Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Voice Handicap Index Into Greek

Journal of Voice

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-227

  Helidoni, Meropi E ^a   Murry, Thomas ^b,c   Moschandreas, Joanna ^a   Lionis, Christos ^a   Printza, Athanasia ^d   Velegrakis, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greek Voice Handicap Index; Normal Voice; Voice disorders; Voice Handicap Index

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDITY; VOICE HANDICAP INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOICE; VOICE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649340798     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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