Comparing Telepractice and Conventional Face-to-face Voice Therapy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Speech Therapy; Dysphonia; Aged
• Interventions: Behavioral: Vocal Training Via Telepractice; Behavioral: Vocal Training Via face-to face practice

• Registration Number: NCT02922309
• Lead Sponsor: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Brief Summary

People over 55 years are high-risk with voice disorders. Voice disordered elderly need vocal training in order to improve communication efficiency and quality of life. However, participation in vocal training of elderly is often restricted by motivation, time of practice, and availability to hospital, which thus reduces treatment effects. The purpose of the study is to design a telecommunication vocal training system and a vocal training program for voice disordered elderly in Taiwan. The investigator proposed a 3-year consecutive study, including a single-blind, randomized controlled trial, to test the hypothesis that vocal training via telepractice for voice disordered elderly are not inferior to the standard face to face training.

Detailed Description

Randomization: per mutated block, 40 patients on each arms (experimental and control)

Allocation: sealed envelope indicating either of the 2 groups

Intervention: weekly vocal training, each course last for 30-40 minutes,lasting for 2 months

Outcome measurement: before treatment, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after treatment

Primary outcome: 10-item voice handicap index

Secondary outcome: acoustics and aerodynamic parameter

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-30
• Study First Posted: 2016-10-04
• Study Start: 2016-10-17
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-19
• Study Completion: 2018-12-19
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-25
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 69

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
experimental	Vocal Training Via Telepractice	Vocal Training via Telepractice
control	Vocal Training Via face-to face practice	Vocal Training via face-to-face practice

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from Baseline of 10-item voice handicap index at 2 months	before treatment (after signing informed consent, prior to randomization) and within 2 weeks after the completion of voice therapy	min: 0(best); Max: 40(worst);