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The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 3 Comparison between congenital hypothyroid children (CHC) and typically developing children (TDC) regarding the DSI and its parameters (I-low, F0-high, MPT, and jitter %)

From: The effect of receiving thyroid hormone replacement on the dysphonia severity index for congenital hypothyroid children

 

Group

P value

CHC

TDC

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Lowest intensity (I-low)

42.93

3.26

45.20

2.86

0.0679

Highest frequency (F0-high)

359.27

28.72

601.71

58.40

< 0.001*

MPT

6.51

1.26

7.82

1.28

0.009*

Jitter%

0.88

0.12

0.91

0.17

0.547

DSI

2.92

0.96

3.61

0.99

0.081

  1. SD Standard deviation
  2. *Significant P value < 0.05
  3. This table shows that there was significant difference between CHC and TDC groups as regard (F0-high and MPT); however, there was no significant difference between both groups as regard (I-low and jitter%). There was no significant difference between CHC and TDC groups regards DSI
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