Development and Validation of the Voice Handicap Index‐10

Rosen, Clark A.; Lee, Annie S.; Osborne, Jamie; Zullo, Thomas G.; Murry, Thomas

doi:10.1097/00005537-200409000-00009

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“…Internal consistency proved to be good, as was test-retest stability. Regarding identiWcation of voice-impaired patients, several authors used controls (subjects from the normal population without voice problems) in their randomised controlled studies on VHI change and reported mean "normal" values varying from 2.3 to 10.5 points but neither of them made a reliable eVort to deWne a cut-oV point [4,5,11,12,13]. The present study revealed a cut-oV point of 15 to identify patients with voice problems in daily life.…”

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“…On the contrary, Speyer [18] reported a non-signiWcant median improvement of 6 points after voice therapy in patients with a diversity of chronic benign voice disorders. Other studies on the eVect of several medical treatment modalities for diVerent benign voice disorders show a mean VHI improvement ranging from 13 to 46 points [2,13,26]. All these studies on the eYcacy of voice intervention on various voice patient groups reveal that a statistical diVerence score is at least 12 points.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…These studies, all about benign organic and/or functional voice disorders reported mean VHI scores varying from 11 to 47 which were found to diVer signiWcantly from controls with normal voices [4,5,[11][12][13]. Nawka [11] was the Wrst to report a signiWcant diVerence between 9 patients with voice problems due to a malignant tumour (mean VHI score 34 points) and 16 normal control subjects (mean VHI score 7 points); moreover they also did not Wnd a diVerence in VHI score between various diagnosis groups (benign organic or functional voice disorders (n = 159), neurogenic voice disorders (n = 32) or malignant voice disorders (n = 9)).…”

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The purpose of this study is to compare (Dutch) Voice Handicap Index (VHIvumc) scores from a selected group of patients with voice problems after treatment for early glottic cancer with patients with benign voice disorders and subjects from the normal population. The study included a group of 35 patients with voice problems after treatment for early glottic cancer and a group of 197 patients with benign voice disorders. Furthermore, VHI scores were collected from 123 subjects randomly chosen from the normal population. VHI reliability was high with high internal consistency and test-retest stability. VHI scores of glottic cancer patients were similar to those of patients with voice problems due to benign lesions. Both groups of patients were clearly deviant from the normal population. Within the normal population, 16% appeared to have not-normal voices. Based on ROC curves a cut-oV score of 15 points was deWned to identify patients with voice problems in daily life. A clinical relevant diVerence score of 10 points was deWned to be used for individual patients and of 15 points to be used in study designs with groups. Patients with voice problems after treatment for early glottic cancer encounter the same amount of problems in daily life as the other voiceimpaired patients. The VHI proved to be an adequate tool for baseline and eVectiveness measurement of voice.

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“…These 11 questions aimed to investigate the etiology of the olfactory dysfunction and related situations, and the next 11 questions aimed to create an understanding of the effects of olfactory dysfunction on the life-qualities of the volunteers (Table 1). These 11 questions were prepared in keeping with surveys on life-quality evaluation [4,11,12]. The answers to these questions were ''always, almost always, sometimes, almost never, and never''.…”

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A Study on Olfactory Dysfunction in Turkish Population with using Survey Method and Validated Olfactory Testing

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Salihoğlu

et al. 2014

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of olfactory dysfunction on quality of life (QOL), and to investigate olfactory dysfunction related self-reported clinical features in Turkish population. The participants were questioned about the presence of any olfactory dysfunction. Participants with a complaint of olfactory dysfunction were asked to fill out a survey and then a validated olfactory test was performed. We asked 2,824 volunteers whether they had olfactory dysfunctions or not. A total of 199 (6.7 %) people mentioned that they had, and filled out the questions in our survey. The mean age of the surveyed population was 44 ± 15 years. The current investigation produced four major findings (1) the feeling of inadequacy due to olfactory dysfunction was more common among females than males (2) there was a significant correlation between subjective olfactory complaints and objective olfactory testing (3) problems in QOL issues are typically reported primarily in the areas of safety and nutrition (4) the possible reasons for the olfactory dysfunction according to the volunteers were upper respiratory infections including rhinosinusitis (46 %), allergic rhinitis (27 %), severe face and head trauma (6.5 %). The effect of subjective olfactory dysfunctions on QOL among the Turkish population was investigated for the first time. Problems in daily life issues are typically reported primarily in the areas of safety and nutrition.

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“…The patients were asked to complete the VHI-10 survey about their voice complaints [1,10,16]. This index includes 10 items assessing the impact of voice disorders on daily life.…”

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The Effect of Medical Treatment on Voice Quality in Allergic Rhinitis

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Paltura

Koleli

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To evaluate the change in the voice quality of patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) after medical treatment. The study enrolled 69 subjects: 39 with high serum-specific IgE levels to inhalant allergens as the study group and 30 healthy individuals as controls. All patients were evaluated using the total nasal symptom score (TNSS) and voice handicap index-10 (VHI-10) and then underwent an acoustic voice analysis. After 1 month of treatment with mometasone furoate nasal spray (two 50-lg puffs in each nostril once daily) and desloratadine (5-mg tablet once daily), the patients repeated the surveys and acoustic voice analysis. The results before and after treatment were compared. The TNSS and VHI-10 scores decreased significantly after treatment (p \ 0.01). After treatment, the acoustic analysis parameters improved significantly and were similar to the control group, and the maximum phonation time increased significantly (p \ 0.05). The voice quality of patients with AR is improved with medical treatment.

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Development and Validation of the Voice Handicap Index‐10

Abstract: The VHI-10 is a powerful representation of the VHI that takes less time for the patient to complete without loss of validity. Thus, the VHI-10 can replace the VHI as an instrument to quantify patients' perception of their voice handicap.

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Voice in early glottic cancer compared to benign voice pathology

A Study on Olfactory Dysfunction in Turkish Population with using Survey Method and Validated Olfactory Testing

The Effect of Medical Treatment on Voice Quality in Allergic Rhinitis

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