Open AccessBody mass index and acoustic voice parameters: is there a relationship?
Author(s) -
Lourdes Bernadete Rocha de Souza,
Marquiony Marques dos Santos
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.488
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1808-8694
pISSN - 1808-8686
DOI - 10.1016/j.bjorl.2017.04.003
Subject(s) - overweight , underweight , phonation , body mass index , obesity , medicine , mann–whitney u test , observational study , audiology , mathematics , statistics
Specific elements such as weight and body volume can interfere in voice production and consequently in its acoustic parameters, which is why it is important for the clinician to be aware of these relationships.
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