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ArticleJournal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation2024

Patient-Perceived Vocal Effort Immediately Following Voice Tasks in Adductor Laryngeal Dystonia (ADLD).

Cara L Sauder, Katherine L Marks, Tanya K Meyer, John Paul Giliberto, Madeline Knutson, Emily Wilson, Cara E Stepp, Tanya L Eadie

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Cara L SauderDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Electronic address: csauder2@uw.edu.
Katherine L MarksDepartment of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Tanya K MeyerDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
John Paul GilibertoDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Madeline KnutsonDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Emily WilsonDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Cara E SteppDepartment of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Tanya L EadieDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Funding

Transform Dissemination and Implementation Science in CTSA ProgramsUL1TR002319 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI John K. Amory · 2017 to 2026
$100.0M
Objective Measures for Clinical Assessment of Voice DisordersR01DC015570 · NIDCD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI STEPP, CARA E. · 2016 to 2025
$4.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002319NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC015570
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Abstract

purposeThis study examined the relationship between patient-perceived vocal effort (VE) using a 100-mm visual analog scale (VE-VAS) and the OMNI Vocal Effort Scale (OMNI-VES) when measures were obtained after a vocal activity. A second purpose was to evaluate how VE related to other voice assessment measures.

methodFifty-three speakers with adductor laryngeal dystonia (ADLD) provided speech recordings. Directly after this vocal activity, speakers rated VE using the VE-VAS and the OMNI-VES. Speakers provided ratings of their own voice quality severity using a 100-mm VAS (ADLD-OS) and completed the Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) scale. Ten experienced speech-language pathologists rated a subset of available speech samples (n = 39) for overall voice severity using a 100-mm VAS (SLP-OS).

resultsThere was a strong, significant correlation (r = 0.78, P < 0.001) between the VE-VAS and the OMNI-VES. Both VE measures were strongly and significantly correlated with speakers' ratings of their voice: VE-VAS vs ADLD-OS, r = 0.75, P < 0.001; OMNI-VES vs ADLD-OS, r = 0.85, P < 0.001. In contrast, mostly weak correlations were found between perceived VE and V-RQOL total and physical domains, respectively (VE-VAS vs V-RQOL: r = -0.21 to -0.19, P > 0.05; OMNI-VES vs V-RQOL: r = -0.37 to -0.44, P < 0.01). Finally, VE measures were moderately and significantly related to SLPs' auditory-perceptual measures of voice severity: VE-VAS vs SLP-OS, r = 0.50, P < 0.001; OMNI-VES vs SLP-OS, r = 0.57, P < 0.001.

conclusionsADLD speakers' perceptions of VE are strongly related when measures are obtained directly after a vocal activity, regardless of the VE scale. VE is strongly related to speaker-rated voice quality severity, but weakly related to V-RQOL. Measures of VE obtained directly after a vocal activity are moderately related to clinicians' perceptions of overall voice quality severity.

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Laryngeal dystonia—Voice assessment—Vocal effort

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PMID39643552
PMCPMC12137678

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