The Voice Symptom Scale (VoiSS) and the Vocal Handicap Index (VHI): A comparison of structure and content

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-174

  Wilson, J A ^a,c   Webb, A ^a   Carding, P N ^a   Steen, I N ^a   Mackenzie, K ^b   Deary, I J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysphonia; Factor analysis; Psychometrics; Questionnaire; Voice disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYSPHONIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOCAL HANDICAP INDEX; VOICE SYMPTOM SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 2042482751     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-7772.2004.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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