Macari Anthony T, Karam Ingrid A, Ziade Georges, Tabri Dollen, Sarieddine Doja, Alam Elie S, Hamdan Abdul-Latif
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Division, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
J Voice. 2017 Jul;31(4):410-415. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2016.12.001. Epub 2017 Jan 3.
This study aimed to evaluate the association between facial width and length and fundamental frequency (F0) and habitual frequency.
Prospective cross-sectional study.
A total of 50 subjects (35 females;15 males) were included in this study.
Lateral and posteroanterior cephalometric measurements included: facial height (N-Me); widths of the maxilla (J-J), mandible (AG-AG), and face (Zyg-Zyg); ratios J-J to AG-AG, N-Me to Zyg-Zyg, and lower face to total face heights. All subjects underwent acoustic analysis using Visi-Pitch IV. Sample was stratified according to age and gender.
In the total group (mean age: 14.19±6.49 years; range 6-35 years), a significantly moderate negative correlation existed between Zyg-Zyg, J-J, and AG-AG, and F0 and habitual pitch. Similarly, N-Me moderately correlated with habitual pitch. In males, there was a significant moderate negative correlation between Zyg-Zyg and J-J, and habitual pitch, and between J-J and F0 (-0.571;p=0.026). In females, a significant moderate correlation existed between Zyg-Zyg and AG-AG, and habitual pitch, and between AG-AG and F0 (-0.347;p=0.041). In the prepubertal group (n=25), a negative moderate correlation occurred between J-J and AG-AG, N-Me and habitual frequency, and between J-J and F0 (-0.407;p=0.043). In the postpubertal group, there was a significant moderate correlation only between AG-AG and F0 (-0.403;p=0.046).
Facial length correlates significantly with habitual frequency, and facial width correlates significantly with both F0 and habitual pitch. A larger sample of adult subjects is needed to substantiate this conclusion.
本研究旨在评估面部宽度与长度和基频（F0）及习惯频率之间的关联。
前瞻性横断面研究。
本研究共纳入50名受试者（35名女性；15名男性）。
侧位和后前位头影测量包括：面高（N-Me）；上颌骨宽度（J-J）、下颌骨宽度（AG-AG）和面部宽度（颧弓-颧弓）；J-J与AG-AG的比值、N-Me与颧弓-颧弓的比值以及下面部与全面部高度的比值。所有受试者均使用Visi-Pitch IV进行声学分析。样本根据年龄和性别分层。
在总样本组（平均年龄：14.19±6.49岁；范围6 - 35岁）中，颧弓-颧弓、J-J和AG-AG与F0及习惯音高之间存在显著的中度负相关。同样，N-Me与习惯音高呈中度相关。在男性中，颧弓-颧弓与J-J及习惯音高之间存在显著的中度负相关，J-J与F0之间也存在显著的中度负相关（-0.571；p = 0.026）。在女性中，颧弓-颧弓与AG-AG及习惯音高之间存在显著的中度相关，AG-AG与F0之间也存在显著的中度相关（-0.347；p = 0.041）。在青春期前组（n = 25）中，J-J与AG-AG、N-Me与习惯频率以及J-J与F0之间存在中度负相关（-0.407；p = 0.043）。在青春期后组中，仅AG-AG与F0之间存在显著的中度相关（-0.403；p = 0.046）。
面部长度与习惯频率显著相关，面部宽度与F0及习惯音高均显著相关。需要更大样本的成年受试者来证实这一结论。
