Language communication plays a pivotal role in interpersonal communication. With the development of The Times and the needs of some jobs, more and more people overuse their voice, and the prevalence of voice disorders is increasing year by year. Voice acoustics is a new subject derived from this problem. As an important medical field and an important branch of otolaryngology, it has received extensive attention in recent years. With the continuous improvement of people's requirements for quality of life, patients suffering from voice related diseases and people engaged in voice related practice pay more and more attention to voice quality assessment. Therefore, there is an increasing number of methods to assess voice quality through medical means. How to accurately and objectively evaluate the voice quality and recovery of the tested person is of great significance to the study of voice acoustics. This article will review the research progress of voice acoustic examination, and discuss the research status, existing problems and future development directions in this field at home and abroad.