ArticleJournal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation2017
Using the Borg CR10 Physical Exertion Scale to Measure Patient-perceived Vocal Effort Pre and Post Treatment.
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- Psychometric Analysis of an Ecological Vocal Effort Scale in Individuals With and Without Vocal Hyperfunction During Activities of Daily Living.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2021Article
- Relationship Between Tasked Vocal Effort Levels and Measures of Vocal Intensity.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2021Article
- The Relationship Between Voice Onset Time and Increase in Vocal Effort and Fundamental Frequency.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2021Article
- Do We Need a Measure of Vocal Effort? Clinician's report of vocal effort in voice patients.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups · 2021Article
- Toward a Consensus Description of Vocal Effort, Vocal Load, Vocal Loading, and Vocal Fatigue.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2020Review
- The Relationship Between Physiological Mechanisms and the Self-Perception of Vocal Effort.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2019Article
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objectivesReduction of vocal effort is a therapeutic goal in resonant voice therapy and in the treatment of a variety of voice disorders. The Borg CR10 is a perceived effort scale that is widely accepted across a wide variety of disciplines. The purpose of the present study was to examine (1) the utility of an anchored, adapted Borg CR10 in observing treatment-related vocal effort reduction and (2) the convergent validity of the Borg CR10 in its relation to Voice Handicap Index (VHI) item 14. STUDY
designThis is a pretest-posttest experimental design.
methodsA total of 36 individuals with phonotraumatic hyperfunctional voice disorders completed item 14 of the VHI and the Borg CR10 at the start and completion of four sessions of resonant voice therapy treatment.
resultsScores from the Borg CR10 significantly differentiated pre- from post-therapy perceived effort levels. Convergent validity was demonstrated through significant associations with scores from item 14 of the VHI.
conclusionThe anchored Borg CR10 is an easy to use clinical tool to capture treatment-related vocal effort reduction. Whereas VHI item 14 indicates how frequently increased perceived effort is experienced, the Borg CR10 captures the severity of perceived effort used. Thus, the two measures complement each other.
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