Individualized Patient Vocal Priorities for Tailored Therapy.

Purpose: The purposes of this study are to introduce the concept of vocal priorities based on acoustic correlates, to develop an instrument to determine these vocal priorities, and to analyze the pattern of vocal priorities in patients with voice disorders. Method: Questions probing the importance o...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 61; no. 12; pp. 2884 - 2895
Autores principales: Titze, Ingo R., Riede, Tobias, Palaparthi, Anil, Hynan, Linda S., Hamilton, Amy, Toles, Laura, Maue, Ted
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Dec2018
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          Titze, Ingo R.
          Riede, Tobias
          Palaparthi, Anil
          Hynan, Linda S.
          Hamilton, Amy
          Toles, Laura
          Maue, Ted
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          National Center for Voice and Speech, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
          Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City
          Department of Physiology, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ
          Departments of Clinical Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
          Clinical Center for Voice Care, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
          MGH Institute of Health Professions, Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation, Boston, MA
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        Intonation (Phonetics)
        Decision making
        Speech therapy
        Individualized medicine
        Test validity
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          Intonation (Phonetics)
          Decision making
          Speech therapy
          Individualized medicine
          Test validity
      ab: Purpose: The purposes of this study are to introduce the concept of vocal priorities based on acoustic correlates, to develop an instrument to determine these vocal priorities, and to analyze the pattern of vocal priorities in patients with voice disorders. Method: Questions probing the importance of 5 vocal attributes (vocal clarity, loudness, mean speaking pitch, pitch range, vocal endurance) were generated from consensus conference involving speech-language pathologists, laryngologists, and voice scientists, as well as patient feedback. The responses to the preliminary items from 213 subjects were subjected to exploratory factor analysis, which confirmed 4 of the predefined domains. The final instrument consisted of a 16-item Vocal Priority Questionnaire probing the relative importance of clarity, loudness, mean speaking pitch, and pitch range. Results: The Vocal Priority Questionnaire had high reliability (Cronbach's a = .824) and good construct validity. A majority of the cohort (61%) ranked vocal clarity as their highest vocal priority, and 20%, 12%, and 7% ranked loudness, mean speaking pitch, and pitch range, respectively, as their highest priority. The frequencies of the highest ranked priorities did not differ by voice diagnosis or by sex. Considerable individual variation in vocal priorities existed within these large trends. Conclusions: A patient's vocal priorities can be identified and taken into consideration in planning behavioral or surgical intervention for a voice disorder. Inclusion of vocal priorities in treatment planning empowers the patient in shared decision making, helps the clinician tailor treatment, and may also improve therapy compliance.
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