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ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2021

Acoustic analyses of snoring sounds using a smartphone in patients undergoing septoplasty and turbinoplasty.

Soo Kweon Koo, Soon Bok Kwon, Tae Kyung Koh, Chang Lok Ji, Geun Hyung Park, Ho Byung Lee

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Article in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. How to objectively measure snoring: a systematic review.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Soo Kweon KooDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Busan Saint Mary's Hospital, 538-41,Yongho-dong, Nam-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea. koosookweon@naver.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7541-1985
Soon Bok KwonDepartment of Language and Information, College of Humanities, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Tae Kyung KohDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Busan Saint Mary's Hospital, 538-41,Yongho-dong, Nam-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Chang Lok JiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Busan Saint Mary's Hospital, 538-41,Yongho-dong, Nam-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Geun Hyung ParkDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Busan Saint Mary's Hospital, 538-41,Yongho-dong, Nam-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Ho Byung LeeDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Busan Saint Mary's Hospital, 538-41,Yongho-dong, Nam-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Pusan National University · KRSt. Mary's Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSeveral studies have been performed using recently developed smartphone-based acoustic analysis techniques. We investigated the effects of septoplasty and turbinoplasty in patients with nasal septal deviation and turbinate hypertrophy accompanied by snoring by recording the sounds of snoring using a smartphone and performing acoustic analysis.

methodsA total of 15 male patients who underwent septoplasty with turbinoplasty for snoring and nasal obstruction were included in this prospective study. Preoperatively and 2 months after surgery, their bed partners or caregivers were instructed to record the snoring sounds. The intensity (dB), formant frequencies (F

resultsOverall snoring sounds improved after surgery in 12/15 (80%) patients, and there was significant improvement in the intensity of snoring sounds after surgery (from 64.17 ± 12.18 dB to 55.62 ± 9.11 dB, p = 0.018). There was a significant difference in the F

conclusionOur results confirm that snoring is reduced when nasal congestion is improved, and they demonstrate that smartphone-based acoustic analysis of snoring sounds can be useful for diagnosis.

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Nasal ObstructionRhinoplastyAcousticsHumansMaleNasal SeptumProspective StudiesSmartphoneSnoringTreatment OutcomeAcousticsNasal septumSmartphoneSnoring

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PMID32754872
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