Geriatrik yaş popülasyonunun ses performansının objektif ve subjektif olarak değerlendirilmesi

Objective: To investigate theeffect of ageing on voice by comparing geriatric subjects with a control group.Materialsand methods: The geriatric group (> 65 years of age)included 34, and the control group included 35 subjects. Objective andsubjective analysis of voice were performed in both groups. Acoustic voiceanalysis (F0, jitter % and shimmer %) was done for objectiveanalysis, and VHI -30 questionnaire was used for subjective analysis. Thegroups were compared for F0, jitter %, shimmer % and VHI-30 scores. Results:Mean F0 was 186.14±43.13 in the geriatricgroup, and 160.74±25.76 in the control group, with a statistically significantdifference in between (p= 0.004). Mean jitter % were 0.61±0.34 and 0.68±0.34 inthe geriatric and the control groups, respectively (p= 0.417). Mean shimmer %was found as 0.70±0.27 in geriatric, and 1.03±0.47 in the control groups, andthe difference between two groups was statistically significant (p= 0.001).Mean VHI -30 score was 10.85±4.11 in geriatric subjects, and 1.37±2.45 in thecontrols, and the difference was statistically significant (p< 0.001).Conclusion: Subjective voice analysis showed that voice performance was deterioratedin geriatric population compared to the controls. However, objective parametersof the geriatric patients were better than the controls. Further studies onlarger groups are needed to further clarify this subject
Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı geriatrik popülasyonun sesperformansının kontrol grubu ile karşılaştırılarak yaşın ses üzerine etkisiniortaya koymaktır.Gereç ve yöntemler: Çalışmamızda geriatrik gruba (>65 yaş) 34 bireydahil edilirken, kontrol grubuna (