Atsuko Kurosu1, James L Coyle2, Joshua M Dudik3, Ervin Sejdic4. 1. Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 2. Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: esejdic@ieee.org.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether there were any associations between high-resolution cervical auscultation (HRCA) acoustic signals recorded by a contact microphone and swallowing kinematic events during pharyngeal swallow as assessed by a videofluoroscopic (VF) examination. DESIGN: Prospective pilot study. SETTING: University teaching hospital, university research laboratories. PARTICIPANTS: Patients (N=35) with stroke who have suspected dysphagia (26 men + 9 women; age = 65.8±11.2). METHODS: VF recordings of 100 liquid swallows from 35 stroke patients were analyzed, and a variety of HRCA signal features to characterize each swallow were calculated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Percent of signal feature maxima (peak) occurring within 0.1 seconds of swallow kinematic event identified from VF recording. RESULTS: Maxima of HRCA signal features, such as standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis, centroid frequency, bandwidth, and wave entropy, were associated with hyoid elevation, laryngeal vestibule closure, and upper esophageal sphincter opening, and the contact of the base of the tongue and posterior pharyngeal wall. CONCLUSIONS: Although the kinematic source of HRCA acoustic signals has yet to be fully elucidated, these results indicate a strong relationship between these HRCA signals and several swallow kinematic events. There is a potential for HRCA to be developed for diagnostic and rehabilitative clinical management of dysphagia.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether there were any associations between high-resolution cervical auscultation (HRCA) acoustic signals recorded by a contact microphone and swallowing kinematic events during pharyngeal swallow as assessed by a videofluoroscopic (VF) examination. DESIGN: Prospective pilot study. SETTING: University teaching hospital, university research laboratories. PARTICIPANTS: Patients (N=35) with stroke who have suspected dysphagia (26 men + 9 women; age = 65.8±11.2). METHODS: VF recordings of 100 liquid swallows from 35 strokepatients were analyzed, and a variety of HRCA signal features to characterize each swallow were calculated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Percent of signal feature maxima (peak) occurring within 0.1 seconds of swallow kinematic event identified from VF recording. RESULTS: Maxima of HRCA signal features, such as standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis, centroid frequency, bandwidth, and wave entropy, were associated with hyoid elevation, laryngeal vestibule closure, and upper esophageal sphincter opening, and the contact of the base of the tongue and posterior pharyngeal wall. CONCLUSIONS: Although the kinematic source of HRCA acoustic signals has yet to be fully elucidated, these results indicate a strong relationship between these HRCA signals and several swallow kinematic events. There is a potential for HRCA to be developed for diagnostic and rehabilitative clinical management of dysphagia.
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