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AVQI & ABI Calculator

Multiparametric voice quality indices

🎯 What are AVQI and ABI?

AVQI (Acoustic Voice Quality Index) combines 6 acoustic parameters into a single validated score for overall dysphonia severity.

  • • CPPS - Smoothed Cepstral Peak Prominence
  • • HNR - Harmonics-to-Noise Ratio
  • • Shimmer Local - Cycle-to-cycle amplitude variation
  • • Shimmer dB - Amplitude perturbation in dB
  • • Slope - Spectral slope measure
  • • Tilt - Long-term average spectrum tilt

ABI (Acoustic Breathiness Index) combines 9 acoustic parameters specifically designed to quantify breathiness perception.

  • • CPPS, Shimmer dB, Shimmer Local
  • • Jitter Local - Cycle-to-cycle period variation
  • • GNE (Glottal-to-Noise Excitation ratio) max
  • • HFNO - High-Frequency Noise Offset
  • • HNRD - HNR Difference
  • • H1-H2 - First harmonic difference
  • • PSD - Power Spectral Density measure

📋 Standard AVQI/ABI Protocol

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Record Speech

Patient counting numbers 1-11 at normal volume and pace

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Record Vowel

3-5 seconds of sustained /a/ at comfortable pitch

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Upload Both

Analysis requires both recordings for accurate calculation

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Get Results

AVQI and ABI scores with clinical interpretation

Based on Englert et al. (2021) validation study for Brazilian Portuguese.
Algorithm accuracy validated against Praat reference implementation.

Upload Two Recordings

Drag & drop your audio file here, or click to browse

Supports: WAV, MP3, M4A and many more • Maximum: 50MB

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Countinuous speech

Recording Guidelines:

  • About 30 seconds duration
  • Normal speaking voice
  • Steady, conversational pace
  • Quiet environment
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Sustained Vowel /a/

Recording Guidelines:

  • 3-5 seconds duration
  • Steady pitch and volume
  • Don't fade at end
  • One continuous breath