanced Diagnosis of Voice Disorders: Integrating Machine Learning and

    Voice disorders, encompassing a range of conditions such as diplophonia, laryngitis, and spasmodic dysphonia, pose significant challenges in both ... In this paper, we present a novel approach for voice disorder detection utilizing machine learning techniques, specifically employing a Decision Tree ... International Journal of Research ...

  24. Clinical Topics and Disorders in Speech-Language Pathology

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