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      Voice Handicap Index evaluation in patients with moderate to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss

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          Summary

          Voice and speech are regulated by hearing. Vocal disorders in patients with hearing loss have not been evaluated yet as to the subjective degree of disability they cause in this group.

          Aim

          to compare the results of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) obtained for patients with normal hearing and moderate to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Study design: Controlled, cross-sectional.

          Materials and Methods

          A total of 76 adult patients being treated on a University Otolaryngology center were enrolled (38 with and 38 without hearing loss), ages ranging between 19 and 59 years, were asked to complete the Portuguese version of the VHI.

          Results

          Total VHI score median values obtained were 23.5 and 4.0 for the study and control groups, respectively (p = 0.000). Significant differences between the two groups were found for all three VHI subscales (functional, physical and emotional) (p = 0.000).

          Conclusion

          Our results lead us to infer a greater social and economical disadvantage as per assessed in the VHI of patients with moderate and higher bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.

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          Effects of postlingual deafness on speech production: implications for the role of auditory feedback.

          Shari R. Waldstein (1990)
          This study investigated some effects of postlingual deafness on speech by exploring selected properties of consonants, vowels, and suprasegmentals in the speech of seven totally, postlingually deafened individuals. The observed speech properties included parameters that function as phonological contrasts in English, as well as parameters that constitute primarily phonetic distinctions. The results demonstrated that postlingual deafness affects the production of all classes of speech sounds, suggesting that auditory feedback is implicated in regulating the phonetic precision of consonants, vowels, and suprasegmentals over the long term. In addition, the results are discussed in relation to factors that may influence the degree of speech impairment, such as age at onset of deafness.
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            Speech deterioration in postlingually deafened adults.

            Robert H. Lane, J. Webster (1991)
            Postlinngually deafened adults reading the Rainbow Passage differed from hearing-control subjects in producing greater pitch variability and mean pitch on stressed and unstressed vowels, greater fluctuations in pitch within sentences, less correlation of intrinsic pitch with vowel height and slower temporal parameters. When reading the Phonetic Inventory Sentences, they revealed less differentiation of place of articulation in fricative and plosive consonants. The present findings, taken together with those of longitudinal and implant studies, are applied to constraining models of the role of self hearing in the elaboration of speech.
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              Psychometric evaluation of disease specific quality of life instruments in voice disorders.

              Robin Bramlett, A Bothe, D Franic (2005)
              The objective of this study was to compare the psychometric properties of voice disordered quality of life (VQOL) instruments. Nine VQOL instruments were identified through a comprehensive literature search. Based on specific criteria, four were selected for comprehensive review: Voice Handicap Index (VHI), Voice Activity and Participation Profile (VAPP), Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) and Voice Outcome Survey (VOS). Selected instruments were evaluated based on 11 measurement standards related to item information, versatility, practicality, breadth and depth of health measure, reliability, validity, and responsiveness. VHI and V-RQOL each met 7 of 11 criteria, with VHI showing additional preferable item information, practicality, and reliability over V-RQOL and V-RQOL showing preferable responsiveness properties over VHI. These study results do not support the Social Security Administration's recent conclusion that the VHI meets reliability and validity standards for individual decision making. Nevertheless, the present results do support the use of VHI total scores for clinical use with individual patients, and the use of V-RQOL total scores or individual dimension scores for use with groups of patients.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Braz J Otorhinolaryngol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Braz J Otorhinolaryngol
                Title: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
                Publisher: Elsevier
                ISSN (Print): 1808-8694
                ISSN (Electronic): 1808-8686
                Publication date PMC-release: 17 October 2015
                Publication date Collection: Jan-Feb 2010
                Publication date (Electronic): 17 October 2015
                Volume: 76
                Issue: 1
                Pages: 59-70
                Affiliations
                [1 ]MD (Otolaryngologist); MSc student - Graduate Program in General Surgery/Otolaryngology - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
                [2 ]Full Professor - Medical School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Head of the Otolaryngology Department - Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
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                Publisher Item ID: S1808-8694(15)31355-0
                DOI: 10.1590/S1808-86942010000100011
                PMC ID: 9446091
                PubMed ID: 20339691
                SO-VID: 7a7c80cc-9b3c-4a40-b404-a593594b6a2f
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                This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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                Keywords: voice disorders,hearing loss,quality of life,questionnaires,voice
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                Keywords: voice disorders, hearing loss, quality of life, questionnaires, voice

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