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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
[The smokers voice self assessment based on Voice Handicap Index (VHI)]
Bozena Wiskirska-Woźnica1, Waldemar Wojnowski
1Katedra i Klinika Foniatrii i Audiologii Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego, Poznań.
Abstract:
Complex voice assessment due to European Laryngeal Society proposals (2000) contains voice self estimation based on the Polish version of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI). This study focuses on the relation between voice handicap and smoking in dysphonic patients, who are using voice professionally. Thirty outpatient (25 female and 5 male, aged 40 to 55 years) voice department attendees suffering from professional dysphonia took part in this study. All patients after phoniatric examination completed the Polish version of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI). The questions concern functional, emotional and physical complains due to dysphonia. Most of smokers did not complain of dysphonia related problems comparing to non smokers. Even the scores of functional and emotional scales of VHI in smokers shown better results (less handicap) than in nonsmokers. Smoking does not affect patients handicap due to dysphonia measured in the Voice Handicap Index.
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