ArticlePerspectives of the ASHA special interest groups2021
Do We Need a Measure of Vocal Effort? Clinician's report of vocal effort in voice patients.
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- Effects of warm-up exercises on self-assessed vocal effort.Logopedics, phoniatrics, vocology · 2023Trial
- Effects of Back Pressure on the Feasibility and Tolerability of Laryngeal Diadochokinetic Exercise: A Pilot Study.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2026Article
- Capturing the Intraspeaker Heterogeneity of Vocal Hyperfunction Using Spatiotemporal Indices of Relative Fundamental Frequency.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025Article
- Qualitative Analysis of Speech-Language Pathologists' Voice Evaluation Practices and Perspectives.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2025Article
- Empirical Evaluation of the Role of Vocal Fold Collision on Relative Fundamental Frequency in Voicing Offset.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2025Article
- Patient-Perceived Vocal Effort Immediately Following Voice Tasks in Adductor Laryngeal Dystonia (ADLD).Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2024Article
- Vocal Effort in Clinical Settings of North and South American Countries: Characterization From Argentinian, Chilean, Colombian, and the United States Clinician's Reports.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2024Article
- Self-Perception of Vocal Effort in Response to Modeled Communication Demands.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2024Article
- Vocal Fold Vibratory Dose and Perceived Exertion Responses to the Fluid Interval Test for Voice (FIT-V): A Novel Vocal Loading Task Platform.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2024Article
- 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
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Purpose: Vocal effort has been of increasing interest to voice clinicians and researchers. However, little is known about the prevalence of vocal effort in voice patients presenting to voice clinics. The purpose of this study was to better understand how vocal effort is perceived and used in a clinical setting, including the current opinions on this symptom and experiences of voice clinicians regarding vocal effort measurement and management. Method: Speech language pathologists who regularly treat voice patients were queried about their years of voice experience, number of voice patients treated yearly, percentage of voice patients who complain of vocal effort, methods of clinically measuring vocal effort, and treatment strategies that address vocal effort in therapy. Results: Survey results revealed that vocal effort is a commonly presented complaint in the voice clinic with over two-thirds of clinicians reporting that the majority of their patients complain of vocal effort and approximately 25% of clinicians reporting that vocal effort is the main complaint in their patients. Although most clinicians measure vocal effort in the clinic, very few use a dedicated vocal effort measure. About half of the clinicians reported that they specifically address vocal effort reduction as a therapy goal. Conclusion: Despite the high prevalence of observed vocal effort complaints in patients and the focus of vocal effort reduction in therapy, there is no standardized measure of vocal effort widely utilized in the clinic. Future research should address clinically tractable methods to measure vocal effort validly and reliably.
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