An investigation of the Voice Handicap Index with Speakers of Portuguese: Preliminary data |
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| Authors: | Isabel Guimares Evelyn Abberton |
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| Institution: | 2. David J. Joseph Company, Cincinnati, Ohio;3. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing Systems, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.;2. Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602;2. Department of Otolaryngology, Las Condes Clinic, Santiago, Chile;3. Department of Radiology, University of Chile Hospital, Santiago, Chile;4. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Chile Hospital, Santiago, Chile;5. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.;2. Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran;3. Department of Performing Arts, School of Performing Arts and Music, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Although the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) has been recognized as a useful tool for quantifying American English speakers' perceived consequences of voice disorder, it has not yet been widely applied in the clinic to study dysphonic patient populations, or tested with a normally speaking population. The purpose of this investigation was to obtain information about the VHI in a group of Portuguese speakers with voice complaints compared with an age- and gender-matched group of speakers without voice complaints. The results demonstrate that speakers with voice complaints have overall VHI total scores significantly higher than speakers without voice complaints (p < 0.001). This is also true for all VHI subscores in the emotional (p < 0.001), functional (p < 0.05), and physical (p < 0.001) domains. So, the assumption that a group with voice complaints has higher voice handicap impact than the matched control comparison group is justified for Portuguese speakers. |
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| Keywords: | Voice Handicap Index Dysphonia Portuguese speakers |
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