Creation and validation of the singing voice handicap index

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 402-406

  Cohen, Seth M ^a   Jacobson, Barbara H ^b   Garrett, C Gaelyn ^b   Noordzij, J Pieter ^d   Stewart, Michael G ^e   Attia, Albert ^c   Ossoff, Robert H ^b   Cleveland, Thomas F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vanderbilt Voice Center   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Larynx; Quality of life; Singing; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGING; SINGING VOICE HANDICAP INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY; VOICE;

EID: 34250838547     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600602     Document Type: Article

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