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KMID : 0384020070180010033
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Journal of the Korean Society of Logopedics and Phoniatrics
2007 Volume.18 No. 1 p.33 ~ p.38
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Effects of Tonsilectomy on Oral and Nasal Spectral Outputs for Sustained Vowel
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Choi Dong-Il
Hong Ki-Hwan
Kong Il-Seung
Lee Eun-Jung
So Sang-Soo
Yang Yun-Su
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Abstract
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Background and Objectives: It has been suggested that tonsillectomy possibly causes changes of voice because the morphology of the vocal tract is altered. This may cause serious problems for professional voice users.
Materials and Method: Subjects were 26 patients. The oral and nasal sound spectrum of oral vowel /a/, /e/ and /i/ were measured before and after tonsillectomy. The formant frequencies and intensities for oral and nasal spectra were compared. The nasality and fundamental frequencies for oral vowel were measured.
Results: The first formant frequencies for oral spectra of all vowels were not changed after surgery, but the second formant frequencies were increased significantly after surgery in the vowel /e/ and /i/. The first and second formant intensities for oral spectra were increased significantly after surgery in the all vowels. The first and second formant frequencies for nasal spectra of all vowels were not changed after surgery, but their intensities for nasal spectra were increased after surgery. The nasalities for oral vowel were not changed after surgery.
Conclusion : Tonsillectomy appeared to change the spectral features of oral and nasal components of oral vowel, especially spectral intensities.
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KEYWORD
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Tonsilectomy, Spectral analysis
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