Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2019

COMPARISON OF VOICE ASPECTS ON RADIOTHERAPY AND CHEMORADIOTHERAPY PATIENTS

Feby Sabu

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Background: Evidence on acoustics of voice of radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy patients are limited; also comparison of voice quality between the two groups are yet to be explored. The study aims to find the voice abnormality in these patients and also to compare voice parameters based on the treatment (Radiation therapy, chemoradiation ther) regimen used. Method: 15 participants undergoing radiotherapy (Group 1) and chemoradiotherapy (Group II) for head and neck cancer spå laryngeal cancer was evaluated using Multidimensional Voice Program on three time frames viz pretreatment, immediate post treatment and one month after post treatment. Statistical analysis was done using ANOVA repeated measures and paired t test. Results: All acoustic parameters showed significant difference between two groups for pretreatment vs post treatment and for post treatment vs one month after post treatment evaluation. Whereas, significance was seen only for jitter on pretreatment vs one month post treatment evaluation. Conclusion: Significance in parameters indicate that treatment regime followed have substantial impact on voice parameters. Also no significance in NHR and SPI points to the direction of recovery. The understanding of voice measures in these participants would yield professionals with better knowledge during management.

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COMPARISON OF VOICE ASPECTS ON RADIOTHERAPY AND CHEMORADIOTHERAPY PATIENTS, Feby Sabu INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2019

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