Determination of the vocal folds lengths in children
Abstract
The study was aimed at deriving the formula for the length of vocal folds in children based on anthropometric data. The study covered 916 children of the age 1 to 17 years having no larynx pathology who appealed to children's polyclinic №3 of Irkutsk in 2014 - 15. The studied parameters included the body weight and height as well as the length of vocal folds. The latter was measured using ultrasonic scanning apparatus “ALOKA SSD-500” with the standard transducer frequency of 5 MHz. Using the software Statistica 8.0 a linear regression model was created to calculate the length of vocal folds in children. It appeared to be equal to 0,24578 x age (years) + 1,83570 x gender (1 - female, 2 - male) + 0,08853 x height (cm) + 0,06940 x weight (kg) - 3,51422. The determination coefficient of the model R2=0,827 was at a significance level of p<0.05. The proposed formula can be used to determine the type of the singing voice in vocal beginners as well as for diagnostics of larynx hypoplasia as a cause of its functional disorder.
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2. Вязьменов Э.О., Радциг Е.Ю., Водолазов С.Ю. Эндоскопическая диагностика нарушений голоса у детей грудного и раннего возраста. // Вестник оториноларингологии. – 2011. – №6. – С. 50-53.
3. Осипенко Е.В., Султонова К.Б. Высокоскоростная съемка гортани как метод оценки вибраторных характеристик голосовых складок. // Российская оториноларингология. – 2013. – Т., №4. – С. 98-102.
4. Плужников М.С., Рябова М.А., Ермаков В.Н., Карпищенко С.А. Способ оценки стеноза гортани: Патент РФ № 2224459, 2004.
5. Солдатский Ю.Л., Денисова О.А., Мазур Е.М. Нужна ли топическая анестезия при фиброларингоскопии у детей. // Материалы IV Петербургского форума оториноларингологов России. – СПб., 2015. - С. 110-111.
6. Степанова Ю.Е. Современная диагностика нарушений голоса у детей. // Новости оториноларингологии и логопатологии. – 2000. - №3. – С. 47-49.
7. Субботина М.В. Шантуров А.Г. Использование ультразвукового сканирования для диагностики заболеваний гортани у детей. // Медицинская визуализация. – 2005. - № 3. – С. 130 – 135.
8. Трухачева Н.В. Математическая статистика в медико-биологических исследованиях c применением пакета Statistica. – М.: ГЭОТАР-Медиа, 2012. – 384 с.
9. Цветков Э.А., Павлов П.В., Попов А.В. Способ лечения мембран гортани и эндопротез для его осуществления: Патент РФ № 2153300. – 2000.
10. Ягудин Р.К., Деменков В.Р., Ягудин К.Ф., Хамчич Е.А. Обоснование применимости пластической аритенохордотомии по данным морфометрических исследований для лечения больных со срединными стенозами гортани. // Журнал вушних, носових і горлових хвороб. – 2008 . – №3. – С. 58-62.
11. Bohme G. Echolaryngographie. Ein Beitrag zur Methode Ultraschalldiagnostik des Kehlkopfes // Laryng Rhinol Otol. – 1988. – Bd.67. – S. 551-558.
12. Hertegard S., Hakansson A., THorstensen O. Vocal fold measurements with computer tomography. // Scand. J Log. Phon. – 1993. – N18. – P. 57-63.
13. Hirano M. et al. Posterior glottis. Morphological study in excised human larynges // The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology. – 1986. – Vol. 95(6) Pt. 1. – P. 576-81.
14. Kaneko T. et al. Current status of ultrasonic diagnosis in otolaryngology // Jpn J Med Ultrason . – 1976. – N3. – P. 27-32.
15. Larsson H., Hertegard S. Vocal fold dimensional in professional opera singers as measured by means of laser triangulation. // Journal of Voice. – 2007. – Vol. 14. N2. – P. 1-9.
16. Nishizawa N, Sawashima M., Yonemoto K. Vocal fold length in vocal pitch change. In: Fujimura O. ed. Vocal Physiology: Voice production mechanisms and functions. – New York, NY: Raven Press Ltd; 1988. – P. 75-81.
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19. Su M.C., Yeh T.H., Tan C.T., et al. Measurement of adult vocal fold length. // J Laryngol Otol. – 2002. – N116. – P. 447-449.
REFERENCES
1. Vasilenko U.S., Ulanov S.E. Voice disorders in children and teenagers. // Vestnik otorinolaringologii. – 1984. - № 6. – P. 13-16. (in Russian)
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3. Osipenko E.V., Sultonova K.B. High-speed imaging of the larynx as a method of assessing the vibratory characteristics of the vocal folds // Rossijskaya otorinolaringologiya – 2013. – №4. – P. 98-102. (in Russian)
4. Pluznikov M.S., Ryabova M.A., Ermakov V.N., Karpishenko S.A. Method of assessment of laryngeal stenosis. – Patent RF № 2224459, 2004. (in Russian)
5. Soldatskij Yu.L., Denisova O.A., Mazur E.M. Does the topical anesthesia need with fibrolaryngoscopy in children // Materiali IV Peterburgskogo foruma otorinolaringologov Rossii. – St. Petersburg, 2015. – P. 110-111. (in Russian)
6. Stepanova Yu.E. Modern diagnostics of voice disorders in children.// Novosti otorinolar i logopatol. – 2000. - №3. – P. 47-49. (in Russian)
7. Subbotina M.V., Shanturov A.G. The use of ultrasound scanning for the diagnosis of laryngeal diseases in children. // Meditzinskaya vizualizatziya. – 2005. – № 3. – P. 130-135. (in Russian)
8. Truhacheva N.V. Mathematical statistics in biomedical research with the use of Statistica. – Мoscow: GAOTAR-Media, 2012. – 384 p. (in Russian)
9. Tsvetkov E.A., Pavlov P.V., Popov A.V. Method of treatment of the membranes of the larynx and endoprosthesis for its implementation. - Patent RF № 2153300. – 2000. (in Russian)
10. Yagudin R.K.,, Demenkov V.R., Yagudin K.F., Hamchich E.A. Applicability of plastic arytenoidectomy according to morphometric studies for the treatment of patients with median stenosis of the larynx. // Zurnal vushnih, nosovih i gorlovih chvorob. – 2008 . – №3. – P. 58-62. (in Russian)
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14. Kaneko T. et al. Current status of ultrasonic diagnosis in otolaryngology // Jpn J Med Ultrason . – 1976. – N3. – P. 27-32.
15. Larsson H., Hertegard S. Vocal fold dimensional in professional opera singers as measured by means of laser triangulation. // Journal of Voice. – 2007. – Vol. 14. N2. – P. 1-9.
16. Nishizawa N, Sawashima M., Yonemoto K. Vocal fold length in vocal pitch change. In: Fujimura O. ed. Vocal Physiology: Voice production mechanisms and functions. – New York, NY: Raven Press Ltd, 1988. – P. 75-81.
17. Raghavendra B.N., Horii S.C., Reede D.L. et al. Sonographic anatomy of the larynx with particular reference of the vocal cords. // J Ultrasound Med. – 1987. – Vol. 6. N5. – P. 225-230.
18. Schade G., Hess M., Rasson B. Possibility for endolaryngeal morphometric measurements with a new laser light metod // HNO. – 2002. – N50. – P.753-755. (in German)
19. Su M.C., Yeh T.H., Tan C.T., et al. Measurement of adult vocal fold length. // J Laryngol Otol. – 2002. – N116. – P. 447-449.
Published
2018-04-17
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СУББОТИНА, Мария Владимировна.
Determination of the vocal folds lengths in children.
Sibirskij Medicinskij Zurnal (Irkutsk) = Siberian Medical Journal (Irkutsk) 16+, [S.l.], v. 139, n. 8, p. 30-32, apr. 2018.
ISSN 1815-7572. Available at: <http://smj.ismu.baikal.ru/index.php/osn/article/view/219>. Date accessed: 28 jan. 2026.
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