Ayşe KARAOĞULLARINDAN, Ali Vefa YÜCETÜRK

Effects Of Traditional Turkish Music Education On Voice Range Profile And Voice Quality

Aim : The aim of this study; to investigate whether traditional Turkish music education is as effective on voice range profile and voice quality as classical music education. Methods: Twenty volunteers in the Conservatory and 10 volunteers the Turkish Amateur Music Choir were included in the study. Digital recordings of the subjects’ voices were obtained before and after 8 months of voice training. Voice recordings were analyzed with the Dr. Speech voice analysis program.Voice analysis results were compared between groups. Results: Voice range profile was found expanded as 3, 2, and 5 semitones in group 1 (29 to 32 semitones ), group 2 (30 to 32 semitones) and group 3 (23 to 28 semitones), respectively. The parameters of harmonic component of voice such as HNR, SNR, and NNE improved in all groups after voice training. GRBAS scores were normal in the conservatory group before training and improved following training in all groups, with the amateur group being the most obvious. When the alterations were compared between the groups, no significant differences were observed between the first and second conservatory groups, whereas a significant difference was observed between the amateur group and the first and second conservatory groups in seven parameters (amplitude tremor, HNR, SNR, NNE and GRBAS). Conclusion: This is the first study about the effects of traditional Turkish music education on subjective and objective parameters of the singing voice. Our research shows that traditional Turkish music education improved the singing voice improvements as much as with classical music

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Quantative voice assesment, voice quality, voice range profile

Evaluation of Mortality Risk with CURB-65 and PSI in Patients with and Without Geriatric COVID-19 Pneumonia

Aim: The evaluation and management of pneumonia resulting from the infections of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) urgently require assessing disease severity to decide on the hospital admission and determine the therapeutic needs and options. This study compared the effectiveness of the CURB-65 scoring system and pneumonia severity index (PSI) to evaluate the mortality risk in the geriatric group having COVID-19 pneumonia and with other non-COVID-19 pneumonia. Methods: 527 patients in ages 65 years or older, whose computerized tomography scans showed ground glass densities, were selected among 21,134 patients who applied for laboratory confirmation of COVID-19. All demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were retrospectively scanned, and selected patients having COVID-19 pneumonia or non-COVID-19 pneumonia were followed up. Results: The overall mortality rate among all patients was 25.6%, the ratio of the patients having COVID-19 pneumonia was 14.3%, and the ratio of patients having non-COVID-19 pneumonia was 29.2%. ROC analysis showed that PSI>group III among COVID-19 patients had an effective discriminative effectiveness in predicting mortality with 77.8% sensitivity, 73.2% specificity, PPV 32.6%, NPV 95.2% (AUC:0.800, 95% CI: 0.720–0.866; P2, sensitivity was 66.7%, PPV 60% specificity, and NPV 94.3% (AUC: 0.857, 95% CI: 0.783–0.913; P

Keywords:

COVID-19, CURB-65, geriatric pneumonia, pneumonia severity index, mortality,

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