• Proceedings of the KSLP Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.198-199
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• 2003

최근에 음성언어장애에 대한 언어치료사의 평가 및 치료 활동이 활발히 이루어지고 있으나, 음성평가 기준 및 치료 자료가 충분치 않은 것이 현실이다. 음성 평가를 실시할 때에도 각 치료실마다 음성 평가에 사용하는 장비가 달라 결과물의 해석에 다소 차이가 있으며, 또한 같은 장비를 사용함에도 불구하고 음성 자료를 수집하는 방법에 있어서 표준화된 절차 및 자료에 따라 평가를 하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 이러한 표준화된 측정절차에 대한 요구는 개인적인 기준으로 좌우될 수 있는 주관적인 평가에서는 더욱 절실하다. 음성의 지각적 평가에서 중요한 측면 중에 하나는 음성의 질에 정확한 판단 및 이에 대한 자료공유 및 정보교환이다. 현재 음성의 질에 대한 측정평가를 위해 제일 많이 사용되고 있는 방법 중 하나가 GRBAS 방법이 간편하여 임상적으로 많이 사용하나 음성의 질에 대한 세밀한 평가를 하는 데는 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 음질을 평가하는데 있어서 자주 사용되는 음질 용어에 대한 우리말 용어를 통일의 필요성의 시급한 실정에 기초하여 이를 대표할 수 있는 음성샘플 자료의 구축마련을 위한 일종의 발제이다. 이러한 작업을 통해 각 음성 및 언어치료실에서 음성의 질에 대한 청지각적 평가에 공통 기준을 마련하고, 임상교육 적인 목적으로 청지각적 훈련 자료로 이용이 가능할 수 있으리라 사료된다. (중략)

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.108-116
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the differences in the acoustic measurements (AVQI) and the auditory-perceptual assessments (GRBAS, CAPE-V) of the normal and vocal fold nodules. For this purpose, Total 335 voice samples were analyzed acoustically and three raters performed auditory-perceptual assessments. in the results, AVQI, G, and OS scores of the normal group were lower than those of the vocal fold nodules group. The correlations between the G scale and the OS scale were highly correlated, and the correlation between the AVQI, and auditory-perceptual results (G and OS) was also high value. The threshold values for discriminating AVQI, G, and OS between the two groups were ${\leq}4.06$, ${\leq}1$, and ${\leq}26$, respectively, and the predictive diagnostic power was 0.840, 0.860, and 0.848. In conclusion, AVQI and auditory-perceptual evaluation can improve potentiality the screening of vocal fold nodules and help to determine the diagnosis and treatment plan of voice disorders.

• Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.9-21
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• 2019

This study aimed to compare the prosodic characteristics of North Korean defectors and South Koreans in three types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, and negative) in two reading tasks (short and dialogue) through acoustic analysis and auditory-perceptual evaluation. In addition, this study examined the relationship between the auditory-perceptual evaluation scores and self-assessment questionnaires on intonation for North Korean defectors. The participants were 15 North Korean defectors and 15 Korean speakers with standard Seoul accents. For statistical analysis, three-way mixed ANOVA and multivariate analysis were performed within the three types of sentences in the reading tasks through acoustic analysis and the Mann-Whitney U Test for auditory-perceptual evaluation. Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficients were also used to identify the correlations between the results of the self-assessment questionnaire on intonation and the auditory-perceptual evaluation. The North Korean defectors were found to have a significantly lower pitch range and auditory-perceptual evaluation score than South Koreans in reading tasks. Moreover, there was a significant correlation between their auditory-perceptual evaluations and self-assessment questionnaires on intonation. The study findings suggest that North Korean defectors, who face many challenges with intonation, showed a tendency to think that their intonation differed from the standard Korean intonation and showed better auditory evaluation results for interrogative sentences.

• Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.81-90
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• 2023

Auditory perceptual assessment and acoustic analysis are commonly used in clinical practice for voice evaluation. This study aims to explore the effects of speech task context on auditory perceptual assessment and acoustic measures in patients with voice disorders. Sustained vowel phonations (/a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, /ɯ/, /ʌ/) and connected speech (a standardized paragraph 'kaeul' and nine sub-sentences) were obtained from a total of 22 patients with voice disorders. GRBAS ('G', 'R', 'B', 'A', 'S') and CAPE-V ('OS', 'R', 'B', 'S', 'P', 'L') auditory-perceptual assessment were evaluated by two certified speech language pathologists specializing in voice disorders using blind and random voice samples. Additionally, spectral and cepstral measures were analyzed using the analysis of dysphonia in speech and voice model (ADSV).When assessing voice quality with the GRBAS scale, it was not significantly affected by the vowel type except for 'B', while the 'OS', 'R' and 'B' in CAPE-V were affected by the vowel type (p<.05). In addition, measurements of CPP and L/H ratio were influenced by vowel types and sentence positions. CPP values in the standard paragraph showed significant negative correlations with all vowels, with the highest correlation observed for /e/ vowel (r=-.739). The CPP of the second sentence had the strongest correlation with all vowels. Depending on the speech stimulus, CAPE-V may have a greater impact on auditory-perceptual assessment than GRBAS, vowel types and sentence position with consonants influenced the 'B' scale, CPP, and L/H ratio. When using vowels in the voice assessment of patients with voice disorders, it would be beneficial to use not only /a/, but also the vowel /i/, which is acoustically highly correlated with 'breathy'. In addition, the /e/ vowel was highly correlated acoustically with the standardized passage and sub-sentences. Furthermore, given that most dysphonic signals are aperiodic, 2nd sentence of the 'kaeul' passage, which is the most acoustically correlated with all vowels, can be used with CPP. These results provide clinical evidence of the impact of speech tasks on auditory perceptual and acoustic measures, which may help to provide guidelines for voice evaluation in patients with voice disorders.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.3046-3050
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• 2014

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of 7-point interval scale(EAI) and visual analogue scale(VAS) on perceptual judgement and the reliability of severity on voice problems by dysphonic speakers. 30 undergraduate students studying communication disorder were enrolled in the perceptual evaluation. Those listeners judged overall voice severity within the anchored(condition 1) and non-anchored scales(condition 2) for vowel prolongation and reading tasks by 25 speakers with voice disorder. The results of this study showed that the scores by VAS was significantly higher than EAI in both condition 1 and condition 2 for vowel prolongation and reading task. However, the scores by EAI method was higher than by VAS method on voice severity of vowel prolongation (condition 1) and reading task(condition 2). These results suggest auditory-perceptual scaling procedures must be more studied in the aspects of clinical application of voice disorder.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.181-182
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• 2009

GRBAS(G : grade, R : rough, B : breathy, S : strained, A : asthenic) 음성장애평가는 성대의 이상 또는 말마비장애 등의 환자들을 평가하는 척도로 널리 사용된다. 하지만 사람에 의해 주관적인 평가로 이루어지는 방식의 문제점이 많이 제기되어, 자동화 알고리즘에 의한 객관적인 청지각적 음성장애 평가도구를 개발하려는 시도가 많이 연구되어왔다. 이러한 개발에 있어 보편적으로 선행되어야 하는 음소 분류 및 일치성 판단을 위한 객관적인 파라미터를 구하고자 함이 본 연구의 목적이다.

• Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.51-61
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to compare voice characteristics and voice-related quality of life (K-VRQOL) of the elderly female choir members using perceptual-auditory voice quality evaluation (GRBAS) and K-VRQOL scales. The participants were 77 women over 60 years old who were actively engaged in the choir in either Seoul or Busan. There are two kinds of choirs that indicate different engagement levels: regular choir and church choir. The perceptual-auditory vocal quality evaluation was listened to by / a / vowels and were graded by experts using the GRBAS scale. As a result, when comparing the differences between groups, the elderly female participants of the regular choir showed higher satisfaction in speech using the subjective speech recognition level than the elderly female members who performed in the church choir. In addition, the analysis showed that the satisfaction level was high in the physical function area of the K-VRQOL scale. This study confirmed that choral activities could yield positive results not only in terms of improving voice function in old age, but also to improve the subjective perception level of voice use, thus suggesting the necessity of systematic music programs to improve voices that are aging.

• Proceedings of the KSLP Conference
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• 2015.03a
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• pp.12-12
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• 2015

• Proceedings of the KSLP Conference
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• 2014.03a
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• pp.14-14
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• 2014

• Proceedings of the KSLP Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.150-150
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• 2003

연구배경 및 연구 방법 : 새로운 reed type 인공후두기 개발과 관련하여, Lx Speech Studio, Dr. Speech Science를 이용하여 53세의 정상인 남자1명과 숙련된 식도발성자 1명, 숙련된 전기인공후두자 1명, 숙련된 moksori 사용자 1명을 대상으로 음향학적 특징을 분석하였고, 3명의 음성언어치료사가 Lx Speech stuido에 저장된 이들의 음성을 듣고 청지각적으로 7점 scale로 평가하였다. (중략)