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Reliability of Universal-Platform-Based Voice Screen Application in AVQI Measurements Captured with Different Smartphones

The aim of the study was to develop a universal-platform-based (UPB) application suitable for different smartphones for estimation of the Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) and evaluate its reliability in AVQI measurements and normal and pathological voice differentiation. Our study group consisted...

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Autores principales: Uloza, Virgilijus, Ulozaitė-Stanienė, Nora, Petrauskas, Tadas, Pribuišis, Kipras, Blažauskas, Tomas, Damaševičius, Robertas, Maskeliūnas, Rytis
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10299199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37373811
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12124119
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author Uloza, Virgilijus
Ulozaitė-Stanienė, Nora
Petrauskas, Tadas
Pribuišis, Kipras
Blažauskas, Tomas
Damaševičius, Robertas
Maskeliūnas, Rytis
author_facet Uloza, Virgilijus
Ulozaitė-Stanienė, Nora
Petrauskas, Tadas
Pribuišis, Kipras
Blažauskas, Tomas
Damaševičius, Robertas
Maskeliūnas, Rytis
author_sort Uloza, Virgilijus
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description The aim of the study was to develop a universal-platform-based (UPB) application suitable for different smartphones for estimation of the Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) and evaluate its reliability in AVQI measurements and normal and pathological voice differentiation. Our study group consisted of 135 adult individuals, including 49 with normal voices and 86 patients with pathological voices. The developed UPB “Voice Screen” application installed on five iOS and Android smartphones was used for AVQI estimation. The AVQI measures calculated from voice recordings obtained from a reference studio microphone were compared with AVQI results obtained using smartphones. The diagnostic accuracy of differentiating normal and pathological voices was evaluated by applying receiver-operating characteristics. One-way ANOVA analysis did not detect statistically significant differences between mean AVQI scores revealed using a studio microphone and different smartphones (F = 0.759; p = 0.58). Almost perfect direct linear correlations (r = 0.991–0.987) were observed between the AVQI results obtained with a studio microphone and different smartphones. An acceptable level of precision of the AVQI in discriminating between normal and pathological voices was yielded, with areas under the curve (AUC) displaying 0.834–0.862. There were no statistically significant differences between the AUCs (p > 0.05) obtained from studio and smartphones’ microphones. The significant difference revealed between the AUCs was only 0.028. The UPB “Voice Screen” application represented an accurate and robust tool for voice quality measurements and normal vs. pathological voice screening purposes, demonstrating the potential to be used by patients and clinicians for voice assessment, employing both iOS and Android smartphones.
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spelling pubmed-102991992023-06-28 Reliability of Universal-Platform-Based Voice Screen Application in AVQI Measurements Captured with Different Smartphones Uloza, Virgilijus Ulozaitė-Stanienė, Nora Petrauskas, Tadas Pribuišis, Kipras Blažauskas, Tomas Damaševičius, Robertas Maskeliūnas, Rytis J Clin Med Article The aim of the study was to develop a universal-platform-based (UPB) application suitable for different smartphones for estimation of the Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) and evaluate its reliability in AVQI measurements and normal and pathological voice differentiation. Our study group consisted of 135 adult individuals, including 49 with normal voices and 86 patients with pathological voices. The developed UPB “Voice Screen” application installed on five iOS and Android smartphones was used for AVQI estimation. The AVQI measures calculated from voice recordings obtained from a reference studio microphone were compared with AVQI results obtained using smartphones. The diagnostic accuracy of differentiating normal and pathological voices was evaluated by applying receiver-operating characteristics. One-way ANOVA analysis did not detect statistically significant differences between mean AVQI scores revealed using a studio microphone and different smartphones (F = 0.759; p = 0.58). Almost perfect direct linear correlations (r = 0.991–0.987) were observed between the AVQI results obtained with a studio microphone and different smartphones. An acceptable level of precision of the AVQI in discriminating between normal and pathological voices was yielded, with areas under the curve (AUC) displaying 0.834–0.862. There were no statistically significant differences between the AUCs (p > 0.05) obtained from studio and smartphones’ microphones. The significant difference revealed between the AUCs was only 0.028. The UPB “Voice Screen” application represented an accurate and robust tool for voice quality measurements and normal vs. pathological voice screening purposes, demonstrating the potential to be used by patients and clinicians for voice assessment, employing both iOS and Android smartphones. MDPI 2023-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10299199/ /pubmed/37373811 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12124119 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ulozaitė-Stanienė, Nora
Petrauskas, Tadas
Pribuišis, Kipras
Blažauskas, Tomas
Damaševičius, Robertas
Maskeliūnas, Rytis
Reliability of Universal-Platform-Based Voice Screen Application in AVQI Measurements Captured with Different Smartphones
title Reliability of Universal-Platform-Based Voice Screen Application in AVQI Measurements Captured with Different Smartphones
title_full Reliability of Universal-Platform-Based Voice Screen Application in AVQI Measurements Captured with Different Smartphones
title_fullStr Reliability of Universal-Platform-Based Voice Screen Application in AVQI Measurements Captured with Different Smartphones
title_full_unstemmed Reliability of Universal-Platform-Based Voice Screen Application in AVQI Measurements Captured with Different Smartphones
title_short Reliability of Universal-Platform-Based Voice Screen Application in AVQI Measurements Captured with Different Smartphones
title_sort reliability of universal-platform-based voice screen application in avqi measurements captured with different smartphones
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10299199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37373811
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12124119
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