KMID : 0384020080190020113
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Journal of the Korean Society of Logopedics and Phoniatrics 2008 Volume.19 No. 2 p.113 ~ p.116
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Change of Voice during Menstrual Cycle
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Lee Ja-Hyun
Park Eun-Hee Chung Sung-Min Kim Han-Su
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Abstract
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Baekgroud and Objectives: The study was purposed to evaluate the relationship between the voice change and the menstrual cycle by measuring the variation of subjective and objective parameters.
Materials and Methods: Prospective study of 13 healthy women during 2 mentrual cycles. Their voices were recorded at follicular phase and then luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. We used both single vowel /a/ and sentences for evaluate acoustic parameters. Aerodynamic parameters were also evaluated. Voice handicap index (VHI), and the presence of premenstrual syndromes (PMS) were checked at each period. We used Wilcoxon¡¯s signed rank test to compare the parameters of two periods.
Results: VHI were 5.1 at both periods (p=0.146) and 92.3% of women were diagnosable with PMS. There were no significant differences in acoustic parameters and aerodynamic parameters between the two periods.
Conclusion: This study shows that not only the subjective but also the objective changes of the voice parameters did not exist during the menstrual cycle in women.
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KEYWORD
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Voice, Menstrual cycle
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