Randomized controlled trial of vocal function exercises on muscle tension dysphonia in vietnamese female teachers

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-278

  Duong, Duy Nguyen ^a,b   Kenny, Dianna T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Thai Nguyen General Central Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Muscle tension dysphonia; Randomized controlled trial; Teachers; Vietnamese tones; Vocal function exercises; Voice therapy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSPHONIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MUSCLE TENSION DYSPHONIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPEECH; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM;

ADULT; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; TEACHING; VIETNAM; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 66849104309     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2009.080103     Document Type: Article

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