ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome(OSAHS) on the quality of voice. METHODS Electroglottography (EGG) method was used for detecting the vocal cords vibration, waveforms of electroglottography and voice parameters such as Jitter, Shimmer, normalized noise energy (NNE), contact quotient(CQ), contact index (CI), contact quotient perturbation(CQP), contact index perturbation(CIP), and the in 82 OSAHS patients and 53 healthy subjects. The voice parameters were analyzed with Dr.Speech software, RESULTS While in normal pronunciation, the Jitter, Shimmer, NNE, CQP and CIP were (1.037±1.493)%, (5.627±1.872)%, (-16.109±1.719)dB, (2.638±0.633)% and (166.789±30.492)% in 22 mild OSAHS patients, (1.578±0.362)%, (8.478±1.635)%, (-11.517±1.614)dB, (6.043±0.936)% and (255.210±91.224)% in 24 moderate OSAHS patients, and (2.138±1.384)%, (14.888±4.089)%, (-7.677±2.151)dB, (11.749±7.164)% and (431.233±259.266)%in 36 severe OSAHS patients respectively. They were all higher than those in 53 normal subjects as (0.517±0.303)%, (3.299±2.196)%, (-21.933±5.477)dB, (1.322±0.942)% and (58.834±131.849)%. The regularity of vocal fold vibration in all patients with OSAHS was seriously out of whack. EGG waveform was irregular. CONCLUSION The OSAHS patients have structural changes in their upper airway, it will cause non-physiological breathing and lead dry of the vocal cord mucosa and weak elasticity. Their EGG parameters will get higher and vibration will be irregular seriously. We should pay attention to the voice qualities of the OSAHS patients and let them receive treatment as early as possible.