Voice outcome measures: Correlations with patients' assessment of their condition and the effectiveness of voice therapy

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-35

  Fulljames, Nicola ^a,c   Harris, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Correlations; Multidimensional voice outcome measures; Patient based; Perceptual

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 33746234884     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430500295749     Document Type: Article

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