The voice handicap index as a tool for assessment of the biopsychosocial impact of voice problems

B-ENT

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-66

  Maertens, Kristien ^a   De Jong, F I C R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Outcome measurement; Profession; Voice handicap index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; ADULT; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOICE;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 34548588524     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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