Effects of medical masks on voice assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Y Lin, L Cheng, Q Wang, W Xu - Journal of Voice, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Voice assessment is of great significance to the evaluation of voice quality. Our
study aims to explore the effects of medical masks on healthy people in acoustic …

Voice quality evaluation in patients with COVID-19: an acoustic analysis

M Asiaee, A Vahedian-Azimi, SS Atashi, A Keramatfar… - Journal of Voice, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives With the COVID-19 outbreak around the globe and its potential effect on infected
patients' voice, this study set out to evaluate and compare the acoustic parameters of voice …

The effect of masks and respirators on acoustic voice analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic

EK Gojayev, ZÇ Büyükatalay, T Akyüz, M Rehan… - Journal of Voice, 2021 - Elsevier
SUMMARY Objectives World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease (COVID-
19) as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The aim of this study was to determine the …

COVID-19: acoustic measures of voice in individuals wearing different facemasks

A Joshi, T Procter, PA Kulesz - Journal of Voice, 2023 - Elsevier
Aim The global health pandemic caused by the SARS-coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) has led to
the adoption of facemasks as a necessary safety precaution. Depending on the level of risk …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability of the Acoustic Voice Quality Index AVQI and the Acoustic Breathiness Index (ABI) when wearing COVID-19 protective masks

B Lehnert, J Herold, M Blaurock, CJ Busch - European Archives of Oto …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Investigating whether the Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) and the
Acoustic Breathiness Index (ABI) are valid and comparable to previous unmasked …

Effect of face mask on voice production during COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

S Shekaraiah, K Suresh - Journal of Voice, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing global
pandemic and wearing face mask is recommended across the globe to break the …

[HTML][HTML] Acoustic voice analysis in the COVID-19 era

G Cavallaro, V Di Nicola, N Quaranta… - Acta …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Among the different procedures used by the ENT, acoustic analysis of voice has
become widely used for correct diagnosis of dysphonia. The instrumental measurements of …

The impact of masking habits on voice in a sub-population of healthcare workers

AL Hamdan, C Jabbour, A Ghanem, P Ghanem - Journal of Voice, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the impact of face masks on voice in a sub-population of healthcare
workers, namely residents, medical students, and nurses, during the COVID-19 era …

Patient reported voice handicap and auditory-perceptual voice assessment outcomes in patients with COVID-19

E Tahir, E Kavaz, S Cengel Kurnaz… - Logopedics …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The purpose of this study is to compare patient-reported voice handicap and
auditory-perceptual measures of voice between healthy individuals and COVID-19 patients …

[HTML][HTML] Self-Perceived Voice Handicap during COVID19 compulsory facemask use: A comparative study between Portuguese and Spanish speakers

N Polo, FMB Lã - Journal of Voice, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates self-perceptions of voice-related handicap as a function of facemask
use in the general working population during the COVID19 outbreak, using the Voice …