NCT05237648

Assessing the Effects of Patient Self-Rating of Voice Quality on Voice Therapy Attendance and Outcomes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of incorporating educational online modules into voice therapy. One of the main reasons that voice therapy fails is lack of participation and engagement from the patient's side. The researchers hope to learn if increasing patient engagement via educational online modules during this waiting period between evaluation and first therapy session is useful in increasing understanding of the therapeutic framework of voice therapy.

Detailed description

Attendance and adherence are established as consistent challenges in voice therapy. Specific logistical and psychological factors linked to these challenges include the interval between evaluation and initiation of treatment and components of patient motivation. The authors propose a novel online education module involving patient self-ratings of voice quality to be completed at various time points throughout the therapeutic process, including during the waiting period between initial evaluation and first treatment session. The authors hypothesize that completion of this module will increase patient understanding of the conceptual framework of therapy, provide opportunities for inclusion of patient-driven acoustic goals and establish skills in auditory and kinesthetic awareness, which are foundational to behavioral voice therapy.

Conditions

• Dysphonia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Online Voice quality education module	The novel online module the authors developed consists of a patient education on acoustic-perceptual rating of voice quality (CAPE-V), practice rating sample recordings of others' voices, and the patient's self-rating of their own voice in real time during a standard sentence-reading task. The module also includes the Self-Efficacy Scale for Voice Therapy.
OTHER	Vocal hygiene module	The generic online patient education module on vocal hygiene during the waiting period between their initial evaluation and their first therapy session that also includes the Self-Efficacy Scale for Voice Therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-19
• Primary completion: 2024-10-22
• Completion: 2024-10-22
• First posted: 2022-02-14
• Last updated: 2025-11-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States