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Table 2 Pre- and posttreatment acoustic parameter assessment in LPR patients (mean ± inter-quartile values)

From: Impact of laryngopharyngeal reflux on subjective and objective voice assessments: a prospective study

Acoustic Parameters

ULNR♯

pretreatment

posttreatment

Z

p-value*

STD

2.04

3.16 ± 2.38

2.59 ± 1.76

−1.34

0.180

vF0

1.10

1.92 ± 1.05

1.59 ± 0.92

−1.19

0.236

Jitt

0.61

1.42 ± 1.10

1.12 ± 1.10

−2.08

0.038

RAP

0.36

0.84 ± 0.65

0.67 ± 0.55

−2.01

0.044

PPQ

0.35

0.84 ± 0.66

0.68 ± 0.52

−1.94

0.053

PFR

2.17

3.10 ± 2.00

2.66 ± 1.00

−1.72

0.084

Shim

2.26

5.14 ± 2.90

4.12 ± 2.30

−2.73

0.006

APQ

1.69

4.35 ± 2.20

3.31 ± 1.82

−3.00

0.003

vAm

9.23

13.75 ± 9.60

13.30 ± 6.58

−0.84

0.403

NHR

0.12

0.14 ± 0.40

0.13 ± 0.03

−0.33

0.741

  1. *Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test. ULNR: Upper Limit of N Range, ♯ = based on the MDVP® norms