• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.295-304
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• 2022

Background: The first dental experience is vital in molding a child's attitude towards dentistry and dental outcomes. The cooperation of a child during dental treatment is essential to render successful and high-quality treatment. Dental anxiety is common in children undergoing dental treatment. The success of pediatric dental treatments and patient comfort depends on controlling the levels of patient anxiety in clinical settings. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of the recorded maternal voice and virtual cognitive tool (Roogies application) in the management of pediatric dental patients. Methods: The study was carried out with children aged of 4-7 years [n = 80, (40 male and 40 female)], without any past dental history, and were randomly allocated into two groups. After informed consent was obtained, the entire procedure was explained to the parents. Anxiety was assessed pre-, during, and post-treatment by measuring pulse rate, and recording Venham Picture Test (VPT) scores. Group A [n = 40; 20 boys and 20 girls)] was provided with a headphone that played a recorded maternal voice. Group B [n = 40; 20 boys and 20 girls)] was administered the virtual cognitive tool. After conditioning the children, oral prophylaxis was performed for both groups. A comparative evaluation was conducted for each treatment session. Results: The intra-group comparison of VPT scores and heart rate for patients assigned to the recorded maternal voice showed a statistically significant difference in dental anxiety (P-value ≤0.001). Conclusion: This study demonstrated that a reduction in dental anxiety with the help of recorded maternal voice forms an important component of non-pharmacological behavior management. Alternatively, the use of a virtual cognitive tool as an anxiety-reducing technique can also be advocated.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.298-303
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• 2023

본 연구는 장애음성의 평가에 사용되는 연속발화과제로서 유성음 문장의 임상적 유용성을 알아보기 위한 것이다. 이를 위해, 모음연장발성과제의 음향학적 측정치인 주파수 변동률(jitter percent, jitter), 진폭 변동률(shimmer percent, shimmer), 소음대배음비(Noise to Harmonic Ratio, NHR)와 유성음으로만 이루어진 연속발화과제의 음향학적 측정치로 캡스트럼 분석 측정치인 켑스트럼 피크 현저성(Cepstral Peak Prominence, CPP), 저주파수대고주파수 스펙트럼비(Low/High spectral ratio, L/H ratio)의 상관을 분석하였다. 음성장애 환자 65명을 대상으로 수집된 자료를 분석한 결과, 유성음 문장의 음향학적 측정치인 CPP와 모음연장발성의 측정치인 jitter(r = -.624, p = .000), shimmer (r = -.530, p = .000), NHR(r = -.469, p = .000) 간에 유의한 상관이 나타났다. 이는 유성음 문장의 캡스트럼 측정치가 '연속발화 과제의 변동률 기반 분석 불가능', '분석구간과 길이에 따른 결과차이' 등 언어재활 임상현장이 가지고 있는 장애음성의 음향학적 분석의 제한에 대한 대안으로 유용하게 사용될 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to find clues to the risk of voice disorders in soprano students. The subjects of the study were 17 soprano students and 18 general students (women). The phonation of vowels /a/, /i/, and /u/ with C4 and F4 notes in each group were recorded. Then, only soprano students were made to record their classical vocalization containing vibrato. Formant, formant energy, bandwidth, VAI (vowel area index), VSA (vowel space area) and L/H ratio were analyzed. There was significant difference in F3 such that the singers' note was measured around 3 kHz which seems to be 400 Hz higher than one from general students. But, There was no significant difference in L/H ratio between soprano student and the general student. There was a significant difference in F3 in the comparison of the soprano students' two vocalization methods. Classical vocalization was measured at 200Hz higher than sustained phonation in F3. Vocal tract adjustment was made and vowel space changed, but there was no significant difference in F3 energy, which is the index of singers' formant according to the phonation method. The L/H ratio, which can be a direct indicator of vocal effort, has no difference in phonation method and is lowered in all phonation methods as the pitch increases. C4 and F4 pitches are lower than the singing range of the soprano. When the pitch changes, vocal effort increases like a general student which will be an indicator of the risk of vocalization. This will be a clue to the vocalization of the immature soprano student.

• 한국HCI학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2019

본 연구는 빠르게 발전하는 음성 기반의 디바이스가 스크린 중심의 미디어 멀티태스킹 환경에 어떤 변화를 가져올 수 있을지 확인하고자 했다. 서로 다른 자원 구조를 가진 과업을 동시에 수행할 때 정보 처리 효율이 높아진다는 이론적 근거를 토대로, 시각 주의가 필요한 과제와 음성 또는 스크린 기반의 디바이스를 활용해 정보를 검색하는 과업을 동시에 수행하는 실험이 진행되었다. 실험 결과, 과업수행 환경과 인터페이스 감각양식은 모두 인지부하에 유의미한 영향을 미쳤다. 음성 인터페이스 그룹에서 전반적으로 인지부하 수준이 높게 나타났는데, 단독으로 사용된 단일 과업 조건보다 시각 과제를 동시에 수행한 다중 과업 조건에서 시각 인터페이스 그룹과의 차이가 줄어들었다. 과업 수행도의 경우 음성 인터페이스 그룹에서 시각 과제에 대한 수행능력이 시각 인터페이스 그룹보다 더 높게 측정되었다. 이러한 결과는 멀티태스킹 환경에서 음성 인터페이스를 사용했을 때 동시적 과업을 청각 경로와 시각 경로로 나누어 처리함으로써 인지부하와 과업수행에 이점이 나타났음을 의미한다. 이는 시각 자원의 충돌이 발생하기 쉬운 스크린 중심의 미디어 멀티태스킹 환경에서 음성 기반의 디바이스가 효율적 정보 처리를 촉진시키는 잠재적 역할을 할 수 있다는 함의점을 제공한다. 본 연구는 다중 자원 이론을 통해 자원의 분산처리에 대한 이론적 증거를 제시하고, 스레드 인지 모델을 기반으로 음성 인터페이스를 활용했을 때의 이점을 더욱 구체적으로 규명하고자 했다.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2022

Background and Objectives The quality of life after thyroidectomy, such as voice change, is considered to be as important as control of the disease. In this study, we aimed to evaluate changes in both subjective and objective voice parameters after thyroidectomy resulting in normal morbidity of the vocal cords. Materials and Method In this prospective cohort study, 204 patients who underwent thyroidectomy with or without central neck dissection at a single referral center from Feb 2015 to Aug 2016 were enrolled. All patients underwent prospective voice evaluations including both subjective and objective assessments preoperatively and then at 2 weeks, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively. Temporal changes of the voice parameters were analyzed. Results Values of the subjective assessment tool worsened during the early postoperative follow-up period and did not recover to the preoperative values at 12 months postoperatively. The maximal phonation time gradually decreased, whereas most objective parameters, including maximal vocal pitch (MVP), reached preoperative values at 3-6 months postoperatively. The initial decrease in MVP was significantly greater in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy, and their MVP recovery time was faster than that of patients undergoing lobectomy (p=0.001). Patients whose external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve was confirmed intact by electroidentification showed no difference in recovery speed compared with patients without electroindentification (p=0.102), although the initial decrease in MVP was lower with electroidentification. Conclusion Subjective assessment in voice quality and maximal phonation time after thyroidectomy did not show recovery to preoperative values. Aggravation of MVP was associated with surgical extent and electroidentification.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.18-26
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• 1997

There are two types of phonetic study, acoustic and physiologic, for differentiating the three manner categories of Korean stop consonants. On the physiologic studies, there are endoscopic, electromyographic(EMG), electroglottographic(EGG) and aerodynamic studies. In this study, I tried to investigate general features of Korean stops using EGG study for the open quotient of vocal fold and baseline shift during speech, and aerodynamic characteristics for e subglottal air pressure, air flow and glottal resistance at consonants. On the aerodynamic study, the glottalized and aspirated stops may be characterized by e increasing subglottal pressure comparing with lenis stop at consonants. The airflow is largest in the aspirated stops followed by lenis stops and glottalized. The glottal airway resistance (GAR) showed highest in the glottalized followed by the lenis, but lowest in e aspirated during e production of consonants, and showed highest in e aspirated, but low in the glottalized and lenis during the production of vowel. The glottal resistance at consonant showed significant difference among consonants and significant interaction between subject and types of consonant. The glottal resistance at vowel showed significant difference among consonants, and e interaction occured between subject and types of consonant. The electroglottography(EGG) has been used for investigating e functioning of e vocal folds during its vibration. The EGG should be related to the patterns of the vocal fold vibration during phonation in characterizing the temporal patterns of each vibratory cycle. The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamic change of EGG waveforms during continuous speech. The dynamic changes of EGG waveforms fir the three-way distinction of Korean stops were characterized that the aspirated stop appears to be characterized by largest open quotient and smallest glottal contact area of the vocal folds in e initial portion of vocal fold vibration ; the lenis stop by moderate open quotient and glottal contact area ; but the glottalized stop by smallest open quotient and largest glottal contact area. There may be close relationship between the OQ(open quotient) in the initial voice onset and the glottal width at the time of consonant production, the larger glottal width just before vocal fold vibration results in the smaller OQ of the vocal fold vibration in the initial voice onset. The EGG changes of baseline shift during continuous speech production were characterized by the different patterns for the three types of Korean consonants. The small and less stiffness change of baseline shift was found for the lenis and the glottalized, and the largest and stiffest change was found for the aspirated. On the baseline shift for the initial voice onset, they showed so similar patterns with for the consonant production, larger changed in the aspirated. for the lenis and the glottalized during the initial voice onset, three subjects showed individual difference each other. I suggest at s characteristics were strongly related with articulatory activity of vocal tract for the production of consonant, especially for the aspirated stop. The suspecting factors to affect EGG waveforms are glottal width, vertical laryngeal movement and the intrapharyngeal pressure to neighboring tissue during connected spech. So the EGG may be an useful method to describe laryngeal activity to classify pulsing conditions of the larynx during speech production, and EGG research can be controls for monitoring the vocal tract articulation, although above factors to affect EGG would have played such a potentially role on vocal fold vibratory behavior obtained using consonant production.

• 사상체질의학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.145-157
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• 2013

Objectives This study was aimed to reveal the characteristics of the body shape, face, voice and temperament in Taeyangin. Methods The subjects were recruited from November 2005 to August 2012. Sasang constitutional specialist in each clinics confirmed the Sasang Constitution. Taeyangin (TY) became a standard guidance to be compared with each other Sasang type. Anova test was used in analyzing continuous variables and factor analysis was conducted in temperament questionnaire in advance. Generalized propensity score with age and body mass index (BMI) was used in adjusted model. Significant level was .05 Results 1. The TY body shape were generally smaller than Taeeumin (TE) (p<0.001) and Soyangin (SY) (p<0.05) in crude. The TY body shape were still smaller than TE (p<0.05) and there was no significant difference between TY and SY except rib circumference in males and forehead circumference (p<0.05) in females in adjusted model. 2. The size of face and nose in TY was smaller than in TE and there was different between males and females' TY and others in the characteristics of eye, nose and forehead variables in crude (p<0.05). Most of differences between TY and TE were disappeared in adjusted model. 3. The vocal height and speed of TY was different other types and there was different between males and females' TY in some of frequency change rate in crude (p<0.05). Most of differences between TY and other types were similar before and after adjusted model. 4. The temperament of TY was different with SE before and after adjusted mode 1 (p<0.05). TY males showed difference in expression factor and TY females showed difference in behavior factor compared with TE respectively (p<0.05). Conclusions This study reveals characteristics of body shape, face, voice and character in the TY males females compared with each other type respectively.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2022

본 연구는 조기 양측 인공와우이식 아동과 건청 아동 간 파열음의 조음위치와 발성유형에 대한 성대진동 시작시간(voice onset time, VOT)의 차이를 살펴봄으로써, 조기 양측 인공와우이식을 통한 청각적 보상과 피드백이 청각장애 아동의 말 운동통제 능력에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고자 하였다. 대상자는 만 5세부터 10세 사이의 양측 인공와우이식 아동 15명과 건청 아동 15명을 선정하였다. 검사 과제는 조음위치 및 발성 유형을 고려한 9개 파열음의 VCV음절을 사용하였다. VOT 측정을 위해 Praat 프로그램을 사용하였으며, 정확한 측정을 위해 녹음된 음성, 스펙트로그램, 포먼트 정보를 함께 사용하였다. 삼원혼합분산분석 결과, 집단에 대한 주 효과는 유의하지 않았다. 조음위치에 대한 주 효과는 유의하였으며, 연구개음의 VOT값이 양순음과 치조음보다 유의하게 길었다. 발성유형에 대한 주 효과도 유의하였으며, VOT값은 격음, 평음, 경음 순으로 유의하게 길었다. 이러한 결과는 조기 양측 인공와우이식을 통한 양이 청취가 고도 이상의 난청 아동의 말 운동 통제 능력에 긍정적인 영향을 준다는 것을 시사한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.190-194
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• 2010

목 적 : 애성 및 음성 변동은 심장병 환자에서 관찰될 수 있는데 이러한 음성 변동 정도를 음향학적 지표의 평가로 분석하여, 소아에서 선천성 심장병 종류에 따른 음성 변동을 음향학적 요소로 분석하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 수술 전 선천성 심장병 환아 94명을 연구 대상으로 하였고 심실 중격 결손, 동맥관 개존, 심방 중격 결손, 폐동맥 협착, 활로 사징이 포함되었으며, 음성 변동을 조사하기 위한 음향 지표 분석은 통증 자극을 통하여 얻어진 음성 자료를 multi-dimensional voice program system을 이용하여 평가하였다. 연구에 사용된 음향 지표로 average fundamental frequency, length of analyzed sample, jitter percent, shimmer, noise to harmonic ratio를 분석하였다. 결 과 : 음향 지표인 average fundamental frequency은 동맥관 개존, 심실 중격 결손, 활로 사징 경우에서 유의한 감소를 나타냈으며, length of analyzed sample은 연구 대상 선천성 심장병 환아에서 대조군에 비해 의미있는 차이를 나타내지 않았다. Jitter percent, shimmer, noise to harmonic ratio는 심실 중격 결손, 동맥관 개존, 심방 중격 결손에서 대조군에 비해 증가되었다. 이러한 음성 변동은 연구 대상 선천성 심장병 중 동맥관 개존에서 음도변이, 강도변이, 음성의 소음 정도가 가장 뚜렷하게 나타났으며, 동맥관 개존, 심실 중격 결손, 심방 중격 결손 순으로 그 음성 변동의 특징을 나타냈다. 결 론 : 수술 전 선천성 심장병 환아에서 음성을 음향학적 지표로 비교 분석한 결과 음향학적 지표들이 심장 질환의 유형별 차이를 보이는데 좌우 단락 심질환군에서 현저한 비정상적 음향학적 지표를 나타냈다.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.172-178
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• 2022

Background and Objectives Injection laryngoplasty is a common method for treatment of unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Unilateral vocal fold paralysis has various causes, including idiopathic, infection, stroke, neurologic condition, surgery and nerve invasion by cancer. To the knowledge of the authors, there was no study on the relationship between the causes of vocal cord paralysis and the outcome of injection laryngoplasty. Therefore, we tried to investigate the difference in the outcomes of injection laryngoplasty between vocal cord paralysis after surgery group and nerve invasion by cancer group. Materials and Method A retrospective analysis was performed for 24 patients who underwent vocal cord injection due to unilateral vocal cord paralysis caused by surgery or nerve invasion by cancer. The objective quality of the voice was assessed by acoustic voice analysis with the Multi-Dimensional Voice Program. Results Both group showed an improvement of fundamental frequemcy (F0), jitter percent, shimmer (percent), and noise to hearmonic ratio (NHR) after injection laryngoplasty. The vocal cord paralysis due to nerve invasion group showed more improvement in both the mean and median value of F0, shimmer percent and NHR than the vocal cord paralysis due to surgery group, but there was not statistically significant. Conclusion Our study did not show a statistically significant difference in outcome between vocal cord paralysis due to cancer invasion group and surgery group, but statistically tendency was suggested. The vocal cord paralysis due to nerve invasion group showed more improvement in both the mean and median value of acoustic voice analysis than surgery group.