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Ata S, Ekici NY, Büyükşimşek M, Çil T, Duman BB. The impact of tamoxifen treatment on voice parameters in premenopausal women with breast cancer. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2024; 281:1025-1030. [PMID: 37947817 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-023-08328-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The study aims to investigate the estrogen-agonistic effects of tamoxifen on voice parameters in premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. METHODS A total of 108 premenopausal women were included, segmented into distinct treatment groups and a control group. Objective sound analysis was conducted using robust statistical methods, employing SPSS 25.0 for data analysis. RESULTS The study identified a statistically significant reduction in Jitter values across all treatment groups compared to the control group. No significant changes were observed in other voice quality parameters such as F0, Shimmer, NHR, and HNR. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that tamoxifen may have an estrogen-agonistic effect on voice quality, thereby potentially influencing future treatment protocols. This research fills a critical void in existing literature and sets the stage for more comprehensive studies that consider affects of hormonal therapies to voice.
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- Serdar Ata
- Department of Medical Oncology, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Adana, Turkey.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Adana, Turkey
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Erol U, Yücel L, Genç H, Bolat A, Aşık MB. Can Multi-Dimensional Voice Program (MDVP) Be Used as A Diagnostic Tool for Precocious Puberty? J Voice 2021:S0892-1997(21)00366-0. [PMID: 34857449 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Voice is the one of the sexual maturation characteristics that differs between boys and girls. Voice analysis is a non-invasive diagnostic tool and well-tolerated by children. Our aim is to investigate the capability of MDVP to predict precocious puberty (PP). To our knowledge, this is the only study to assess the voice parameters in the diagnosis of PP. MATERIAL AND METHODS The data of PP and control group were retrospectively reviewed. Voice parameters including fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer and harmonic-to-noise ratio (HNR), age, and gender of subjects were noted. ROC curve was performed to the statistically significant parameters after double group comparisons and cut-off values were defined. 2 × 2 table were created and compared between the groups. RESULTS A total of 54 children comprising 32 subjects (8 boys and 24 girls) in the PP group and 22 (10 boys and 12 girls) in the control group were included, and the mean age of girls were 8.17 and 7.92 years, and those of the boys were 8.83 and 7.90, respectively. Jitter and HNR values were statistically significant in the girls but not in boys between the 2 groups (P = 0.013, P = 0.032, respectively). The cut-off points were 1.31 for jitter, 6.39 for HNR. Univariate analysis according to cut-off values of jitter and HNR revealed a statistically significant difference between the 2 groups (P = 0.004, OR: 8.80 [1.26- 61,15] and P = 0.012, OR: 5.00 [1.27-19.68], respectively). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that, along with an evaluation of other secondary sexual maturation characteristics, voice analysis may be used by pediatric endocrinologists and otolaryngologists to diagnose PP in girls but not in boys.
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- Umut Erol
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Health Sciences, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Health Sciences, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Health Sciences, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Health Sciences, Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Lin RJ, Wang T. Comparison of Fundamental Frequency in Postmenopausal Women Who Are Treated With Hormone Replacement Therapy vs Those Who Are Not: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2020; 146:1045-1053. [PMID: 32790826 DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.2174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Importance Hormonal changes during menopause have been associated with significant changes in voice. Although hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is used primarily to manage systemic symptoms of menopause, its association with voice in postmenopausal women has not been adequately investigated by large-scale studies. Objective To compare fundamental frequency between postmenopausal women who used HRT and those who did not use HRT. Data Sources PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane EBM Reviews, and Embase were searched from 1946 to February 19, 2020. Study Selection Studies included in the final review were those in English that compared voice outcomes in postmenopausal women who were or were not receiving HRT for treatment of climacteric symptoms associated with menopause. Data Extraction and Synthesis The study was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) reporting guideline. Data extraction was performed by 2 independent investigators. Study quality was assessed using a validated quality tool. Whenever possible, data were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcome was the difference in speaking fundamental frequency (F0) between HRT users and nonusers. Subgroup analysis of the primary outcome was based on body mass index (BMI) using a cutoff value of 25. A BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is considered normal, and a BMI of at least 25 is considered overweight. Secondary outcomes included other objective measurements of voice, including jitter and shimmer. Results A total of 937 records were screened, 18 full texts were assessed, and 11 studies were included in the final review. All 11 studies were case-control studies and were rated from fair to good quality based on the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. A total of 5 studies including 154 participants who received HRT and 154 controls were used for meta-analysis. The mean (SD) F0 was 185.9 (8.6) Hz for HRT users compared with 174.6 (6.6) Hz for nonusers. Hormone replacement therapy was associated with a higher mean F0 by a difference of 11.85 Hz (95% CI, 7.35-16.36 Hz). Subgroup analysis showed that the change in F0 was significant in postmenopausal women with a normal body mass index (mean difference, 13.47 Hz; 95% CI, 8.48-18.46 Hz) but not in those with a high body mass index. Conclusions and Relevance Existing evidence suggests that HRT is associated with a higher F0 in postmenopausal women. The effectiveness of the treatment appeared to be more pronounced in women with a normal body mass index.
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- R Jun Lin
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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What Voice-Related Metrics Change With Menopause? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study. J Voice 2020; 36:438.e1-438.e17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Plexico LW, Sandage MJ, Kluess HA, Franco-Watkins AM, Neidert LE. Blood Plasma Hormone-Level Influence on Vocal Function. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2020; 63:1376-1386. [PMID: 32402220 PMCID: PMC7842117 DOI: 10.1044/2020_jslhr-19-00224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Purpose This preliminary study examined the influence of menstrual cycle phase and hormone levels on acoustic measurements of vocal function in reproductive and postmenopausal females. Mean fundamental frequency (f0), speaking fundamental frequency (Sf0), and cepstral peak prominence (CPP) were evaluated. It was hypothesized that Sf0 and CPP would be lower during the luteal and ischemic phases of the menstrual cycle. Group differences with lower values in postmenopausal females and greater variability in the reproductive females were also hypothesized. Method A mixed factorial analysis of variance was used to examine differences between reproductive and postmenopausal females and the four phases of the menstrual cycle. Separate analyses of variances were implemented for each of the dependent measures. Twenty-eight female participants (15 reproductive cycling, 13 postmenopausal) completed the study. Participants were recorded reading the Rainbow Passage and sustaining the vowel /a/. Mean vocal f0, Sf0, and CPP were determined from the acoustic samples. Blood assays were used to determine estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and neuropeptide Y levels at four data collection time points. Results Group differences in hormone levels and Sf0 values were established with the postmenopausal group having significantly lower hormone levels and significantly lower Sf0 than the reproductive cycling group across the phases. Analysis of the reproductive group by hormone levels and cycle phase revealed no significant differences for CPP or Sf0 across phases. Higher estrogen was identified in the ovulation phase, and higher progesterone was identified in the luteal phase. Conclusions Significant differences in hormone levels and Sf0 were identified between groups. Within the reproductive cycling group, the lack of significant difference in acoustic measures relative to hormone levels indicated that the measures taken may not have been sensitive enough to identify hormonally mediated vocal function changes. The participant selection may have biased the findings in that health conditions and medications that are known to influence voice function were used as exclusion criteria.
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Loss of Estrogen Receptors is Associated with Increased Tumor Aggression in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4227. [PMID: 32144339 PMCID: PMC7060328 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60675-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) responds to 17β-estradiol via estrogen-receptor (ER, transcribed from ESR1) dependent mechanisms, but is not recognized as a hormonally responsive cancer. 17β-estradiol production by LSCC cell lines UM-SCC-11A and UM-SCC-12 was examined. Wild type (WT) and ESR1-silenced LSCC cultures and xenografts were examined for 17β-estradiol responsiveness in vivo. 14 LSCC and surrounding epithelial samples at various pathological stages were obtained from patients; ERα and ERβ expression were verified using data from the total cancer genome atlas. UM-SCC-11A and UM-SCC-12 both produce 17β-estradiol, but only UM-SCC-12, not UM-SCC-11A, xenograft tumors grow larger in vivo in response to systemic 17β-estradiol treatments. ERα66 and ERα36 expression inversely correlated with clinical cancer stage and tumor burden. LSCC ERα66 expression was higher compared to surrounding epithelia in indolent samples but lower in aggressive LSCC. ERβ expression was highly variable. High ESR1 expression correlated with improved survival in LSCC. Loss of ERα66 expression inversely correlated with prognosis in LSCC. ERα66 may be a histopathological marker of aggression in LSCC.
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Kim JM, Kim JH, Shin SC, Park GC, Kim HS, Kim K, Kim HK, Han J, Mishchenko NP, Vasileva EA, Fedoreyev SA, Stonik VA, Lee BJ. The Protective Effect of Echinochrome A on Extracellular Matrix of Vocal Folds in Ovariectomized Rats. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:md18020077. [PMID: 31991543 PMCID: PMC7073970 DOI: 10.3390/md18020077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Here, we investigated the effects of sex hormones on extracellular matrix (ECM)-related gene expression in the vocal fold lamina propria of ovariectomized (after ovary removal) rats and verified whether echinochrome A (ECH) exerts any therapeutic effects on ECM reconstitution after estrogen deficiency in ovariectomized rats. Sprague–Dawley female rats (9 weeks old) were acclimatized for a week and randomly divided into three groups (n = 15 each group) as follows: group I (sham-operated rats, SHAM), group II (ovariectomized rats, OVX), group III (ovariectomized rats treated with ECH, OVX + ECH). Rats from the OVX + ECH group were intraperitoneally injected with ECH at 10 mg/kg thrice a week after surgery for 6 weeks. And rats were sacrificed 6 weeks after ovariectomy. Estradiol levels decreased in OVX group compared with the SHAM group. ECH treatment had no effect on the levels of estradiol and expression of estrogen receptor β (ERβ). The evaluation of ECM components showed no significant changes in elastin and hyaluronic acid levels between the different groups. Collagen I and III levels were lower in OVX group than in SHAM group but increased in OVX + ECH group. The mRNA levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1, -2, -8, and -9 were significantly higher in the OVX group than in the SHAM group, but decreased in the OVX + ECH group. Thus, changes were observed in ECM-related genes in the OVX group upon estradiol deficiency that were ameliorated by ECH administration. Thus, the vocal fold is an estradiol-sensitive target organ and ECH may have protective effects on the ECM of vocal folds in ovariectomized rats.
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- Ji Min Kim
- Pusan National University School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea;
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan 49241, Korea;
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan 49241, Korea;
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon 51353, Korea;
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- Department of Life Science in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea;
- Institute for Translational Dental Science, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan 49241, Korea;
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- National Research Laboratory for Mitochondrial Signaling, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Center (CMDC), Inje University, Busan 47391, Korea; (H.K.K.); (J.H.)
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- National Research Laboratory for Mitochondrial Signaling, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Center (CMDC), Inje University, Busan 47391, Korea; (H.K.K.); (J.H.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia; (N.P.M.); (E.A.V.); (S.A.F.); (V.A.S.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia; (N.P.M.); (E.A.V.); (S.A.F.); (V.A.S.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia; (N.P.M.); (E.A.V.); (S.A.F.); (V.A.S.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia; (N.P.M.); (E.A.V.); (S.A.F.); (V.A.S.)
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- Pusan National University School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea;
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan 49241, Korea;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-51-240-7528; Fax: +82-51-240-2162
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Cartei V, Banerjee R, Garnham A, Oakhill J, Roberts L, Anns S, Bond R, Reby D. Physiological and perceptual correlates of masculinity in children's voices. Horm Behav 2020; 117:104616. [PMID: 31644889 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Low frequency components (i.e. a low pitch (F0) and low formant spacing (ΔF)) signal high salivary testosterone and height in adult male voices and are associated with high masculinity attributions by unfamiliar listeners (in both men and women). However, the relation between the physiological, acoustic and perceptual dimensions of speakers' masculinity prior to puberty remains unknown. In this study, 110 pre-pubertal children (58 girls), aged 3 to 10, were recorded as they described a cartoon picture. 315 adults (182 women) rated children's perceived masculinity from the voice only after listening to the speakers' audio recordings. On the basis of their voices alone, boys who had higher salivary testosterone levels were rated as more masculine and the relation between testosterone and perceived masculinity was partially mediated by F0. The voices of taller boys were also rated as more masculine, but the relation between height and perceived masculinity was not mediated by the considered acoustic parameters, indicating that acoustic cues other than F0 and ΔF may signal stature. Both boys and girls who had lower F0, were also rated as more masculine, while ΔF did not affect ratings. These findings highlight the interdependence of physiological, acoustic and perceptual dimensions, and suggest that inter-individual variation in male voices, particularly F0, may advertise hormonal masculinity from a very early age.
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Equipe Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielle, ENES/CRNL, CNRS UMR5292, INSERM UMR_S 1028, University of Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; Equipe Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielle, ENES/CRNL, CNRS UMR5292, INSERM UMR_S 1028, University of Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France
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Verma A, Schwartz N, Cohen DJ, Boyan BD, Schwartz Z. Estrogen signaling and estrogen receptors as prognostic indicators in laryngeal cancer. Steroids 2019; 152:108498. [PMID: 31539535 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2019.108498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) has been shown to respond to 17β-estradiol. However, the presence and characterization of estrogen receptors (ER) and other sex hormone receptors in LSCC are still being determined. Sex hormone receptors and the way sex hormones impact LSCC tumors are important for understanding which patients would benefit from hormone therapies, such as anti-estrogen therapies. This information also has prognostic value, as there may be a correlation between ER profiles and LSCC aggression. Recent work by our team and others has shown that the canonical ER, estrogen receptor α (ERα), and its splice variant ERα36, are important modulators of estrogen signaling in LSCC. This review describes some common 17β-estradiol signaling pathways, and explains how these signaling pathways might control LSCC tumor growth. We also show that loss of ERα, but not ERα36, imbues LSCC with enhanced aggression, a pattern which has previously only been observed in breast cancer. We make a case for using ERα as a tumorigenic modulator and pathogenic marker in LSCC on par with the use of ERα as a prognostic marker in breast cancer.
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- Anjali Verma
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA; Department of Periodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
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Demirel D, Erkul E, Güngör A, Çekin E, Ramzy I. Laryngeal cytology: A cytological, histological, P16 and human papillomavirus study. Cytopathology 2019; 31:26-34. [PMID: 31630464 DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2018] [Revised: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Invasive diagnostic methods, such as punch biopsies, have a potential to produce undesirable side effects in the larynx, such as scarring and vocal dysfunction. This study is an attempt to assess the diagnostic potential of cytology to efficiently diagnose premalignant and malignant laryngeal lesions, while sparing patients the risk of complications of punch biopsies. METHODS Laryngeal smears, using endocervical-type brushes, and punch biopsies were procured from each patient. Smears were prepared and the brush was cut and put in Surepath preservative solution for cytological analysis and human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing. A Real-TM Quant kit that detects 14 HPV types was used for genotyping. Immunohistochemical staining for p16 was performed on cytological and histological specimens. RESULTS Cytological diagnosis was correct in 84.6%, 100% and 100% of cases with a histological diagnosis of squamous cell carcinomas, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions and benign lesions, respectively. However, cytological interpretation was correct only in 25% of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. HPV DNA test was positive in only one case, which was a laryngeal polyp. Testing for p16 was negative in all the cytological and histological material. CONCLUSION Laryngeal cytology is a useful diagnostic tool in establishing the diagnosis of high-grade squamous epithelial cell abnormalities. Recognition of low-grade lesions, however, is challenging. HPV genotyping and p16 staining do not seem to be helpful ancillary techniques in cytological material procured from the larynx.
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- Dilaver Demirel
- Department of Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Gaziosmanpasa Health Application and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Health Sciences, Gulhane School of Medicine, Sultan Abdulhamid Han Health Application and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Park Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Health Sciences, Sultan Abdulhamid Han Health Application and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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Kim JM, Shin SC, Park GC, Lee JC, Jeon YK, Ahn SJ, Thibeault S, Lee BJ. Effect of sex hormones on extracellular matrix of lamina propria in rat vocal fold. Laryngoscope 2019; 130:732-740. [PMID: 31180590 DOI: 10.1002/lary.28086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The role of sex hormones for voice changes in men and women is presently unknown. To determine the effect of sex hormone on the vocal fold, changes of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in vocal fold lamina propria were assessed in orchiectomized (ORX) and ovariectomized (OVX) rats. METHODS Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into sham-operated control male (CON-ORX), ORX, sham-operated female (CON-OVX), and OVX rats. Histological changes and expression of ECM-related genes in lamina propria of the vocal fold were evaluated at 4 and 12 weeks after surgery. RESULTS Testosterone and estradiol levels decreased in the ORX and OVX groups, respectively. ORX groups did not have significant changes compared with CON-ORX groups. However, the expression of hyaluronic acid (HA) was decreased in the OVX group compared with the CON-OVX group. The expression of collagen I in OVX was lower than in the CON-OVX group. Collagen III levels were elevated at 4 weeks in the OVX group, but collagen III levels were diminished at 12 weeks in the OVX group. Expression of elastin in the ECM was less dense in the OVX group compared with controls. The expression MMP-1 and MMP-9 showed significantly increase in the OVX group compared to the CON-OVX group. CONCLUSION No changes of the ECM-related genes in the vocal fold lamina propria were observed in ORX groups with reduced testosterone. However, changes of several ECM-related genes were observed in OVX groups with decreased estrogen. These results indicate that the vocal fold is an estrogen-sensitive target organ and that decreased estrogen, not testosterone, can affect the expression of several ECM-related molecules of vocal fold. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE NA Laryngoscope, 130:732-740, 2020.
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- Ji Min Kim
- Pusan National University Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A
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- Pusan National University Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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Shoup-Knox ML, Ostrander GM, Reimann GE, Pipitone RN. Fertility-Dependent Acoustic Variation in Women's Voices Previously Shown to Affect Listener Physiology and Perception. EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 2019; 17:1474704919843103. [PMID: 31023082 PMCID: PMC10358420 DOI: 10.1177/1474704919843103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Previous research demonstrates that listeners perceive women's voices as more attractive when recorded at high compared to low fertility phases of the menstrual cycle. This effect has been repeated with multiple voice recording samples, but one stimuli set has shown particularly robust replications. First collected by Pipitone and Gallup (2008), women were recorded counting from 1-10 on approximately the same day and time once a week for 4 weeks. Repeatedly, studies using these recordings have shown that naturally cycling women recorded at high fertility are rated as more attractive compared to voices of the same women at low fertility. Additionally, these stimuli have been shown to elicit autonomic nervous system arousal and precipitate a rise in testosterone levels among listeners. Although previous studies have examined the acoustic properties of voices across the menstrual cycle, they reach little consensus. The current study evaluates Pipitone and Gallup's voice stimuli from an acoustic perspective, analyzing specific vocal characteristics of both naturally cycling women and women taking hormonal contraceptives. Results show that among naturally cycling women, variation in vocal amplitude (shimmer) was significantly lower in high fertility recordings compared to the women's voices at low fertility. Harmonics-to-noise ratio and variation in voice pitch (jitter) also fluctuated systematically across voices sampled at different times during the menstrual cycle, though these effects were not statistically significant. It is possible that these acoustic changes could account for some of the replicated perceptual, hormonal, and physiological changes documented in prior literature using these voice stimuli.
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- Department of Psychology, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA
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Ouyoung L(M, Villegas BC, Liu C, Talmor G, Sinha UK. Effects of Resonance Voice Therapy on Hormone-Related Vocal Disorders in Professional Singers: A Pilot Study. CLINICAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT 2018; 11:1179550618786934. [PMID: 30093799 PMCID: PMC6081754 DOI: 10.1177/1179550618786934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Menstruation-related hormonal alteration can be detrimental to the professional singing voice of women. Resonance Voice Therapy (RVT) has been proven to improve vocal production. However, no research to date has been conducted examining the subjective, acoustic, and stroboscopic effects of RVT on professional female singers having premenstrual or postmenopausal voice disorders. AIM The aim of this study is to compare the vocal effects of RVT with a control cervical-thoracic intervention in healthy female singers during the premenstrual phase as well as in postmenopausal singers and to evaluate which intervention will allow singers to improve vocal performance regardless of changes in hormonal status. DESIGN A randomized study was designed for this research. The research subjects were 20 professional female singers from the Southern California area, USA, with 10 premenstrual subjects in one group and 10 postmenopausal subjects in the other group. Among each group, 5 subjects were randomly selected to receive RVT and the remaining subjects received cervical-thoracic-focused exercises. The therapies consisted of 1 month of daily 15-minute sessions. For premenstrual subjects, voice data were collected at days 25 to 27 of the premenstrual phase during a scheduled initial voice evaluation. Follow-up data were collected during the same phase of the menstrual cycle (days 25-27) after 1 month of exercises. For postmenopausal subjects, voice data were collected at an initial voice evaluation with follow-up after 1 month of the assigned voice treatment. Outcomes were assessed with the singer's voice handicap index (VHI), laryngeal videostroboscopic examination, maximum phonation time (MPT), relative average perturbation (RAP), and pitch range before and following completion of therapies. Alleviation or deterioration percentages were used for statistical analysis. Student t test was used for statistical comparison between therapies. RESULTS The RVT decreased singer's VHI for both premenstrual and postmenopausal subjects by an average of 67%, compared with 7.8% for the cervical-thoracic therapy. The RVT also effectively decreased RAP by an average of 57% when combining the premenstrual and postmenopausal groups. The RVT increased MPT and pitch range among both premenstrual and postmenopausal subjects. The stroboscopic examination did not detect any significant differences between the 2 interventions. CONCLUSIONS The RVT is effective for professional female singers with hormone-related premenstrual and postmenopausal vocal changes. The RVT is suggested as one of the therapeutic approaches for vocal abnormalities in such a population. A larger cohort may be needed for future research. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 1b.
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- Laishyang (Melody) Ouyoung
- Keck Medical Center of USC and USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Keck Medical Center of USC and USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Keck Medical Center of USC and USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Keck Medical Center of USC and USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Keck Medical Center of USC and USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Volodin IA, Sibiryakova OV, Vasilieva NA, Volodina EV, Matrosova VA, Garcia AJ, Pérez-Barbería FJ, Gallego L, Landete-Castillejos T. Old and young female voices: effects of body weight, condition and social discomfort on the vocal aging in red deer hinds (Cervus elaphus). BEHAVIOUR 2018. [DOI: 10.1163/1568539x-00003513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In female terrestrial mammals, vocal aging has only been studied in humans and pandas. In cervids displaying convergent sex dimorphism of vocal apparatus with humans, vocal aging is only investigated in males. This cross-sectional study examined acoustic variables of nasal (closed-mouth) and oral (open-mouth) contact calls of 32 farmed Iberian red deer hinds (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) aged of 4-18 years and their relationships with caller´s age, weight, social discomfort score (bites of other hinds on hind pelt) and body condition score (fat reserves). Decrease of fundamental frequency was associated with age in both oral and nasal calls, but more prominently in the nasal calls. An increase in call duration, peak frequency and power quartiles was associated with a higher degree of bites due to social aggression. Weight and body condition weakly influenced acoustic traits. We discuss that vocal aging of hinds parallels that of vocal aging in human females.
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- Ilya A. Volodin
- aDepartment of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 12/1, Moscow 119991, Russia
- bScientific Research Department, Moscow Zoo, B. Gruzinskaya, 1, Moscow 123242, Russia
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- aDepartment of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 12/1, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- cSevertsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia
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- bScientific Research Department, Moscow Zoo, B. Gruzinskaya, 1, Moscow 123242, Russia
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- dEngelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology RAS, Vavilov str., 32, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- eInstituto de Desarrollo Regional, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain
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- eInstituto de Desarrollo Regional, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain
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Hamdan AL, Tabet G, Fakhri G, Sarieddine D, Btaiche R, Seoud M. Effect of Hormonal Replacement Therapy on Voice. J Voice 2018; 32:116-121. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2017.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hamdan AL, Ziade G, Tabet G, Btaiche R, Fakhri G, Yatim F, Sarieddine D, Seoud M. Vocal Symptoms and Acoustic Findings in Menopausal Women in Comparison to Pre-menopause Women with Body Mass Index as a Confounding Variable. J Menopausal Med 2017; 23:117-123. [PMID: 28951860 PMCID: PMC5606909 DOI: 10.6118/jmm.2017.23.2.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Objectives To compare the prevalence of phonatory symptoms in menopausal women compared to pre-menopause women with body mass index (BMI) as a confounding variable. Methods A total of 69 women, 34 menopausal and 35 pre-menopausal were invited to participate in this study. Demographic variables included age, smoking, and BMI. All subjects were asked about the presence hoarseness, loss of high or low frequencies, pitch breaks, throat clearing, dryness in the throat and vocal fatigue. Acoustic analysis was performed and the Voice Handicap Index (VHI)-10 was filled by all the subjects. Results There was a significantly higher prevalence of throat clearing and dryness in the menopausal group compared to the pre-menopause group with a P value of 0.035 and 0.032 respectively. When BMI was taken into account, there was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of any of the phonatory symptoms in menopausal women with high BMI and pre-menopause. There was no statistically significant difference in the means of any of the acoustic parameters between the menopausal group and pre-menopausal group. There was no significant difference in the mean VHI-10 between the menopause group and the pre-menopause (P = 0.652). Conclusions The results of this investigation substantiate the importance of fat as an alternative source of estrogen which can mask some of the phonatory symptoms.
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- Abdul-Latif Hamdan
- Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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Bultynck C, Pas C, Defreyne J, Cosyns M, den Heijer M, T'Sjoen G. Self-perception of voice in transgender persons during cross-sex hormone therapy. Laryngoscope 2017; 127:2796-2804. [DOI: 10.1002/lary.26716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Department of Speech; Language and Hearing Sciences, Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, and Vrije Universiteit Medical Center; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Centre for Sexology and Gender; Ghent Belgium
- Department of Endocrinology; Ghent University Hospital; Ghent Belgium
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Kirgezen T, Sunter AV, Yigit O, Huq GE. Sex Hormone Receptor Expression in the Human Vocal Fold Subunits. J Voice 2017; 31:476-482. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2016.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pfefferle D, Hammerschmidt K, Mundry R, Ruiz-Lambides AV, Fischer J, Widdig A. Does the Structure of Female Rhesus Macaque Coo Calls Reflect Relatedness and/or Familiarity? PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161133. [PMID: 27579491 PMCID: PMC5007041 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In social animals, kin relations strongly shape the social structure of a group. In female-bonded species, maternal relatedness is likely to be mediated via familiarity, but evidence is accumulating that non-human primates are able to recognize kin that they are not familiar with and adjust their behavior accordingly. In playback experiments, female rhesus macaques showed increased interest in 'coo' calls produced by unfamiliar paternal half-sisters compared to 'coo' calls produced by unfamiliar unrelated females, suggesting that these calls should have some common structural characteristics that facilitate the discrimination of kin from non-kin. Here we analyzed 'coo' calls of 67 adult female rhesus macaques from four groups and seven matrilines living on the island of Cayo Santiago (Puerto Rico). We tested whether the call structure of closely maternal and/or paternal related females, as determined from extensive pedigree data, differed from the call structure of unrelated females, while controlling for familiarity (i.e., group-matrilineal membership and age difference) of subjects. In contrast to our expectation, kinship did not predict similarities in 'coo' call structure, whereas 'coo' structure was more similar when produced by females of similar age as well as by females with higher familiarity, suggesting that experience is more decisive than genetic background. The high number of individuals in the analysis and the high accuracy of the assignment of calls to individuals render a lack of power as an unlikely explanation. Thus, based on the results of this study, kin recognition in rhesus monkeys does neither appear to be based on the assessment of self-similarity, nor on the comparison among related subjects (i.e., acoustic phenotype matching), but appears to be mediated by different or multiple cues. Furthermore, the results support the notion that frequent social interactions result in increasing acoustic similarity within largely innate call types ('vocal accommodation').
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- Dana Pfefferle
- Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Junior Research Group of Primate Kin Selection, Department of Primatology, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
- Leibniz-Science-Campus Primate Cognition, German Primate Center & Georg-August-University-Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Junior Research Group of Primate Kin Selection, Department of Primatology, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Caribbean Primate Research Center-Cayo Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, United States of America
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- Leibniz-Science-Campus Primate Cognition, German Primate Center & Georg-August-University-Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Junior Research Group of Primate Kin Selection, Department of Primatology, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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Terleph TA, Malaivijitnond S, Reichard UH. Age related decline in female lar gibbon great call performance suggests that call features correlate with physical condition. BMC Evol Biol 2016; 16:4. [PMID: 26728088 PMCID: PMC4700582 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0578-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND White-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) are small Asian apes known for living in stable territories and producing loud, elaborate vocalizations (songs), often in well-coordinated male/female duets. The female great call, the most conspicuous phrase of the repertoire, has been hypothesized to function in intra-sexual territorial defense. We therefore predicted that characteristics of the great call would correlate with a caller's physical condition, and thus might honestly reflect resource holding potential (RHP). Because measurement of RHP is virtually impossible for wild animals, we used age as a proxy, hypothesizing that great call climaxes are difficult to produce and maintain over time, and that older adults will therefore perform lower quality great calls than young adults. To test this we analyzed the great call climaxes of 15 wild lar gibbon females at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand and 2 captive females at Leo Conservation Center, Greenwich, CT. RESULTS Findings show that call climaxes correlate with female age, as young animals (n = 8, mean age: 12.9 years) produced climaxes with a higher frequency range (delta F0), maximum F0 frequency and duty cycle than old animals (n = 9, mean age: 29.6 years). A permuted discriminant function analysis also correctly classified calls by age group. During long song bouts the maximum F0 frequency of great call climaxes' also decreased. Additional data support the hypothesis that short high notes, associated with rapid inhalation as an individual catches its breath, reflect increased caller effort. Older females produced more high notes than younger females, but the difference only approached statistical significance, suggesting that calling effort may be similar across different ages. Finally, for the first time in this species, we measured peak intensity of calls in captive females. They were capable of producing climaxes in excess of 100 dB at close range (2.7 m). CONCLUSIONS Age and within-bout differences in the lar gibbon great call climax suggest that call features correlate with physical condition and thus the call may have evolved as an honest signal in the context of intra-sexual territorial defense and possibly also in male mate choice via sexual selection, although further testing of these hypotheses is necessary.
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- Thomas A Terleph
- Department of Biology, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Ave, Fairfield, CT, 06825, USA.
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- National Primate Research Center of Thailand, Saraburi, Thailand
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Anthropology and Center for Ecology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Il, USA
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Leão SHDS, Oates JM, Purdy SC, Scott D, Morton RP. Voice Problems in New Zealand Teachers: A National Survey. J Voice 2015; 29:645.e1-645.e13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2014.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/07/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Huang G, Pencina KM, Coady JA, Beleva YM, Bhasin S, Basaria S. Functional Voice Testing Detects Early Changes in Vocal Pitch in Women During Testosterone Administration. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2015; 100:2254-60. [PMID: 25875779 PMCID: PMC4454796 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-1669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine dose-dependent effects of T administration on voice changes in women with low T levels. METHODS Seventy-one women who have undergone a hysterectomy with or without oophorectomy with total T < 31 ng/dL and/or free T < 3.5 pg/mL received a standardized transdermal estradiol regimen during the 12-week run-in period and were then randomized to receive weekly im injections of placebo or 3, 6.25, 12.5, or 25 mg T enanthate for 24 weeks. Total and free T levels were measured by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and equilibrium dialysis, respectively. Voice handicap was measured by self-report using a validated voice handicap index questionnaire at baseline and 24 weeks after intervention. Functional voice testing was performed using the Kay Elemetrics-Computer Speech Lab to determine voice frequency, volume, and harmonics. RESULTS Forty-six women with evaluable voice data at baseline and after intervention were included in the analysis. The five groups were similar at baseline. Mean on-treatment nadir total T concentrations were 13, 83, 106, 122, and 250 ng/dL in the placebo, 3-, 6.25-, 12.5-, and 25-mg groups, respectively. Analyses of acoustic voice parameters revealed significant lowering of average pitch in the 12.5- and 25-mg dose groups compared to placebo (P < .05); these changes in pitch were significantly related to increases in T concentrations. No significant dose- or concentration-dependent changes in self-reported voice handicap index scores were observed. CONCLUSION Testosterone administration in women with low T levels over 24 weeks was associated with dose- and concentration-dependent decreases in average pitch in the higher dose groups. These changes were seen despite the lack of self-reported changes in voice.
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- Grace Huang
- Section of Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism (G.H., K.M.P., Y.M.B., S.Bh., S.Ba.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Massachusetts 02115; and Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (J.A.C.), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
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- Section of Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism (G.H., K.M.P., Y.M.B., S.Bh., S.Ba.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Massachusetts 02115; and Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (J.A.C.), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
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- Section of Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism (G.H., K.M.P., Y.M.B., S.Bh., S.Ba.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Massachusetts 02115; and Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (J.A.C.), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
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- Section of Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism (G.H., K.M.P., Y.M.B., S.Bh., S.Ba.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Massachusetts 02115; and Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (J.A.C.), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
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- Section of Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism (G.H., K.M.P., Y.M.B., S.Bh., S.Ba.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Massachusetts 02115; and Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (J.A.C.), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
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- Section of Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism (G.H., K.M.P., Y.M.B., S.Bh., S.Ba.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Massachusetts 02115; and Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (J.A.C.), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
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The Effect of In Vitro Fertilization Treatment on Women's Voice. J Voice 2014; 28:518-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2013.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Male Adaptations to Female Ovulation. EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0314-6_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Çelik Ö, Çelik A, Ateşpare A, Boyacı Z, Çelebi Ş, Gündüz T, Aksungar FB, Yelken K. Voice and Speech Changes in Various Phases of Menstrual Cycle. J Voice 2013; 27:622-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2013.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wu D, Jiang JJ, Fang R, Swinarski K, Cui X. G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 expression in human vocal fold. Laryngoscope 2013; 123:948-51. [PMID: 23494473 DOI: 10.1002/lary.23694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2012] [Revised: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Besides the classical sexual receptors, the expression of a recently clarified transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor (GPR30) has not been reported in the vocal fold so far. We aimed to study whether GPR30 is expressed in the human vocal fold. STUDY DESIGN Experimental study using pathologic human vocal fold tissues. METHODS Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry were used to detect the GPR30 expression in a total of 83 vocal fold samples. RESULTS A total of 66% of the specimens tested were GPR30 mRNA positive, and 54% of the sections were revealed to be GPR30 immunostaining positive in the plasma membrane as well as the nucleus in the epithelial cells. CONCLUSIONS The GPR30 expression both in mRNA and protein level could be detected in the human vocal fold.
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- Daquan Wu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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D'haeseleer E, Depypere H, Van Lierde K. Comparison of Speaking Fundamental Frequency between Premenopausal Women and Postmenopausal Women with and without Hormone Therapy. Folia Phoniatr Logop 2013; 65:78-83. [DOI: 10.1159/000350405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Röder S, Fink B, Feinberg DR, Neave N. Facial Visualizations of Women's Voices Suggest a Cross-Modality Preference for Femininity. EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 2013. [DOI: 10.1177/147470491301100119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Women with higher-pitched voices and more feminine facial features are commonly judged as being more attractive than are women with lower-pitched voices and less feminine faces, possibly because both features are affected by (age-related) variations in endocrine status. These results are primarily derived from investigations of perceptions of variations in single-modality stimuli (i.e., faces or voices) in samples of young adult women. In the present study we sought to test whether male and female perceptions of women's voices affect visual representations of facial femininity. Eighty men and women judged voice recordings of 10 young girls (11–15 years), 10 adult women (19–28 years) and 10 peri-/post-menopausal women (50–64 years) on age, attractiveness, and femininity. Another 80 men and women were asked to indicate the face they think each voice corresponded to using a video that gradually changed from a masculine looking male face into a feminine looking female face. Both male and female participants perceived voices of young girls and adult women to be significantly younger, more attractive and feminine than those of peri-/post-menopausal women. Hearing young girls' and adult women's voices resulted in both men and women selecting faces that differed markedly in apparent femininity from those associated with peri-/post-menopausal women's voices. Voices of young girls had the strongest effect on visualizations of facial femininity. Our results suggest a cross-modal preference for women's vocal and facial femininity, which depends on female age and is independent of the perceiver's sex.
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- Susanne Röder
- Department of Sociobiology/Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Sociobiology/Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavior, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Puts DA, Bailey DH, Cárdenas RA, Burriss RP, Welling LLM, Wheatley JR, Dawood K. Women's attractiveness changes with estradiol and progesterone across the ovulatory cycle. Horm Behav 2013; 63:13-9. [PMID: 23159480 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Revised: 11/06/2012] [Accepted: 11/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In many species, females are more sexually attractive to males near ovulation. Some evidence suggests a similar pattern in humans, but methodological limitations prohibit firm conclusions at present, and information on physiological mechanisms underlying any such pattern is lacking. In 202 normally-cycling women, we explored whether women's attractiveness changed over the cycle as a function of two likely candidates for mediating these changes: estradiol and progesterone. We scheduled women to attend one session during the late follicular phase and another during the mid-luteal phase. At each session, facial photographs, voice recordings and saliva samples were collected. All photographs and voice recordings were subsequently rated by men for attractiveness and by women for flirtatiousness and attractiveness to men. Saliva samples were assayed for estradiol and progesterone. We found that progesterone and its interaction with estradiol negatively predicted vocal attractiveness and overall (facial plus vocal) attractiveness to men. Progesterone also negatively predicted women's facial attractiveness to men and female-rated facial attractiveness, facial flirtatiousness and vocal attractiveness, but not female-rated vocal flirtatiousness. These results strongly suggest a pattern of increased attractiveness during peak fertility in the menstrual cycle and implicate estradiol and progesterone in driving these changes.
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- David A Puts
- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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The Impact of Hormone Therapy on Vocal Quality in Postmenopausal Women. J Voice 2012; 26:671.e1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2011] [Accepted: 11/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Deveci HS, Deveci I, Habesoglu M, Sürmeli M, Kınıs V, Eriman M, Gunes P, Yekrek M, Egeli E. Histological evaluation of rat larynx in experimental polycystic ovary syndrome model. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2012; 269:1945-50. [PMID: 22407189 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-1978-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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This study aimed at studying the histopathological effects of hyperandrogenemia and estrogen deficiency on larynx mucosa in experimentally designed polycystic ovary syndrome of female rats. Two groups of experimental polycystic ovary syndrome model were composed in healthy female rats by per oral letrozole administration of for 21 and 42 days. Also a control group which only took vehicle (saline) for 42 days was designed. Laryngeal mucosa and ovaries of all animals were examined histopathologically by light microscopy and the serum hormone levels were analyzed using a solid-phase, two-site chemiluminescent enzyme immunometric assay. Statistically significant edema, vascular engorgement, inflammation, cilia loss and differentiation of goblet cell distribution were observed when the control group and study groups were compared (p < 0.01). In serum hormonal analysis there was a significant increase in levels of androgens and decrease in levels of estrogens. In addition, polycystic appearance of ovaries in letrozole-administered groups and normal appearance of ovaries in control group have been proven histopathologically. Polycystic ovary syndrome which causes estrogen deficiency and hyperandrogenemia in fertile ages resulted in histopathological changes in laryngeal mucosa.
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- Hande Senem Deveci
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, E-5 üzeri Bostancı, 34744 Istanbul, Turkey.
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D'haeseleer E, Depypere H, Claeys S, Van Lierde K. The impact of menopause and hormone therapy on nasal resonance. LOGOP PHONIATR VOCO 2012; 37:69-74. [PMID: 22380458 DOI: 10.3109/14015439.2012.660501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of menopause and hormone therapy on nasal resonance by comparing premenopausal women and postmenopausal women with and without hormone therapy. A total of 147 middle-aged Flemish (Dutch)-speaking women participated in the study and were divided into three groups: premenopausal women (n =42), and postmenopausal women with (n =63) and without (n =42) hormone therapy. Nasal resonance scores of isolated sounds and connected speech were measured using the Nasometer. For the isolated sounds as well as for the reading texts, no differences were found in nasal resonance scores between the three groups (ANCOVA). The results of this study indicate that menopause and hormone therapy do not have an impact on the nasal resonance in middle-aged women.
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- Evelien D'haeseleer
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Logopaedic and Audiologic Sciences, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 2P1, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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Hamdan AL, Barazi RA, Kanaan A, Sinno S, Soubra A. Vocal symptoms in women undergoing in vitro fertilization. Am J Otolaryngol 2012; 33:239-43. [PMID: 21962286 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2011.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Revised: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 07/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate changes in vocal symptoms in relation to estrogen level in women undergoing in vitro fertilization. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 31 women were enrolled in this study. The following vocal symptoms were investigated: vocal tiring or fatigue, vocal straining, throat clearing, lump sensation, hoarseness, and aphonia (or loss of voice). The severity of these symptoms was graded from 0 to 4, where 0 means absence of the symptom and 3 means severe symptom presence. The frequency of these symptoms was evaluated in the first visit at presentation; second visit, 4 to 5 days after ovarian stimulation; and third visit, 8 to 10 days after stimulation. In the second and third visits, the estradiol levels were measured. RESULTS The mean age was 32.33 ± 4.80 years. Ten of the 31 patients had at least 1 vocal symptom. The most common vocal symptom in all 3 visits was throat clearing, with an incidence of 22.6% in the first and second visits and 19.4% in the third visit. This was followed by vocal fatigue or tiring and lump sensation, with an incidence of 9.68% for both. The incidence of all the vocal symptoms as well as their severity did not change throughout the visits, except for throat clearing, which has decreased in the third visit but not significantly (22.6% vs 19.4%, P = 1). Subjects with vocal symptoms had lower estradiol level compared with those with no vocal symptoms; however, the difference was not statistically significant (P = .108 and .267, respectively). CONCLUSION Subjects undergoing in vitro fertilization do not experience changes in their vocal symptoms when present, except for throat clearing. However, those with vocal symptoms have lower levels of estradiol compared with those with no vocal symptoms.
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Nathan Pipitone R, Gallup GG. The Unique Impact of Menstruation on the Female Voice: Implications for the Evolution of Menstrual Cycle Cues. Ethology 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.02010.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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D'haeseleer E, Depypere H, Claeys S, Van Lierde KM. Nasal resonance in middle-aged women: a multiparameter approach. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2011; 120:575-80. [PMID: 22032070 DOI: 10.1177/000348941112000904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Aging influences several speech characteristics in middle-aged women. However, the effect of aging on nasal resonance has not been widely investigated, and findings are contradictory. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aging on nasal resonance by comparing young women (between 20 and 28 years of age) with middle-aged women (between 45 and 55 years of age). METHODS Thirty-one middle-aged women with a mean age of 48 years participated in the subject group. The control group consisted of 22 young women with a mean age of 23 years. To investigate nasal resonance, we used a multiparameter approach by means of the Nasal Severity Index (NSI). Objective acoustic (nasal resonance scores of sounds and connected speech measured with the Nasometer) and aerodynamic measurements (maximum duration time of /s/, vital capacity, and mirror fogging test), as well as perceptual evaluations (Gutzmann /a/-i/test), were performed. RESULTS The results of this study showed no differences in aerodynamic measurements and nasal resonance scores of connected speech and the sounds /i/, /u/, and /m/. Only the mean nasal resonance score of /a/ and the Gutzmann /a/ test were significantly different between the young and middle-aged women. The mean (+/- SD) NSI scores of the young women (12.93 +/- 17.9) and the middle-aged women (-1.49 +/- 14.4) both corresponded to normal nasal resonance. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study indicate that both young and middle-aged women show a normal nasal resonance. Differences in objective and subjective measurements of nasal resonance were only found in isolated vowels, and not in connected speech.
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- Evelien D'haeseleer
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Logopedic and Audiologic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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The relation between body mass index and speaking fundamental frequency in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Menopause 2011; 18:754-8. [PMID: 21358350 DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31820612d5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and speaking fundamental frequency (SFF) in premenopausal and postmenopausal women with and without hormone therapy (HT). METHODS A total of 105 middle-aged women participated and were divided into three groups: premenopausal women (n = 41), postmenopausal women without HT (n = 26), and postmenopausal women with HT (n = 38). The mean SFF (in hertz) of connected speech was measured using the Real-Time Pitch program from Computerized Speech Lab (Kay). Correlation coefficients were calculated using partial correlation between BMI and SFF, controlling for age. RESULTS A positive correlation was apparent between BMI and SFF in the group of postmenopausal women without HT (P = 0.021). In the group of premenopausal women and the group of postmenopausal women with HT, no correlation was found between BMI and SFF. CONCLUSIONS In postmenopausal women without HT, increasing BMI is associated with increasing SFF. This correlation is possibly related to the higher amount of estrogen production in adipose tissue in women with a higher BMI.
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Tatlipinar A, Günes P, Ozbeyli D, Cimen B, Gökçeer T. Effects of ovariectomy and estrogen replacement therapy on laryngeal tissue: a histopathological experimental animal study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2011; 145:987-91. [PMID: 21940992 DOI: 10.1177/0194599811423638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the histopathological effect of estrogen deficiency and hormone replacement treatment on laryngeal tissue in ovariectomized rats. STUDY DESIGN Animal study. SETTING The study was conducted at the animal experiment laboratory of Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Six-month-old female Wistar albino rats were divided into the following 3 groups (n = 8 per group): sham-operated control, ovariectomized, and ovariectomized with estrogen replacement. Rats in the ovariectomized with estrogen replacement group received 17 β-estradiol valerate (200 µg/kg, subcutaneously) once a week. Animals were killed after 8 weeks of intervention. RESULTS Significant changes were observed in the ovariectomized group when edema in lamina propria, inflammation in squamous, respiratory epithelia and lamina propria, pseudostratification, and cilia loss were assessed. Except cilia loss, there were no significant differences in the assessments between the sham-operated control and ovariectomized with estrogen replacement groups. CONCLUSIONS On the basis of histopathological evaluations, it was shown that estrogen replacement helped to improve laryngeal changes due to experimentally induced menopause.
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- Arzu Tatlipinar
- Haydarpasşa Numune Research and Training Hospital, 1st Ear Nose and Throat Clinic, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Fischer J, Semple S, Fickenscher G, Jürgens R, Kruse E, Heistermann M, Amir O. Do women's voices provide cues of the likelihood of ovulation? The importance of sampling regime. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24490. [PMID: 21957453 PMCID: PMC3177841 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The human voice provides a rich source of information about individual attributes such as body size, developmental stability and emotional state. Moreover, there is evidence that female voice characteristics change across the menstrual cycle. A previous study reported that women speak with higher fundamental frequency (F0) in the high-fertility compared to the low-fertility phase. To gain further insights into the mechanisms underlying this variation in perceived attractiveness and the relationship between vocal quality and the timing of ovulation, we combined hormone measurements and acoustic analyses, to characterize voice changes on a day-to-day basis throughout the menstrual cycle. Voice characteristics were measured from free speech as well as sustained vowels. In addition, we asked men to rate vocal attractiveness from selected samples. The free speech samples revealed marginally significant variation in F0 with an increase prior to and a distinct drop during ovulation. Overall variation throughout the cycle, however, precluded unequivocal identification of the period with the highest conception risk. The analysis of vowel samples revealed a significant increase in degree of unvoiceness and noise-to-harmonic ratio during menstruation, possibly related to an increase in tissue water content. Neither estrogen nor progestogen levels predicted the observed changes in acoustic characteristics. The perceptual experiments revealed a preference by males for voice samples recorded during the pre-ovulatory period compared to other periods in the cycle. While overall we confirm earlier findings in that women speak with a higher and more variable fundamental frequency just prior to ovulation, the present study highlights the importance of taking the full range of variation into account before drawing conclusions about the value of these cues for the detection of ovulation.
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- Julia Fischer
- Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany.
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Estrogen and Progestogen Correlates of the Structure of Female Copulation Calls in Semi-Free-Ranging Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus). INT J PRIMATOL 2011; 32:992-1006. [PMID: 21892238 PMCID: PMC3139882 DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9517-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Females of many Old World primates produce conspicuous vocalizations in combination with copulations. Indirect evidence exists that in Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus), the structure of these copulation calls is related to changes in reproductive hormone levels. However, the structure of these calls does not vary significantly around the timing of ovulation when estrogen and progestogen levels show marked changes. We here aimed to clarify this paradox by investigating how the steroid hormones estrogen and progesterone are related to changes in the acoustic structure of copulation calls. We collected data on semi-free-ranging Barbary macaques in Gibraltar and at La Forêt des Singes in Rocamadour, France. We determined estrogen and progestogen concentrations from fecal samples and combined them with a fine-grained structural analysis of female copulation calls (N = 775 calls of 11 females). Our analysis indicates a time lag of 3 d between changes in fecal hormone levels, adjusted for the excretion lag time, and in the acoustic structure of copulation calls. Specifically, we found that estrogen increased the duration and frequency of the calls, whereas progestogen had an antagonistic effect. Importantly, however, variation in acoustic variables did not track short-term changes such as the peak in estrogen occurring around the timing of ovulation. Taken together, our results help to explain why female Barbary macaque copulation calls are related to changes in hormone levels but fail to indicate the fertile phase.
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D'haeseleer E, Depypere H, Claeys S, Wuyts FL, De Ley S, Van Lierde KM. The impact of menopause on vocal quality. Menopause 2011; 18:267-72. [DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181f3ee36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Coksuer H, Ozcura F, Oghan F, Haliloglu B, Coksuer C. Effects of estradiol–drospirenone on ocular and nasal functions in postmenopausal women. Climacteric 2011; 14:482-7. [DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2010.539724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Histopathological effects of estrogen deficiency on larynx mucosa in ovariectomised rats. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2010; 268:261-6. [PMID: 20640857 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-010-1337-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2010] [Accepted: 07/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Laryngeal manifestations due to estrogen deficiency have been studied in the literature. But to date, the possible histopathological changes of laryngeal mucosa due to estrogen deficiency have not been studied. Therefore, our objective was to determine the histopathological changes of laryngeal mucosa in ovariectomised rats in order to clarify effects of estrogen deficiency on laryngeal tissue. The study is a randomized trial and was conducted at the animal care facility of Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital. Twenty-one Wistar rats were used throughout the experiment. There were six rats in the sham-operated control group. And others were divided into two groups (4, 8 weeks) according to follow-up time after ovariectomy. We observed significant changes 4 weeks after ovariectomy when we assessed subepithelial edema, inflammation, cilia and goblet cell loss (p < 0.01). It was shown that estrogen deficiency after ovariectomy in rats caused changes in laryngeal tissue when it was studied histopathologically.
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D’haeseleer E, Depypere H, Claeys S, Van Borsel J, Van Lierde K. The menopause and the female larynx, clinical aspects and therapeutic options: A literature review. Maturitas 2009; 64:27-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2009] [Revised: 06/16/2009] [Accepted: 06/28/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rios OAB, Duprat ADC, Santos ARD. Immunohistochemical searching for estrogen and progesterone receptors in women vocal fold epithelia. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2009; 74:487-93. [PMID: 18852972 PMCID: PMC9442059 DOI: 10.1016/s1808-8694(15)30593-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2005] [Accepted: 12/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/29/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Larynx is extremely sensitive to endocrinologic changes. Most vocal fold mucosa alterations are caused by changes in vocal fold liquid content and its epithelial changes. Estrogen and progesterone interfere and change this liquid content in the vocal folds. Our goal with the present paper is to study the presence of estrogen and progesterone receptors on vocal fold epithelium in 19 vocal fold epithelium specimens that did not present any indication of disease, especially inflammatory disease. We discarded those cases of patients above 40 years of age and those below 15. RESULTS We found progesterone receptors in 18 of the 19 patients. The progesterone receptors are located both in the nucleus and the cytoplasm of cells, and mainly in the basal layer. There was no report of estrogen receptors present in the vocal folds. CONCLUSION Vocal fold epithelium bears progesterone receptors, in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus. We did not find estrogen receptors in the epithelia of the vocal folds investigated.
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Characteristics of nasal epithelial cells in naturally postmenopausal women receiving hormone therapy with 1 mg 17beta-estradiol and 2 mg drospirenone: a prospective study. Menopause 2009; 15:963-6. [PMID: 18391834 DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181612271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of drospirenone on nasal respiratory epithelium in postmenopausal women who are treated with hormone therapy (HT). DESIGN Thirty-five naturally postmenopausal women participated in the prospective study. Women received continuous-combined HT containing 1 mg 17beta-estradiol and 2 mg drospirenone. Cytological changes of nasal middle and inferior turbinate respiratory epithelium were evaluated by using the maturation index, performed at baseline and on the sixth cycle of HT. RESULTS Hematoxylin-eosin staining for the maturation index of the epithelial nasal cells of women reached better trophic aspects during 17beta-estradiol/drospirenone intake with respect to those observed at baseline (P < 0.001). The smears during HT emphasized the superficial and the intermediate types of cells, with a ratio index greater than 2. The parabasal cell content was less than 20%, and the karyopyknotic index showed degenerative changes in superficial and intermediate cells. CONCLUSIONS Our study confirmed that the nasal respiratory epithelium is an ovarian steroid target. Drospirenone acts on nasal cells similarly to other progestogens.
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Prospective study evaluating olfactometric and rhinomanometric outcomes in postmenopausal women on 1 mg 17beta-estradiol and 2 mg drospirenone HT. Menopause 2009; 15:967-72. [PMID: 18551084 DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31816be973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of drospirenone on the olfactory sensitivity in postmenopausal women treated with hormone therapy (HT). DESIGN Forty-seven naturally postmenopausal women participated in the prospective study. The women underwent continuous combined HT containing 1 mg 17beta-estradiol and 2 mg drospirenone (DRSP). Airflow resistance values and olfactometric thresholds were measured by using rhinomanomety and olfactometry, respectively, performed at baseline and in the third and sixth cycle of HT. RESULTS Rhinomanometric values were better during 17beta-estradiol/DRSP HT with respect to those observed at baseline (P < 0.001). Olfactometric threshold data indicated a higher sensitivity during both the third (P < 0.05), and sixth cycles of 17beta-estradiol/DRSP HT (P < 0.001) than at baseline. CONCLUSIONS Our study confirmed that the nasal airflow resistance and olfactory thresholds to odors may depend on steroid hormones. We believe that estrogens could influence neuronal plasticity and the neuronal conduction time in the olfactory system. The antimineralocorticoid activity of DRSP may produce a decrease in nasal edema, inducing a better interaction between odorous substances with receptors.
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Firat Y, Engin-Ustun Y, Kizilay A, Ustun Y, Akarcay M, Selimoglu E, Kafkasli A. Effect of intranasal estrogen on vocal quality. J Voice 2008; 23:716-20. [PMID: 18538987 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2007] [Accepted: 03/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of intranasal estrogen therapy on female vocal quality. Thirty-two women who had surgically induced menopause were included into the study group and examined through hall year for this study. Estrogen treatment was proposed to all of the patients. Twenty-three of them accepted the treatment protocols including oral (n=12) (2mg estradiol; Estrofem; Novo Nordisk, Denmark) and intranasal (n=11) (300 mc g 17beta-estradiol; Aerodiol; Servier, Chambray-les-Tours, France) form of estrogen. The rest of patients refused estrogen treatment and those patients constituted the control group (n=9). Vocal changes were evaluated with Voice Handicap Index (VHI) and acoustic analysis of voice variations (fundamental frequency [F0], SD F0, jitter, shimmer, normalized voice energy, and harmonics-to-noise ratio) at baseline and after 1-year follow-up. According to VHI, while voice improvement was not clear in oral estrogen group, it was significant at intranasal estrogen group. Voice quality in patients treated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was significantly higher than patients without HRT. But between two treatment groups, there were no any statistical discrepancy. According to acoustic analysis, vocal stability among the women who use HRT was significantly better than those who did not use. Intranasal estrogen exerted the most significant effects on vocal stability. The data of our study support that voice undergoes changes in lack of estrogen in surgically induced menopausal women. Taken together with the relevant studies, while oral estrogen replacement therapy shows a favorable influence on voice quality, it seems to be more pronounced with intranasal estrogen than oral form.
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- Yezdan Firat
- Otolaryngology Department, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
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Caruso S, Serra A, Grillo C, Agnello C, Di Mari L, Cianci A. Prospective study on the cytological aspects of the nasal respiratory epithelium in premenopausal women taking 30 mcg ethinylestradiol and 3 mg drospirenone oral contraceptive. Contraception 2008; 77:344-9. [PMID: 18402850 DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2007] [Revised: 11/12/2007] [Accepted: 12/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND This study was conducted to determine the effects of the monophasic oral contraceptive (OC) containing 30 mcg ethinylestradiol (EE) and 3 mg drospirenone (DRSP) on the nasal respiratory epithelium in premenopausal women. STUDY DESIGN Fifty premenopausal women participated in the prospective study. Baseline endovaginal ultrasound examination and blood test to measure serum progesterone to confirm an ovulatory cycle were performed. The cytologic changes on the nasal respiratory epithelium were evaluated with the maturation index, performed during the follicular, periovular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle, and on the sixth cycle of pill intake. RESULTS The maturation indexes of the nasal smears were higher during both the follicular and periovular phases than during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle (p<.05). Women on the OC pill had similar changes in the nasal epithelium as those seen during the follicular phase (p NS), and less than the periovular phase (p<.05) and higher than the luteal phase (p<.05). The maturation index of the nasal respiratory epithelium seems to depend on the variation of the ovarian steroids during the menstrual cycle and on the iatrogenic effects of oral contraception. CONCLUSIONS DRSP+EE seems to provoke cytological changes that are different from previously shown gestodene plus EE.
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Affiliation(s)
- Salvatore Caruso
- Department of Microbiological Science and Gynecological Science, University of Catania, Ospedale S. Bambino, via Torre del Vescovo, Catania, Italy.
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