title: [The relationship between acoustic analysis and auditory assessment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between acoustic analysis and auditory assessment of hoarseness.
  
  
  METHODS
  24 normal and 154 cases of pathological voice were included in this research. They were divided into 4 groups with different hoarseness and were accepted acoustic analysis. The parameters were analyzed by SPSS statistical software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant difference on acoustical parameters among each group excluding no difference of the jitter between normal and light hoarseness. NNE and SNR were the major parameters in descriptive of hoarseness. There were good correlation between 5 parameters and hoarseness assessment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acoustic analysis is a useful method in clinical application to assess hoarseness with objective and simple advantage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Hubei Medical University, Wuhan 430060.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013061:Speech Acoustics