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Beyond The Treatment Protocol: Active Ingredients For Precision Voice Rehabilitation, Maria H. Bane
Beyond The Treatment Protocol: Active Ingredients For Precision Voice Rehabilitation, Maria H. Bane
Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences
Despite the growing body of research demonstrating voice therapy efficacy, only 12 of 100 people referred to a speech-language pathologist (SLP) for a voice evaluation will successfully complete therapy. One possible reason for this discrepancy is that clinical laboratory and clinical outcomes studies have focused on if voice therapy works while failing to explain how voice therapy works. While the if question is important, the yes or no response this question generates is of limited utility when those referred for voice therapy fail to complete. Consequently, the how question, which concentrates on the mechanisms and processes underlying effective voice therapy, …