title: Comparison of voice quality in patients with GERD-related dysphonia or chronic cough.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to compare a voice quality in patients with GERD-related dysphonia or chronic cough and to determine whether there is a relationship between the main symptom reported and voice quality.
  
  
  METHODS
  249 consecutive patients diagnosed with GERD-related chronic cough or dysphonia were involved in this retrospective study and were divided into two main groups of men and women, and furthermore into groups of chronic cough and dysphonia. Laryngeal lesions were evaluated with videolaryngostroboscopy using Reflux Finding Score. Voice quality was assessed using GRBAS scale, sonograms, and multidimensional voice program (MDVP).
  
  
  RESULTS
  All subjects were found to have vocal abnormalities both in subjective and objective voice analysis. Perceptual assessment of voice (GRBAS) did not reveal any differences between analyzed groups depending on the reported symptom. In MDVP analysis, the group of women with cough as the main symptom demonstrated significantly less abnormalities in VTI value. In men with cough as their main complaint, significantly less MDVP abnormalities were found in Jita, Jitt, RAP, PPQ, and sPPQ parameters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The comparison of voice perceptual assessment in patients with GERD-related dysphonia or chronic cough revealed no differences between analyzed groups. In objective voice analysis, the latter group presented lower degree of hoarseness in Yanagihara's scale. In objective MDVP analysis, the chronic cough group presented lower degree of abnormalities only in one of the noise related parameters in females and five frequency perturbation parameters in males.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domeracka-Kołodziej
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Elżbieta M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Grabczak
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dąbrowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arcimowicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: mlachowska@wum.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lachowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Osuch-Wójcikiewicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Niemczyk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D055154:Dysphonia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications*; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D014833:Voice Quality / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Acoustic voice analysis; Cough; Dysphonia; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Voice assessment; analiza akustyczna głosu; choroba refluksowa (GERD); ocean głosu; przewlekły kaszel; refluks przełykowo-gardłowy; zaburzenia głosu