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The Voice Handicap Index (VHI)Development and Validation

B. Jacobson, Alex F. Johnson, Cynthia Grywalski, A. Silbergleit, G. Jacobson, M. Benninger, C. Newman

1997.8.1AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0603.66

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The aim of the present investigation was the development of a statistically robust Voice Handicap Index, which aims to quantify the psychosocial consequences of voice disorders.

Abstract

To date, no instruments exist to quantify the psychosocial consequences of voice disorders. The aim of the present investigation was the development of a statistically robust Voice Handicap Index (...

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JACOBSON, B., et al. The voice handicap index (vhi)development and validation. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, 1997, 6: 66–70.