ANÁLISE VOCAL E DA QUALIDADE DE VIDA RELACIONADA À VOZ EM MULHERES ADULTAS COM E SEM FUNÇÃO OVARIANA / ANALYSIS OF VOCAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN CONNECTION WITH THE VOICE ADULT WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT OVARIAN FUNCTION

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2010

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Aging is a complex biological event in which there is a decrease of bodily functions, among which stand out vocal changes known as presbyphonia. Purpose To study the perceptual voice parameters and acoustic in different age groups, correlating the changes observed with the natural aging of women, establishing the impact on quality of life related to voice. Methods: A descriptive and analytical study with 106 women attending or accompanying patients from the outpatient clinics of the Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excecionais São Luís (APAE). The sample was divided into two groups. The G1, with 43 women ( 18 and 45 years of age) with preserved ovarian function and the G2 group, consisting of 63 women (>45 years) without ovarian function. We administered a questionnaire on quality of life related to voice (QVV) and evaluated the following variables: measurement of QVV, selfassessment of the voices, the perceptual analysis, maximum phonation time (MPT) and acoustic analysis. Results: In G1 the mean age was 29.1 years and 67.6 in G2. In relation to voice complaints, they were more frequent in G2 (22.2%), and auditory perception, pleasant answer was the most frequent in both groups. In relation to MPT the two groups were similar for vowel "a" sustainable (G1 and G2 = 13.67 = 13.94), already held for the issuance of the consonants / s / and / z / and the s / z, observed that in the G1 values were higher. The mean fundamental frequency was 202.48 Hz in G1 and G2 of 185.07 Hz Regarding the glottal noise (GNE), the G1 had a higher average ratio with 0.83. In the perceptual evaluation, conducted by GRBASI scale, it was found to be mild fashion feature roughness (R = 1), stress (S = 1) and instability (I = 1) in both groups, however, the degree of dysphonia (G), G1 showed no impact (G = 0) and 2 showed mild (G = 1). QLV results revealed that the groups showed no impact on the socio-emotional and physical and total score. Conclusion: The G2 group showed lower values for perceptual parameters and acoustic compared to G1, which may suggest that the physiological alteration of hormone function of women, may be a "watershed" in the aging process in relation to voice and the establishment of the vocal changes, said presbyphonia.

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voz menopausa análise perceptivo-auditiva análise acústica da voz qualidade de vida saude materno-infantil voice menopause perceptual analysis acoustic analysis of voice quality of life

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