The Acoustic Voice Quality Index: Toward improved treatment outcomes assessment in voice disorders

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-174

  Maryn, Youri ^a,b,c   De Bodt, Marc ^c,d   Roy, Nelson ^e  

^a Sint Jan General Hospital   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VOICE QUALITY INDEX; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY; VOICE; VOWEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952428637     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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