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NCT Number: NCT06856785

Management of Non-Organic Dysphonia in Adults.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of a semi-occluded vocal tract training program, "Resonant Tube Therapy," versus the "Traditional Smith-accent Method" on the quality of voice in patients with Non-Organic "Functional" dysphonia.

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Key information

Conditions

Functional Dysphonia Resonance Tube Voice Therapy Smith Accent Method Therapy

Age range

15 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Faculty of Medicine Sohag University

Sohag, Egypt

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Ahmad Mamdouh, Professor

CONTACT

[email protected]

+201097914755

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients diagnosed with non-organic functional dysphonia with or without Minimally Associated Pathological lesions and referred for voice therapy. The diagnosis was based on the results of the routine clinical assessment of cases of voice disorders by a phoniatrician in the voice clinic.
  • Patients 'ages between 15 - 60 years old.
  • Native speakers of Arabic.
  • Language comprehension adequate for the task.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with organic voice disorders.
  • Patients with aphonia or Phon asthenia.
  • Females within the week of their menstrual cycle or menstruating at the time of data collection to control for the possible hormonal effects or premenstrual water retention on voice quality.
  • History of severe respiratory allergies, thyroid pathologies, neuro-motor impairment, hearing impairment, psychiatric problems and physically limiting diseases that might interfere with study completion.
  • Those on any regular medication that might affect voice quality.
  • Speech disorders.
  • Cigarette smoking, alcohol, or drug abuse for the past 5 years.
  • Patients with previous micro laryngeal surgery.
  • Patients with gastrointestinal reflux disease.

Treatment and study plan

Resonance Tube Voice Therapy in Water

Other

Resonance Tube of 28 cm in length and 9 mm diameter for adults will be submerged into a bowl of water .Both flexible soft walled tubes,glass tubes or straws can be used

Other names: Smith Accent Voice Exercises

Primary outcomes

  1. Voice quality improvement in functional (non-organic) dysphonia adult patients

    Time frame: 12 weeks following end of the treatment

    Patient evaluation will be conducted before and after the voice therapy sessions for the two groups by Voice Handicap Index (VHI).

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Shereen Hamed, Resident Physician

CONTACT

[email protected]

+201120645166

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sohag University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Resonance Tube Voice Therapy Versus Smith Accent Therapy in The Management of Non-Organic Dysphonia in Adults

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Mar 4, 2025
Registry last updated
Mar 4, 2025

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