Elizabeth Grillo
West Chester, Pennsylvania, 19383, United States
Completed
NCT Number: NCT02873130
Effectiveness of Telepractice by Smartphone App Technology in Preventing Voice Problems
Voice disorders in teachers have a significant impact on communication, quality of life, and economic costs to the healthcare system. We need to advance the prevention of voice disorders in teachers by testing an online telepractice model with synchronous (in real-time) and asynchronous (stored and accessed later) methods. The current study will investigate the effectiveness of the theoretically-driven Global Voice Prevention Model (GVPM) delivered by two methods; 1) online telepractice (synchronous and asynchronous) and 2) traditional, in-person for vocally healthy physical education and vocal music student teachers. Effectiveness of the model will be assessed by voice-related measures captured daily on a smartphone app during student teaching, matching the asynchronous aspects of the telepractice model and representing the effects of vocal loading from teaching.
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Age range
18 year–60 year
Sex eligibility
All sexes
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Primary location
Who can participate
Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
- senior at West Chester University as of fall 2016 and fall 2017,
- student teaching during spring 2017 or 2018,
- healthy voice user,
- owns a smartphone
Exclusion criteria
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Treatment and study plan
Telepractice Global Voice Prevention Model
BehavioralIn-person Global Voice Prevention Model
BehavioralTelepractice, Vocal Hygiene and Vocal Education
BehavioralPrimary outcomes
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Presence and frequency of a voice problem
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Question will be asked twice a day before and after teaching.
Secondary outcomes
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Acoustic: fundamental frequency
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Participants will record sustained aaaahhh, we were away a year ago, and describe their voice for 15 seconds twice a day before and after teaching.
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Acoustic: standard deviation of fundamental frequency
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Participants will record sustained aaaahhh, we were away a year ago, and describe their voice for 15 seconds twice a day before and after teaching.
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Acoustic: jitter%
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Participants will record sustained aaaahhh, we were away a year ago, and describe their voice for 15 seconds twice a day before and after teaching.
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Acoustic: shimmer%
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Participants will record sustained aaaahhh, we were away a year ago, and describe their voice for 15 seconds twice a day before and after teaching.
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Acoustic: cepstral peak prominence
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Participants will record sustained aaaahhh, we were away a year ago, and describe their voice for 15 seconds twice a day before and after teaching.
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Perceptual: Voice Handicap Index
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Quality of life questions.
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Perceptual: Vocal Fatigue Index
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Vocal fatigue questions
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Perceptual: perceptions of voice
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Perceptions of voice based on the Consensus-auditory Perceptual Evaluation of Voice.
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Aerodynamic: sustained aaaaahhhhh
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Participants will say aaaaahhhh as long as they can to determine how well they are managing airflow with phonation twice a day before and after teaching.
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Aerodynamic: s/z ratio
Time frame: AM (before teaching) and PM (after teaching) 5 days a week for up to 3 months.
Participants will say s and z as long as they can to determine how well they are managing airflow with phonation twice a day before and after teaching.
Sponsors and collaborators
Lead sponsor
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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Registry information
Important dates
- Study start
- 2016
- Primary completion
- 2020
- Study completion
- 2020
- First posted
- Aug 19, 2016
- Registry last updated
- Sep 10, 2020
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