An Evaluation of the Effects of Two Treatment Approaches for Teachers with Voice Disorders: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 286-296

  Roy, Nelson ^a,d   Gray, Steven D ^a   Simon, Mindy ^a   Dove, Heather ^a   Corbin Lewis, Kim ^b   Stemple, Joseph C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Blaine Block Inst Voice Anal R   (United States)

^d Blaine Block Inst Voice Anal R ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Teachers; Treatment; Vocal function exercises; Vocal hygiene; Voice disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE;

ADULT; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 0035319070     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2001/023)     Document Type: Article

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