Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 19, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192013301
Keywords
destruction of vowel space; dysphagia; dysarthria; stroke
Funding
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Kyung Hee University Hospital in Gangdong
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This study investigated the correlation between vowel space destruction and dysphagia in stroke patients, and found that vowel space destruction is associated with reduced swallowing function.
Dysphagia is associated with dysarthria in stroke patients. Vowel space decreases in stroke patients with dysarthria; destruction of the vowel space is often observed. We determined the correlation of destruction of acoustic vowel space with dysphagia in stroke patients. Seventy-four individuals with dysphagia and dysarthria who had experienced stroke were enrolled. For /a/, /ae/, /i/, and /u/ vowels, we determined formant parameter (it reflects vocal tract resonance frequency as a two-dimensional coordinate point), formant centralization ratio (FCR), and quadrilateral vowel space area (VSA). Swallowing function was assessed using the videofluoroscopic dysphagia scale (VDS) during videofluoroscopic swallowing studies. Pearson's correlation and linear regression were used to determine the correlation between VSA, FCR, and VDS. Subgroups were created based on VSA; vowel space destruction groups were compared using ANOVA and Scheffe's test. VSA and FCR were negatively and positively correlated with VDS, respectively. Groups were separated based on mean and standard deviation of VSA. One-way ANOVA revealed significant differences in VDS, FCR, and age between the VSA groups and no significant differences in VDS between mild and moderate VSA reduction and vowel space destruction groups. VSA and FCR values correlated with swallowing function. Vowel space destruction has characteristics similar to VSA reduction at a moderate-to-severe degree and has utility as an indicator of dysphagia severity.
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