title: Sound signature for identification of tracheal collapse and laryngeal paralysis in dogs.
abstract: The aims of this study were to investigate whether upper airway sounds of dogs with laryngeal paralysis and tracheal collapse have distinct sound characteristics, compared with unaffected dogs. The sounds of 5 dogs with laryngeal paralysis and 5 dogs with tracheal collapse were recorded. Honking sound appeared as predominant clinical signs in dogs with tracheal collapse. Laryngeal stridors appeared as predominant clinical signs in dogs with experimentally produced laryngeal paralysis by resection of laryngeal nerve, in which two types of stridor, I and II, were recorded. All these sounds were analyzed using sound spectrogam analysis. There were significant differences in duration (sec), intensity (dB), pitch (Hz), first formant (Hz), second formant (Hz), third formant (Hz), fourth formant (Hz) of sounds between the normal bark and two types of stridor or honking sound, indicating that the sound analysis might be a useful diagnostic modality for dogs with tracheal collapse and laryngeal paralysis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seong-Chan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Yeon
authors.forename: Hee-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hong-Hee
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hyo-Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000662:veterinary*; D013018:Sound Spectrography / Q000662:veterinary; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*