Management of Non-Organic Dysphonia in Adults.
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age15-60
SponsorSohag University
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of a semi-occluded vocal tract training program, "Resonant Tube Therapy," versus the "Traditional Smith-accent Method" on the quality of voice in patients with Non-Organic "Functional" dysphonia.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients diagnosed with non-organic functional dysphonia with or without Minimally Associated Pathological lesions and referred for voice therapy. The diagnosis was based on the results of the routine clinical assessment of cases of voice disorders by a phoniatrician in the voice clinic.
Patients 'ages between 15 - 60 years old.
Native speakers of Arabic.
Language comprehension adequate for the task.
Disqualifiers
Patients with organic voice disorders.
Patients with aphonia or Phon asthenia.
Females within the week of their menstrual cycle or menstruating at the time of data collection to control for the possible hormonal effects or premenstrual water retention on voice quality.
History of severe respiratory allergies, thyroid pathologies, neuro-motor impairment, hearing impairment, psychiatric problems and physically limiting diseases that might interfere with study completion.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Resonance Tube Voice Therapy in Water
Other interventionResonance Tube of 28 cm in length and 9 mm diameter for adults will be submerged into a bowl of water .Both flexible soft walled tubes,glass tubes or straws can be used
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Non-organic (Functional) dysphonia patients will receive Smith Accent Voice TherapyNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Non-organic (Functional) dysphonia patients will receive Resonance Tube Voice TherapyActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Voice quality improvement in functional (non-organic) dysphonia adult patients
Patient evaluation will be conducted before and after the voice therapy sessions for the two groups by Voice Handicap Index (VHI).
Time frame
12 weeks following end of the treatmentSponsors and contacts
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