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ReviewJournal of communication disorders

Mapping 74 years in acoustic analysis of voice disorders: A bibliometric review and future research directions.

Ahmed M Yousef, Lady Catherine Cantor-Cutiva, Eric J Hunter

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3 authors.

Ahmed M YousefCenter for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address: ayousef2@mgh.harvard.edu.
Lady Catherine Cantor-CutivaDepartment of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Eric J HunterDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.

Funding

Protecting Teachers’ Voices: Investigating Risk Factors, Conducting Cost AnalysisR01DC012315 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI HUNTER, ERIC J · 2013 to 2025
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NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC012315
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis paper conducts a bibliometric analysis to identify and examine the strengths, gaps, and trends in research on acoustic voice assessment for voice disorders.

methodsA bibliometric analysis was performed on journal articles about voice disorders and acoustic voice assessment in English, Spanish, and Portuguese using seven indexed databases. The analyzed bibliometric parameters included publication year, authors, institutions, countries, journals, subject areas, and keywords. VOSviewer software was used for keyword co-occurrence analysis and authorships network analysis. The initial search yielded 6532 publications, with 1253 relevant papers after screening (1951-2024).

resultsPublications in acoustic voice assessment had 74 years of exponential growth (25 % published after 2021). The publishing journals covered 80 categories and subjects. Artificial Intelligence, though recent, was among the top journal subjects. Health conditions like dementia, Alzheimer's, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and depression were underassessed compared to Parkinson's. The literature focused on four separate themes: physiology of voice-affecting conditions; speech acoustics for evaluating dysphonia; speech production measurements for treating voice disorders; machine learning integration for voice disorder assessment.

conclusionsTaking a wide view of acoustic voice assessment demonstrated research strengths and gaps-highlighting where it is used and not used-and the co-occurrence of various voice assessment topics. These insights reveal future opportunities to implement acoustic voice assessment.

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BibliometricsSpeech AcousticsVoice DisordersHumansSpeech Production MeasurementAcousticsBibliometricsDigital healthLiterature reviewSpeech acousticsVoice assessmentVoice disorders

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PMID40712472
PMCPMC12357485

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