Dysphonia
Conditions
Brief summary
we will assess dysphonic children as regard presence of behavioral abnormalities and then receive voice therapy
Interventions
BEHAVIORALvoice therapy
sessions of voice therapy
Sponsors
Sohag University
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
: * dysphonic children age 6-12 years
Exclusion criteria
* age less than 6 years and more than 12 years, * hearing impaired, * neurological abnormalities.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| change in child behavior checklist | Baseline (before sessions) and after 3 months of sessions | scale assessing behavioral abnormalities of child as anxiety symptoms,depression symptoms,somatic symptoms,social problems,thought problems,attention problems,aggressive behavior and rule breaking behavior through asking parent of the child with minimal score 24 maximal score 100 |
| computerized speech lab. | Baseline (before sessions) and after 3 months of sessions | voice sample will be taken from child including vowels and connecting speech will be analyzed by computerized speech lab to evaluate change in acoustic parameters as jitter,shimmer,fundamental frequency and noise to harmonic ratio |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed