The Voice Handicap Index: Correlation Between Subjective Patient Response and Quantitative Assessment of Voice

Journal of Voice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 623-631

  Woisard, Virginie ^a   Bodin, Séverine ^a   Yardeni, Eli ^a   Puech, Michele ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic parameters; Dysphonia; Laboratory measurement; Self assessment; Voice; Voice disorders; Voice handicap index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHONATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 34548133036     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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