• PNF and Movement
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.357-366
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• 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics and grip strength of people with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Methods: This was a retrospective study that analyzed raw data from the first year of the 8th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2019). The study population was 780 people in total, ranging in age from their teens to their 80s. These were people who had been diagnosed with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and the presence of arthritis in and grip strength of these subjects were determined using the average value of three measurements. Results: According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the prevalence of arthritis in Korea was 2.5% in men, 10.7% in women, and 13.1% overall. More women than men had osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and the number of people with osteoarthritis increased with age. In this study, of those with osteoarthritis, 13.5% were men and 88% were women; of those with rheumatoid arthritis, 19.3% were men and 56.3% were women. The number of patients with osteoarthritis increased with age, and rheumatoid arthritis was more common in older people. Subjects with osteoarthritis had lower grip strength than those without the disease, and the older the age at which rheumatoid arthritis was first diagnosed, the lower the grip strength. Conclusion: Grip strength is lower in patients with osteoarthritis than in those without osteoarthritis, and it is possible to estimate the degree to which muscle strength decreases.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.201-212
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• 2021

본 연구는 만 9세 이하 아동과 같은 청력 비완전자에게 적합한 교실의 음향성능 기준을 제시하기 위한 사전연구로써 수행되었다. 이를 위해 초등학교 저학년 교실의 청취환경 특성을 분석하기 위하여 청주시 소재 초등학교 2곳에서 총 264명의 학생을 대상으로 설문조사 및 음성명료도 평가와 같은 주관적 평가를 진행했다. 설문조사 결과 학생들이 수업 내용 이해에 가장 도움이 되는 정보형식은 교사의 음성이라고 응답했다. 또한 현재 교사의 음성에 대해 음량은 '보통' 수준이며 명료도에는 높은 만족도를 보이고 있었다. 교실의 음향성능에 대해서도 소음의 경우 '보통'이며 잔향감은 '매우 짧다'는 의견이 가장 많아서 청취환경에 대한 전반적인 만족도가 높은 편인 것으로 파악되었다. 또한 초등학교 저학년 학생들을 위해 선별된 시험용 단어목록을 이용해 음성명료도 평가를 수행한 결과 만 8세 아동의 경우 음원으로부터의 종축거리가 음성인지에 영향을 미치는 요인임을 유추해볼 수 있었다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2000

I사 회의장은 실의 용도에 따른 실내음향특성에 대한 고려없이 설계, 시공되어 잔향시간이 길고 명료도가 매우 낮아 실내음향특성의 개선이 요구되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 I사 회의장의 실내음향특성의 개선을 위해 실험 및 기하음향법을 이용한 시뮬레이션(simulation)을 수행하였다. 시뮬레이션을 수행함으로써 개선 안에 대한 음향파라미터 예측이 가능해졌고, 이로써 I사 회의장의 실내음향특성을 개선하기 위한 방안을 수립하였다. 그리고, 시뮬레이션의 결과에 대한 검증을 위해 시뮬레이션 값들을 실험치와 비교 평가하였다. 또한, 개선공사 후 실내음향 특성을 성공적으로 개선시킴으로써 본 논문에서 제안한 해석방법의 타당성이 입증 되었다.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.134-141
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• 1998

Mutational falsetto is a kind of voice disorders due to the failure to acquire proper low-pitched voice during the puberty. The patients with mutational falsetto can produce the normal low-pitched voice by the surgical treatment, like the type III-thyroplasty, or the voice therapy. The present study is, focusing on the latter treatment, to consider the efficiency of voice therapy for the mutational falsetto. The 7 patients who were diagnosed as mutational falsetto by the laryngologists, and treated by the voice therapist were selected as subjects. Their voices of pretherapy and posttherapy were analyzed on the aspects of acoustics and aerodynamics. Acoustic analysis was done by the MDVP(Multidimensional Voice Program) of CSL(Computerized Speech Lab, Kay Elemetrics, Co.), and aerodynamic analysis, by the Maximum Sustained Phonation of Aerophone II(Kay Elemetrics, Co.). By these measurements, we could find that fundamental frequency(F0) was significantly lowered, on the average, 65Hz. Maximum phonation time(MPT) was increased 4.57 second, and shimmer was decreased 1.644%, respectively, and each changes was statistically significant, too. On the average, jitter was decreased 0.499%, mean flow rate(MFR) was decreased 27.71ml/sec, and NHR was increased 0.023 which was the only parameter not showing improvement. But the changes of jitter, MFR and NHR were not statistically significant.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2004년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.1028-1031
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• 2004

Last target of architectural acoustics is that people wish to convey voice effectively from the space adaptively in use purpose in building. But, to how exactly through space sound source that wish to deliver from indoor can be passed does quantification sound estimation method is proposing various kinds physical parameter to estimate degree of voice definition (Speech articulation) and reverberation. Result that evaluate sound source about MLS signal and Impluse signal by pistol in this treatise could know that converge in MLS and measurement error extent about reverberation time(RT) of sound benevolent person. And value is thought there is problem showing change irregularly about sound benevolent person of D50, C80 etc. Finally, in case is spread sound field in difference of sound pressure level, when measure about change of sound pressure level, sound benevolent person could know that there is no different effect.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.122-128
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• 2007

This study aims to analyze the voices of the patients with voice disorders including vocal fold paralysis, vocal fold cyst and vocal nodule/polyp in the aspect of acoustic phonetics. This study intends to collect subsidiary acoustic data in order to make a speech treatment and an standardization of vocal disorders. Subjects and Methods: The subjects of this study were 64 adult patients who underwent indirect laryngoscopy and laryngostroboscopy, and were diagnosed as vocal fold paralysis, vocal fold cyst or vocal nodule/polyp. Experimental group consisted of 20 patients who were diagnosed as vocal fold paralysis, 21 patients who were diagnosed as vocal fold cyst and had the average age of 42.0 $({\pm}10.03)$ ; and 23 patients who were diagnosed as vocal nodule/polyp and had the average age of 40.9 $({\pm}13.75)$. For the methodology of this study, the patients listed above were asked to sit in a comfortable position at intervals of 10cm apart from the patient's mouth and a microphone, and subsequently to phonate a vowel sound /e/ for the maximum phonation time with natural tone and vocal volume then the sound was directly inputted on a computer. During recording, sampling rate was set to 44,100Hz and the 1-second area corresponding to stable zone except the first and the last stage of waveform of the vowel sound /e/ vocalized by the individual patients was analyzed. Results: First, there was no statistically significant difference in jitter and shimmer between vocal fold paralysis and vocal fold cyst, while there was highly statistically significant difference in them between vocal fold paralysis and vocal nodule/polyp. Second, looking into the mean values obtained from NNE, HNR and SNR results associated with noise ratio, the disease showing the most abnormal characteristics was vocal fold paralysis, followed by cyst and nodule/polyp in order. For NNE, there was statistically significant difference between vocal nodule/polyp, and cyst or paralysis. In other words, it was found that the NNE of vocal nodule/polyp was weaker than that of cyst or paralysis. Similarly, HNR and SNR also showed the same characteristics; there was statistically significant difference between vocal fold paralysis and vocal fold cyst or nodule/polyp, and HNR and SNR values of vocal fold paralysis were lower than those of vocal fold cyst or nodule/polyp. Conclusion: For vocal fold paralysis, the abnormal values of acoustic parameters associated with frequency, amplitude and noise ratio were statistically significantly higher than those of vocal fold cyst and nodule/polyp. This finding suggests that the voices of the patients with vocal fold paralysis are the most severely injured due to less stability of vocal fold movement, asymmetry and incomplete glottic closure. In addition, there was no statistically significant difference in the acoustic parameters of tremor among vocal fold paralysis, vocal fold cyst and vocal nodule/polyp. Further studies need to ascertain reasonable acoustic parameters with various vocal disorders as well as to clarify the correlation between acoustics-based objective tools and subjective evaluations.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2007

본 연구는 지붕개폐형 구조물에서 지붕을 개폐함으로써 나타나는 음장의 특성변화를 파악하기 위하여 1/20스케일의 축소모형을 제작하고 이를 대상으로 개폐율을 조절하면서 음장변화를 측정 분석하였다. 공간의 음향설계 시 사용되는 기존의 설계 및 평가파라메타들을 검토한 결과, 잔향음의 감쇠과정이 비선형적이며 기존의 잔향감 평가파라메타인 잔향시간에 의해서 적절한 설계 및 성능평가가 이루어지기 어려울 것으로 분석되었다. 특히 비선형적 감쇠구간에 대한 선형적 curve-fitting에 의해 실제 청감과는 거리가 먼 매우 긴 잔향시간이 도출되어 실질적인 효용성이 의심된다. 따라서 잔향시간(T30)을 음향설계 및 평가과정에서 중요설계변수로 활용 시 완공 후 얻게 되는 음장특성과 상이한 결과를 초래할 가능성이 있다. EDT의 경우 전체적으로 초기감쇠시간은 개폐율이 증가할수록 짧아지는 경향을 나타내었다. 주파수별로 저주파수대역에서의 감쇠율이 가장 높게 나타났으며 고주파수 대역으로 갈수록 감쇠율은 둔화되는 것으로 평가되었다. 명료도 관련 파라메타인 D50 또한 개폐에 따른 음장의 변화를 효과적으로 나타내고 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 객석부위별로는 지붕개폐면에 직접 노출되지 않는 객석에서 개폐율 증가에 따라 선형적인 감쇠현상이 나타나고 있으나, 직접 노출되는 객석의 경우에는 40%이상의 개폐율에서는 명료도와 잔향감에 영향을 거의 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1269-1280
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• 2009

This study was performed to construct sound performance DB of royal palace buildings and to examine the special quality more scientifically. Research target of royal palace were Changdeokgung and Gyeongbokgung. Sound insulation performance between the adjacent room and facade, room acoustics of Pyeonjeon and Chimjeon which is representative building in royal palace were examined through field measurement. Measured values of RT($T_{mf}$) at Pyeonjeon were 0.78 sec. and 1.03 sec. in Seonjeongjoen and Sajeongjoen, respectively. The RTs of both Pyeonjeon buildings were estimated suitable for speech and lecture considering their volume. The RT($T_{mf}$)s at Chimjeon were measured in range of 0.29~0.55 sec. This meant that the acoustic energy in rooms was decreased by sound transmission through mulberry paper(Hanji) of traditional windows and doors. As a sound insulation performance, the single-number quantities($D_{ls,2m,nT,w}$) of the building facades in Pyeonjeon and Chimjeon were measured 4~20 dB. Also the single-number quantities($D_{p,w}$) between the adjacent rooms in Chimjeon were measured 3~18 dB. Sound insulation performance of traditional building elements such as window and door depended strongly on their layers and area.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2010

본 연구는 음향증폭시스템 중에서 청취자에게 가장 많은 영향을 미치는 스피커 시스템의 배치방식과 스피커 특성변화에 따른 청취자들의 주관적 반응을 명료도와 음향선호도 측면에서 측정하고 비교 분석함으로써 향후 대공간의 음향증폭시스템의 설계 시 활용할 수 있는 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 연구 결과, 전체적으로 실의 흡음률이 결정적인 영향을 미치며, 천장의 흡음률이 높을수록 지각된 명료도는 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 스피커가 낮게 설치된 경우에는 적용된 스피커의 개수가 많고 지향각이 좁은 스피커들이 사용된 경우의 명료도가 가장 높게 평가되었다. 그러나 전체적으로는 스피커가 천장 흡음면에 가까울수록, 그리고 60도 이하의 좁은 지향각을 갖는 스피커를 사용할 때 높은 명료도를 얻을 수 있으며, 본 연구의 검토범위에서는 8~10개 정도의 스피커가 적용되었을 때 주관적인 명료도 및 선호도가 가장 높게 평가되었다.

• 교육시설 논문지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.3-14
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• 2021

Speech information of teachers is transmitted to students in classrooms so that appropriate aural environment should be provided for academic purposes. Many researches have been undertaken for classroom acoustics, and acoustic standards of domestic classrooms were suggested based on the reverberation time and background noise level. However, these standards are suitable for middle and high schools and so not consider the auditory ability by ages. As a precedent research, the present study was begun to suggest an acoustic standard for lower grade elementary school classrooms with children under age 9 who have not normal auditory ability. In order to do this, acoustic performances of the lower grade classrooms were measured and compared with the general classrooms. Also, change of acoustic parameters depending on the desk layout was measured and analyzed. The measured acoustic parameters were background noise, signal to noise ratio, RT, STI, D₅₀, and IACC. As a result, it was found that background noise is exceed the standard of 35dB(A) at the schools along the road sides. Also, it was shown that most of acoustic parameters are higher in the classrooms built recently rather than the old classrooms. Generally, there are not much difference of acoustic parameters among the various desk layouts but, better acoustic performances are acquired at the center line and the seats near sound source. Also, Higher IACC was measured at the seats on the center line facing the source squarely.