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Voice outcomes after radiotherapy treatment for early glottic cancer: Assessment using multidimensional tools
- Source :
- Head & Neck. 30:600-610
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2008.
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Abstract
- Background. This is the first prospective study to use instrumental and both clinician- and client-rated auditory- perceptual measures to examine voice and voice-related quality of life changes in patients after curative radiotherapy for early glottic cancer. Method. Thirty patients undergoing curative radiotherapy treatment for early glottic cancer completed the following: 3 voice tasks for acoustic, aerodynamic, and auditory-perceptual voice measures (therapist-rated); a patient self-report rating of voice quality; and a voice-related quality of life assessment before and 12 months after radiotherapy. Results. Patients' perceptions of their voice quality and their voice-related quality of life significantly improved posttreatment, as did acoustic, aerodynamic, and auditory-perceptual voice measures. Mean speaking fundamental frequency did not change significantly, although breathiness and strain in the voice recordings were demonstrably reduced. Conclusion. In describing postradiotherapy voices in this study, pertinent measures of voice outcomes have been estab- lished, setting the benchmark for comparison in future cohort studies. V
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Glottis
medicine.medical_specialty
Speech perception
Voice Quality
medicine.medical_treatment
Speech Acoustics
Quality of life (healthcare)
Humans
Medicine
Prospective Studies
Prospective cohort study
Laryngeal Neoplasms
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
Middle Aged
Surgery
Radiation therapy
medicine.anatomical_structure
Otorhinolaryngology
Glottic cancer
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Quality of Life
Speech Perception
Physical therapy
Female
business
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10970347 and 10433074
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Head & Neck
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2520fa7c10a8ab080fcc09b37662e05d