BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Voice abnormality is a frequent finding in school age children born at <25 weeks' gestation in Western Australia. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of voice abnormality, voice-related quality of life, and demographic and intubation factors in this population. METHODS Survivors <25 weeks' gestational age in Western Australia born from 1996 to ...

The aim of this study was to compare the self-assessed vocal handicap of laryngectomees treated with three different communication methods: tracheoesophageal speech, esophageal speech and electrolarynx. Forty-eight patients, 40 males and 8 females, who had undergone total laryngectomy for laryngeal carcinoma were enrolled in the study. Depending on the voice restoration method, all patients wer...

Introduction Disordered voice quality could be a symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS). The impact of MS on voice-related quality of life is still controversial. Objectives The aim of this study was to compare the results of voice self-assessment with the results of expert perceptual assessment in patients with MS. Methods The research included 38 patients with relapse-remitting MS (23 women and 1...

OBJECTIVE To develop a reliable, user-friendly, intraoperative, electromyographic monitoring technique to decrease the incidence of injury to the recurrent and superior laryngeal nerves. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized, clinical trial of a nerve monitoring technique. SETTING Private tertiary care community hospital. PATIENTS A population-based sample of 31 patients scheduled to undergo ...

IMPORTANCE Total arytenoidectomy is claimed to increase risk of aspiration and cause more voice loss than other operations performed for bilateral abductor vocal fold paralysis (BVFP). However, objective evidence for such a conclusion is lacking. There is no study comparing swallowing and voice after total and partial arytenoidectomy. OBJECTIVE To compare voice and swallowing parameters after...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a translated version of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) as a diagnostic tool for people with and without a laryngeal pathology, among Hebrew speakers. STUDY DESIGN Parallel group design. METHODS The VHI was translated and adapted to Hebrew. The translated version was, then, administered to a group of 182 patients with various laryngeal pathologies and a control group of...

OBJECTIVES (I) To serve as a model for ENT services in the process of creating a voice unit and (II) to show the results obtained in our Voice Unit over the past 12 months. METHODS Sections on Voice Unit Functions, Organisation and Procedures are presented, as well as the study of 122 patients: an assessment of patient self-perception using the Voice Handicap Index, diagnostic category, Voice...

OBJECTIVES To establish the prevalence of voice disorder using the Malay-Voice Handicap Index 10 (Malay-VHI-10) and to study the determinants, quality of life, depression, anxiety and stress associated with voice disorder among secondary school teachers in Peninsular Malaysia. METHODS This study was divided into two phases. Phase I tested the reliability of the Malay-VHI-10 while Phase II was...