The aim of this study was to investigate the significance and practical applicability of the voice handicap index (VHI) in the diagnosis of benign proliferative lesions of the vocal cords (BLVCs). The detection of VHI included the calculation of functional (F), physical (P) and emotional (E) domains, and the score of each domain and total score (TVH). The VHI was scored in patients with BLVCs a...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the characteristics and clinical application of Mandarin Chinese version of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI). METHODS A cross-culture adaptation was used to develop the Mandarin Chinese version of the VHI. The translated version was then administered to 1766 dysphonic patients and 120 control subjects; 210 of the patients were treated with phonosurgery or BOTOX injecti...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a translated version of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) as a diagnostic tool for people with and without a laryngeal pathology, among Hebrew speakers. STUDY DESIGN Parallel group design. METHODS The VHI was translated and adapted to Hebrew. The translated version was, then, administered to a group of 182 patients with various laryngeal pathologies and a control group of...

BACKGROUND Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a focal dystonia of the larynx. Although individuals with SD have variable degrees of difficulty in everyday communication and speaking, many report significant impairments. The impact of SD on the quality of life of people with the disorder has not been well measured. OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of SD using a voice-specific, validated outcomes instr...

results certain correlations were found between fundamental frequency in vowel and total vhi, physical, functional and emotional domains of vhi in group 1 (r = 0.636, 0.649, 0.613 and 0.592 respectively). there was good correlation between speaking fundamental frequency and total vhi and its subscales - except the physical subscale - were also correlated. in group 2, the correlations between ji...

BACKGROUND One third of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have mentioned "dysphonia" as their most debilitating communication deficit. Patient-based measurements, such as Voice Handicap Index (VHI) add necessary supplementary information to clinical and physiological assessment. There are a few studies about relation between VHI and disease severity in PD, although none of them showed any ...

The present study proposed a composite vegetation health index (VHI) derived from Leaf area index (LAI), Chlorophyll content (Cab) and equivalent water thickness (Cw) of wheat crop in Trans Gangetic Plains of India. The wheat growing areas of the study area were retrieved from time series 16 days MVC MODIS Enhance Vegetation Index (EVI) data. The LAI, Cab and Cw were retrieved from MODIS reflec...

VHI markets in the European Union are divers. This diversity arises from different historical patterns of development, variations in the rules and arrangements of statutory health care systems and discrepancies in national regulatory regimes. These factors underline the wide range of types of VHI on offer, levels of expenditure on VHI, levels of population coverage, types of insurer, mechanisms...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between acoustic analysis and biopsychosocial implications of voice problems, evaluated by the Voice Handicap Index (VHI). MATERIALS AND METHODS The study comprised 120 female teachers with voice disorders, evaluated by videolaryngostroboscopy. 60.8% of this group were diagnosed as having functional dysphonia and 39.2% had dy...