NCT04766658

A Study to Evaluate Effects of Gargle Phonation in Voice

Gargle Phonation in Individuals With Muscle Tension Dysphonia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess subjects with muscle tension dysphonia for perceived effort and acoustic effects of gargle phonation compared to baseline and a sham water swallow.

Detailed description

This study assesses perceived effort following baseline talking, water swallows and gargle phonation. In addition to perceived effort, acoustic and perceptual analyses will be conducted on the recorded voice samples using vowel sounds, the Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CAPE-V) and Hearing in Noise Sentences (HINT).

Conditions

• Voice Disorders
• Muscle Tension Dysphonia
• Speech Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Gargle Phonation	Subjects will gargle water while making sound
OTHER	Water swallow	Subjects will hold water in their mouth for 5 seconds and swallow

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-29
• Primary completion: 2021-04-15
• Completion: 2021-04-15
• First posted: 2021-02-23
• Last updated: 2022-10-19

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States