Monitoring the Outcome of Phonosurgery and Vocal Exercises with Established and New Diagnostic Tools
Joint Authors
Caffier, Philipp P.
Möller, Andreas
Nawka, Tadeus
Seipelt, Matthias
Gonnermann, Ute
Caffier, Felix
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-01-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Instrument-assisted measuring procedures expand the options within phoniatric diagnostics by quantifying the condition of the voice.
The aim of this study was to examine objective treatment-associated changes of the recently developed vocal extent measure (VEM) and the established dysphonia severity index (DSI) in relation to subjective tools, i.e., self-evaluation via voice handicap index (VHI-12) and external evaluation via auditory-perceptual assessment of hoarseness (H).
The findings for H (3 raters’ group assessment), VHI-12, DSI, and VEM in 152 patients of both sexes (age range 16–75 years), taken before and 3 months after phonosurgery or vocal exercises, were compared and correlated.
Posttherapeutically, all of the recorded parameters improved (p<0.001).
The degree of H reduced on average by 0.5, the VHI-12 score sank by 5 points, while DSI and VEM rose by 1.5 and 19, respectively.
The correlations of these changes were significant but showed gradual differences between H and VHI-12 (r = 0.3), H and DSI (r = −0.3), and H and VEM (r = −0.4).
We conclude that all investigated parameters are adequate to verify therapeutic outcomes but represent different dimensions of the voice.
However, changes in the degree of H as gold standard were best recognized with the new VEM.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Seipelt, Matthias& Möller, Andreas& Nawka, Tadeus& Gonnermann, Ute& Caffier, Felix& Caffier, Philipp P.. 2020. Monitoring the Outcome of Phonosurgery and Vocal Exercises with Established and New Diagnostic Tools. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133782
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Seipelt, Matthias…[et al.]. Monitoring the Outcome of Phonosurgery and Vocal Exercises with Established and New Diagnostic Tools. BioMed Research International No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133782
American Medical Association (AMA)
Seipelt, Matthias& Möller, Andreas& Nawka, Tadeus& Gonnermann, Ute& Caffier, Felix& Caffier, Philipp P.. Monitoring the Outcome of Phonosurgery and Vocal Exercises with Established and New Diagnostic Tools. BioMed Research International. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133782
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1133782