Normative Voice Data for Younger and Older Adults
Normative Voice Data for Younger and Older Adults
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jvoice.2013.03.002
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发表时间：
2013-09-01
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2.2
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van Lieshout, Pascal
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作者：
Goy, Huiwen;Fernandes, David N.;van Lieshout, Pascal
目标.我们使用标准化的录音程序，在大量的言语和声音测量上为健康成年人构建了年龄和性别特异性规范。参与者为159名年轻人（平均= 19.1岁，标准差[SD] = 1.4）和133名老年人（平均= 72.0岁，SD = 4.8）健康的英语母语男性和女性，他们目前不吸烟，并具有其年龄组的典型听力。参与者在不同的指示下发出元音[a]，并阅读彩虹通道的缩写版本。基于[a]的产品的语音测量包括基频（F-0）、抖动、微光、谐波噪声比、噪声谐波比、最大发声时间、最小发声强度、最大音高和发音困难严重程度指数（DSI）。从阅读图中测量平均说话基频（SF 0）、SF 0标准差（SF 0 SD）和信号强度。在男性和女性中发现了显著的年龄相关差异。老年女性有较低的F-0和SF 0和较小的SF 0 SD比年轻女性，但年轻和老年男性没有差异。微光随年龄的男性，但既不抖动也不微光随年龄的女性，而噪音的措施是相似的两个年龄。年轻和老年男性的DSI相似，而老年女性的DSI高于年轻女性。这项研究提供了一个独特的数据库，其中包含使用标准化录音程序从健康状况良好的成年人大样本中收集的各种声音测量。男性和女性在年龄相关的声音变化的类型和程度上存在差异，但总体上与年龄相关的差异有限。
Objectives. We constructed age- and gender-specific norms for healthy adults on a large number of speech and voice measures using standardized recording procedures.Study design. Participants were 159 younger (mean = 19.1 years, standard deviation [SD] = 1.4) and 133 older (mean = 72.0 years, SD = 4.8) healthy native English male and female speakers who did not currently smoke and had typical hearing for their age group.Methods. Participants phonated the vowel [a] under various instructions and read an abbreviated version of the Rainbow Passage. Voice measures based on the productions of [a] included fundamental frequency (F-0), jitter, shimmer, harmonics-to-noise ratio, noise-to-harmonics ratio, maximum phonation time, minimum phonation intensity, maximum pitch, and the Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI). Mean speaking fundamental frequency (SF0), SF0 standard deviation (SF0SD), and signal intensity were measured from the reading passage.Results. Noteworthy age-related differences were found for males and females. Older females had a lower F-0 and SF0 and smaller SF0SD than younger females, but younger and older males did not differ. Shimmer increased with age for males, but neither jitter nor shimmer increased with age for females, whereas noise measures were similar for both ages. Younger and older males had a similar DSI, whereas older females had a higher DSI than younger females.Conclusions. This study provides a unique database containing a wide variety of voice measures collected from a large sample of adults in good health using standardized recording procedures. Males and females differed on the type and extent of age-related vocal changes, but overall age-related differences were limited.