Title

Voice Handicap Index Results For Older Patients With Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia

Keywords

Older adults; Spasmodic dysphonia; Voice handicap

Abstract

Adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD) adversely affects a speaker's ability to effectively communicate. For many individuals suffering with ADSD, botulinum toxin (Botox) is the chosen treatment to remediate the symptoms. Although Botox's effects on symptom remediation have been examined before, patient perception of improvement post-Botox has been examined less frequently. Further, no studies have addressed the symptomatic changes in older adults that occur after Botox treatment. The Voice Handicap Index (VHI) was used as the instrument to assess older patient's (>65 years) perception of how ADSD impacts certain areas of their life pre- and post-Botox injection. The outcome of the VHI was related to a clinical judgment of voice severity. Participants also completed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) to examine overall stress level, and the outcome of the SRRS was correlated to postinjection VHI scores. Results indicated no significant correlation between VHI scores and voice severity or SRRS ratings. The current study suggests further study of voice outcomes with older adults with ADSD is needed. © 2005 The Voice Foundation.

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Publication Title

Journal of Voice

Volume

19

Issue

1

Number of Pages

124-131

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2004.03.006

Socpus ID

14844286138 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/14844286138

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