Is voice therapy an effective treatment for dysphonia? A randomised controlled trial

BMJ

Volumn 323, Issue 7314, 2001, Pages 658-

  Mackenzie, Kenneth ^a   Millar, Audrey ^a   Wilson, Janet A ^b   Sellars, Cameron ^a   Deary, Ian J ^c  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 0035934613     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7314.658     Document Type: Article

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