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      Avaliação do Voice Handicap Index em pacientes com perda auditiva neurossensorial bilateral a partir de grau moderado Translated title: Voice Handicap Index evaluation in patients with moderate to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss

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          A produção da voz e da fala é processo que envolve mecanismos reguladores dependentes da audição. As alterações vocais em pacientes com perda auditiva ainda não foram avaliadas quanto ao grau subjetivo de incapacidade que trazem a este grupo. OBJETIVO: Comparar os resultados do Voice Handicap Index (VHI) em pacientes com e sem perda auditiva neurossensorial bilateral a partir de grau moderado. FORMA DE ESTUDO: Estudo transversal controlado. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Foram avaliados 76 pacientes adultos (38 com e 38 sem perda auditiva) entre 19 e 59 anos, atendidos em serviço terciário de otorrinolaringologia mediante preenchimento do VHI. RESULTADOS: A mediana da pontuação total do VHI obtida no grupo de pacientes e controle foi de 23,5 e 4,0, respectivamente (p = 0,000). Diferenças significativas entre os dois grupos também foram conseguidas nas medianas dos subitens funcional, físico e emocional do VHI (p = 0,000). CONCLUSÃO: Os resultados obtidos permitem verificar a maior desvantagem social e econômica conforme avaliada pelo VHI em pacientes com perda auditiva neurossensorial bilateral a partir de grau moderado.

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          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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          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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            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.

              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
                bjorl
                Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
                Braz. j. otorhinolaryngol.
                Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial. (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                1808-8694
                1808-8686
                February 2010
                : 76
                : 1
                : 59-70
                Affiliations
                [03] orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro orgdiv1Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho orgdiv2Serviço de Otorrinolaringologia
                [02] orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro orgdiv1Faculdade de Medicina
                [01] orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro orgdiv1Programa de Pós-graduação em Cirurgia Geral
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                S1808-86942010000100011 S1808-8694(10)07600111
                a6b24758-d857-4b59-bd73-379b7c8a8862

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 29 January 2009
                : 03 August 2009
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                voice disorders,perda auditiva,distúrbios da voz,voice,questionnaires,quality of life,hearing loss,qualidade de vida,voz,questionários

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