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Eshghi, Marziye; Connaghan, Kathryn P.; Gutz, Sarah E.; Berry, James D.; Yunusova, Yana; Green, Jordan R. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Hypernasality and atypical voice characteristics are common features of dysarthric speech due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Existing acoustic measures have been developed to primarily target either hypernasality or voice impairment, and the effects of co-occurring hypernasality-voice problems on these measures are unknown. This…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Articulation Impairments, Acoustics, Measurement Techniques
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Weerathunge, Hasini R.; Segina, Roxanne K.; Tracy, Lauren; Stepp, Cara E. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Telepractice improves patient access to clinical care for voice disorders. Acoustic assessment has the potential to provide critical, objective information during telepractice, yet its validity via telepractice is currently unknown. The current study investigated the accuracy of acoustic measures of voice in a variety of telepractice…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Voice Disorders, Acoustics, Accuracy
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Francis, David O.; Daniero, James J.; Hovis, Kristen L.; Sathe, Nila; Jacobson, Barbara; Penson, David F.; Feurer, Irene D.; McPheeters, Melissa L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to perform a comprehensive systematic review of the literature on voice-related patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in adults and to evaluate each instrument for the presence of important measurement properties. Method: MEDLINE, the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and the Health…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Inclusion, Questionnaires, Patients
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Amponsah, Clement; Tettevi, Godwin; Gomado, Leticia; Heitzman, Alicia; Ziegler, Aaron – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2020
This preliminary qualitative description study explored knowledge from urban Ghanaians about the nature and impact of their self-reported voice problem. Ten Ghanaians were screened for a self-reported voice disorder using the "Voice Handicap Index--10" (VHI-10), and they also completed a structured interview with a speech-language…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Urban Population, Public Health, Adults
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Bonilha, Heather Shaw; Deliyski, Dimitar D.; Whiteside, Joanna Piasecki; Gerlach, Terri Treman – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Purpose: To examine differences in vocal fold vibratory phase asymmetry judged from stroboscopy, high-speed videoendoscopy (HSV), and the HSV-derived playbacks of mucosal wave kymography, digital kymography, and a static medial digital kymography image of persons with hypofunctional and hyperfunctional voice disorders. Differences between the…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Patients, Measurement Techniques, Measurement Equipment
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Baylor, Carolyn R.; Yorkston, Kathryn M.; Eadie, Tanya L.; Miller, Robert M.; Amtmann, Dagmar – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to conduct the initial psychometric analyses of the Communicative Participation Item Bank--a new self-report instrument designed to measure the extent to which communication disorders interfere with communicative participation. This item bank is intended for community-dwelling adults across a range of…
Descriptors: Test Items, Voice Disorders, Psychometrics, Communication Disorders