Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.54.1.1

Effect of inhalant allergies on voice quality in women

Ana Bonetti orcid.org/0000-0001-9784-1954 ; Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb
Mateja Visković ; Specialist Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation Lipik, Lipik

Abstract

Reports of negative influence of inhalant allergies on voice quality in the world are increasingly frequent. In order to evaluate this impact using objective and subjective methods, women with allergies (n = 30) and women without allergies (n= 30) underwent multidimensional assessment consisting of perceptual assessment, Voice Handicap Index – HR (Bonetti and Bonetti, 2013) and acoustic analysis. The results indicate a negative effect of allergies on voice quality, which is measurable as significantly worse VHI-HR results and worse harmonics-to-noise ratio (HNR) in acoustic analysis.

Keywords

inhalant allergies; perceptual assessment of voice; acoustic analysis of voice; Voice Handicap Index (VHI-HR)

Hrčak ID:

203876

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/203876

Publication date:

20.7.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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