ArticleClinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery2025
The Effect of Concomitant Septoplasty and Turbinate Surgery on Nasality-Related Voice Parameters.
Article in Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- The effect of spreader graft use on voice in rhinoplasty cases: a prospective randomized controlled study.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyTrial
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introductionOur study aimed to reveal whether septoplasty and inferior turbinate reduction significantly impact the acoustic properties of nasalized syllables and alter subjective and objective voice parameters. MATERIALS AND
methodsForty patients with nasal septal deviation and bilateral grade 2 ≤ inferior turbinate hypertrophy who underwent septoplasty and bilateral inferior turbinoplasty were enrolled. Participants completed the VHI-10, VAS, and NOSE scales preoperatively and at 6 months postoperatively. Changes in VAS and NOSE scores were calculated as VAS
resultsA statistically significant decrease in VAS and NOSE scores was observed at 6 months postoperatively (p < 0.05). No significant difference was found in VHI-10 scores (p > 0.05). Acoustic analysis showed a significant change in pre- and postoperative F0 values (p < 0.05), but not in jitter, jitter%, shimmer, shimmer%, and NHR (p > 0.05). Spectrographic analysis revealed significant postoperative changes in the F3 and F4 formants of consonants /m/, /n/, and vowel /i/ in the word /mini/. A significant correlation was found between postoperative changes in F3 and F4 formant values for consonants /m/ and /n/ with the VAS
conclusionNasal surgeries, particularly septo-turbinoplasty, can influence voice timbre by modifying F3 and F4, which is of notable concern for professional voice users, such as singers and actors, due to the potential impact on the singer's formant cluster and overall vocal quality. Although it may not be appropriate to generalise for all rhinological surgeries, the significant changes in the F3 and F4 formants in a specific and refined patient group suggest that caution should be exercised in such surgeries, especially for professional voice users.
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