Research Article
The Normative Study of Acoustic and Aerodynamic Characteristics of Voice among Healthy Adult Turkish Speaker Population
Table 2
ANOVAs run for each parameter within each protocol.
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| Vital capacity | Source | | | Power |
| Expiratory airflow duration | Age | 1.061 | 0.348 | 0.0575 | Gender | 12.595 | <0.001 | 0.942 | Gender-age | 0.523 | 0.594 | 0.0500 | Peak expiratory airflow | Age | 2.569 | 0.079 | 0.318 | Gender | 15.794 | <0.001 | 0.988 | Gender-age | 1.149 | 0.542 | 0.0500 | Expiratory volume | Age | 27.081 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender | 111.939 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 1.867 | 0.157 | 0.189 |
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| Maximum sustained phonation | Source | | | Power | | | Power |
| Maximum SPL | Phonation time | Age | 4.324 | 0.015 | 0.621 | 12.319 | <0.001 | 0.996 | Gender | 0.535 | 0.535 | 0.0500 | 19.458 | <0.001 | 0.996 | Gender-age | 0.770 | 0.770 | 0.0500 | 1.863 | 0.158 | 0.188 |
| Minimum SPL | Peak expiratory airflow | Age | 4.402 | 0.08 | 0.632 | 3.678 | 0.027 | 0.518 | Gender | 1.088 | 0.298 | 0.0568 | 11.623 | <0.001 | 0.919 | Gender-age | 4.367 | 0.014 | 0.014 | 0.102 | 0.903 | 0.0500 |
| Mean SPL | Mean expiratory airflow | Age | 1.830 | 0.163 | 0.183 | 2.565 | 0.079 | 0.317 | Gender | 1.500 | 0.222 | 0.101 | 34.733 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 0.833 | 0.436 | 0.0500 | 0.310 | 0.734 | 0.0500 |
| SPL range | Expiratory volume | Age | 7.662 | <0.001 | 0.924 | 10.393 | <0.001 | 0.986 | Gender | 1.634 | 0.203 | 0.116 | 89.935 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 4.127 | 0.018 | 0.591 | 2.124 | 0.122 | 0.235 |
| Mean SPL during voicing | Mean pitch | Age | 2.342 | 0.099 | 0.275 | 1.869 | 0.157 | 0.189 | Gender | 0.015 | 0.747 | 0.0500 | 321.984 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 1.236 | 0.293 | 0.0839 | 12.307 | <0.001 | 0.996 |
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| Comfortable sustained phonation | Source | | | Power | | | Power |
| Maximum SPL | Phonation time | Age | 1.485 | 0.229 | 0.124 | 1.125 | 0.327 | 0.0670 | Gender | 0.314 | 0.576 | 0.0500 | 0.00679 | 0.934 | 0.0500 | Gender-age | 0.522 | 0.594 | 0.0500 | 0.339 | 0.713 | 0.0500 |
| Minimum SPL | Peak expiratory airflow | Age | 0.572 | 0.566 | 0.0500 | 0.829 | 0.438 | 0.0501 | Gender | 1.138 | 0.287 | 0.0621 | 7.121 | 0.008 | 0.0520 | Gender-age | 0.695 | 0.500 | 0.0500 | 0.652 | 0.522 | 0.0562 |
| Mean SPL | Mean expiratory airflow | Age | 1.830 | 0.163 | 0.183 | 1.176 | 0.311 | 0.747 | Gender | 1.500 | 0.222 | 0.101 | 27.823 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 0.833 | 0.436 | 0.0500 | 0.0721 | 0.930 | 0.0500 |
| SPL range | Expiratory volume | Age | 1.637 | 0.197 | 0.149 | 1.198 | 0.304 | 0.0781 | Gender | 1.291 | 0.257 | 0.0785 | 27.808 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 0.0912 | 0.913 | 0.0500 | 0.0905 | 0.913 | 0.0500 |
| Mean pitch | | Age | 1.345 | 0.263 | 0.101 | | | | Gender | 322.828 | <0.001 | 1.000 | | | | Gender-age | 10.108 | <0.001 | 0.983 | | | |
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| Variation in sound pressure level | Source | | | Power | | | Power |
| Maximum SPL | Mean pitch | Age | 1.833 | 0.163 | 0.183 | 0.211 | 0.810 | 0.0500 | Gender | 0.562 | 0.454 | 0.0500 | 408.017 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 1.170 | 0.313 | 0.0738 | 15.688 | <0.001 | 1.000 |
| Minimum SPL | Pitch range | Age | 3.298 | 0.039 | 0.452 | 4.314 | 0.015 | 0.619 | Gender | 6.203 | 0.014 | 0.621 | 18.349 | <0.001 | 0.993 | Gender-age | 1.539 | 0.217 | 0.133 | 1.631 | 0.198 | 0.148 |
| Mean SPL | Target airflow | Age | 1.830 | 0.163 | 0.183 | 3.456 | 0.033 | 0.479 | Gender | 1.500 | 0.222 | 0.101 | 95.265 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 0.833 | 0.436 | 0.0500 | 0.0605 | 0.941 | 0.0500 |
| SPL range | | Age | 2.473 | 0.087 | 0.300 | | | | Gender | 2.865 | 0.092 | 0.258 | | | | Gender-age | 0.944 | 0.391 | 0.0500 | | | |
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| Voicing efficiency | Source | | | Power | | | Power |
| Maximum SPL | Peak expiratory airflow | Age | 4.394 | 0.014 | 0.631 | 1.121 | 0.328 | 0.0665 | Gender | 0.200 | 0.655 | 0.0500 | 76.064 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 0.236 | 0.790 | 0.0500 | 0.777 | 0.461 | 0.0500 |
| Mean SPL | Target airflow | Age | 4.248 | 0.016 | 0.609 | 1.929 | 0.148 | 0.200 | Gender | 0.386 | 0.535 | 0.0500 | 70.980 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 0.143 | 0.867 | 0.0500 | 0.284 | 0.753 | 0.0500 |
| Mean SPL during voicing | Expiratory volume | Age | 2.893 | 0.058 | 0.378 | 5.509 | 0.005 | 0.772 | Gender | 0.223 | 0.223 | 0.100 | 37.879 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 0.538 | 0.538 | 0.0500 | 0.706 | 0.495 | 0.0500 |
| Mean pitch | Mean airflow during voicing | Age | 1.071 | 0.345 | 0.0590 | 1.838 | 0.162 | 0.184 | Gender | 3.730 | 0.055 | 0.360 | 68.253 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 0.364 | 0.364 | 0.0511 | 0.227 | 0.797 | 0.0500 |
| Pitch range | Aerodynamic power | Age | 0.632 | 0.532 | 0.0500 | 0.504 | 0.605 | 0.0500 | Gender | 25.499 | <0.001 | 1.000 | 55.450 | <0.001 | 1.000 | Gender-age | 0.249 | 0.780 | 0.0500 | 0.0126 | 0.987 | 0.0500 |
| Expiratory airflow duration | Aerodynamic resistance | Age | 13.205 | <0.001 | 0.998 | 7.006 | <0.001 | 0.892 | Gender | 3.928 | 0.049 | 0.383 | 3.899 | 0.050 | 0.379 | Gender-age | 0.635 | 0.531 | 0.0500 | 1.425 | 0.243 | 0.114 |
| Peak air pressure | Aerodynamic efficiency | Age | 5.654 | 0.004 | 0.786 | 1.728 | 0.180 | 0.165 | Gender | 11.254 | <0.001 | 0.909 | 6.791 | 0.01 | 0.671 | Gender-age | 1.619 | 0.201 | 0.146 | 1.691 | 0.187 | 0.158 |
| Mean peak air pressure | Acoustic ohms | Age | 4.770 | 0.009 | 0.684 | 7.053 | <0.001 | 0.894 | Gender | 8.407 | 0.004 | 0.786 | 3.928 | 0.049 | 0.383 | Gender-age | 0.662 | 0.517 | 0.0500 | 1.447 | 0.238 | 0.117 |
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