Acoustic Correlates of Compensatory Adjustments to the Glottic and Supraglottic Structures in Patients with Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis

Table 5

Fundamental frequency () and first and second formant frequencies ( and ) and their standard-deviations, for normal and UFVP female participants.

♀	UVFP		Normal		or	value
		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD
(Hz)	13	218.38 ± 72.36	65	195.36 ± 33.02		0.335
SD (Hz)	13	6.65 ± 12.28	65	2.62 ± 2.15		0.018
(Hz)	13	826.16 ± 171.73	65	819.03 ± 164.75		0.495
SD (Hz)	13	117.18 ± 99.91	65	71.28 ± 53.54		0.116
(Hz)	13	1522.69 ± 96.00	65	1453.51 ± 139.20	= 1.58	0.059
SD (Hz)	13	156.31 ± 146.20	65	62.26 ± 48.67		0.002

UVFP: Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis; : number of cases; SD: standard deviation; : -test;  : Mann-Whitney test; : fundamental frequency; SD : standard-deviation of the fundamental frequency; : first formant frequency; SD : standard-deviation of first formant frequency; : second formant frequency; SD : standard-deviation of second formant frequency.