Vocal aging and the impact on daily life: a longitudinal study.
Vocal aging and the impact on daily life: a longitudinal study.
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10.1016/j.jvoice.2003.10.002
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2004-06-01
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Mahieu, Hans F
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Verdonck-de Leeuw, Irma M;Mahieu, Hans F
关于嗓音老化的纵向研究很少，也缺乏与年龄相关的嗓音变化对日常生活影响的信息。这项纵向研究报告了11名健康男性说话者5年来与年龄相关的声音变化及其对日常生活的影响，年龄从50岁到81岁不等。所有男性完成日常生活中发声表现的问卷调查，并对发声质量进行知觉和声学分析，并对发声功能的最大表演任务(音域分布)进行分析。结果显示，在5年的时间段后，声学语音信号显著恶化，专家判断的嗓音粗糙度评分也有所增加。自我报告的声音不稳定和回避社交聚会的倾向的增加支持了这些发现。与不吸烟的男性相比，吸烟的男性说话的基本频率较低，对于戒烟的男性来说，这似乎是可逆的。这项研究表明，正常的嗓音逐渐老化过程在日常生活中具有明显的后果，这一点应该在临床实践中以及关于社会生活中的沟通的研究中加以考虑。
Longitudinal studies on vocal aging are scarce, and information on the impact of age-related voice changes on daily life is lacking. This longitudinal study reports on age-related voice changes and the impact on daily life over a time period of 5 years on 11 healthy male speakers, age ranging from 50 to 81 years. All males completed a questionnaire on vocal performance in daily life, and perceptual and acoustical analyses of vocal quality and analyses of maximum performance tasks of vocal function (voice range profile) were performed. Results showed a significant deterioration of the acoustic voice signal as well as increased ratings on vocal roughness judged by experts after the time period of 5 years. An increase of self-reported voice instability and the tendency to avoid social parties supported these findings. Smoking males had a lower speaking fundamental frequency compared with nonsmoking males, and this seemed reversible for males who stop smoking. This study suggests a normal gradual vocal aging process with clear consequences in daily life, which should be taken into consideration in clinical practice as well as in studies concerning communication in social life.