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Voice parameters in children with cochlear implants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frosolini, Andrea and Fantin, Francesco and Tundo, Isabella and Pessot, Nicholas and Badin, Giulio and Bartolotta, Patrizia and Vedovelli, Luca and Marioni, Gino and de Filippis, Cosimo (2022) Voice parameters in children with cochlear implants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [Data Collection]

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ABSTRACT: Introduction: An intact auditory system is essential for the development and maintenance of voice quality and speech prosody. On the contrary hearing loss affects the adjustments and appropriate use of organs involved in speech and voice production. Spectro-acoustic voice parameters have been valuated in CI users, and the authors of previous systematic reviews on the topic concluded that preliminary Fundamental Frequency seemed the most reliable parameter to evaluate voice alterations in adult CI users. The main aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to clarify the vocal parameters and prosodic alterations of speech in pediatric CI users. Materials and methods: The protocol of the systematic review was registered on the PROSPERO database International prospective register of systematic reviews. We conducted a search of the English literature published in the period between January 1st 2005 and April 1st 2022 on the Pubmed and Scopus databases. A meta-analysis was conducted to compare the values of voice acoustic parameters in CI users and nonhearing-impaired controls. The analysis was conducted using the standardized mean difference as the outcome measure. A random-effects model was fitted to the data. Results: A total of 1334 articles were initially evaluated using title and abstract screening. After applying inclusion/exclusion criteria, 20 articles were considered suitable for this review. The age of the cases ranged between 25 to 132 months at examination. The most studied parameters were F0, Jitter, Shimmer and Harmoni Noise Ratio (HNR); other parameters were seldom reported. A total of 11 studies were included in the meta-analysis of F0, with the majority of estimates being positive (75%); the estimated average standardized mean difference based on the random-effects model was 0.3033 (95% CI: 0.0605 to 0.5462; p = 0.0144). For Jitter (0.2229; 95% CI: -0.1862 to 0.7986; p = 0.2229) and shimmer (0.2540; 95% CI: -0.1404 to 0.6485; p = 0.2068) there was a trend toward positive values without reaching statistical significance. Discussion and conclusions: This meta-analysis confirmed that higher F0 values have been observed in the pediatric population of CI users compared to age-matched normal hearing volunteers, whereas the parameters of voice noise were not significantly different between cases and controls. Prosodic aspects of language need further investigations. In longitudinal contexts, prolonged auditory experience with CI has brought voice parameters closer to the norm. Following the available evidence, we stress the utility of inclusion of vocal acoustic analysis in the clinical evaluation and follow-up of CI patients to optimize the rehabilitation process of pediatric patients with hearing loss.

DOI: 10.25430/researchdata.cab.unipd.it.00000788
Keywords: Cochlear Implants; Jitter; Shimmer; Fundamental Frequency
Subjects: Life Sciences > Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology: Organ physiology, pathophysiology, endocrinology, metabolism, ageing, tumorigenesis, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndromes > Organ physiology and pathophysiology
Life Sciences > Neuroscience and Neural Disorders: Neural cell function and signalling, systems neuroscience, neural bases of cognitive and behavioural processes, neurological and psychiatric disorders > Sensation and perception (e.g. sensory systems, sensory processing, pain)
Life Sciences > Applied Medical Technologies, Diagnostics, Therapies, and Public Health: Development of treatment of diseases, pharmacology, clinical medicine, regenerative medicine, epidemiology and public for diagnosis, monitoring and tools health > Other medical technologies for diagnosis and monitoring of diseases
Department: Departments > Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (DNS)
Depositing User: Giulio Badin
Date Deposited: 13 Dec 2022 08:10
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2024 08:08
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Frosolini, Andreaandrea.frosolini@studenti.unipd.itorcid.org/0000-0003-1347-4013
Fantin, FrancescoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Tundo, IsabellaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pessot, NicholasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Badin, GiulioUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-8581-5660
Bartolotta, PatriziaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Vedovelli, Lucaluca.vedovelli@ubep.unipd.itorcid.org/0000-0003-4847-2333
Marioni, GinoUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-8751-0588
de Filippis, CosimoUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-2491-7783
Type of data: Database
Collection period:
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1 April 202230 September 2022
Temporal coverage:
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1 January 20051 April 2022
Resource language: English
Metadata language: English
Publisher: Research Data Unipd
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Date: 6 December 2022
Copyright holders: The Author
URI: https://researchdata.cab.unipd.it/id/eprint/788

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