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Title
Is perceived dysphonia related to perceived healthiness?
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Abstract
Literature has shown that voice-disordered persons are at higher risk for negative attitudes on several personality and physical appearance traits than vocally normal persons. This study investigated general perceptions of health in subjects with various degrees of dysphonia. Recordings from 100 normophonic and dysphonic subjects were auditorily rated on dysphonia severity by five experienced clinicians and on degree of healthiness/unhealthiness by seven unexperienced listeners. Results revealed strong correlation between auditory ratings of dysphonia severity and unhealthiness severity. Dysphonic subjects are rated significantly unhealthier than normophonic subjects, and the receiver-operating characteristics curve showed that even slight dysphonia induces negative attributions of unhealthiness. This study provides additional evidence for the negative attitudes with which dysphonic speakers are confronted, especially in terms of health.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Logopedics, phoniatrics, vocology. - Oslo
Publication
Oslo : 2015
ISSN
1401-5439
DOI
10.3109/14015439.2014.915981
Volume/pages
40 :3 (2015) , p. 122-128
ISI
000369765300004
Pubmed ID
24850269
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