Comparing Telepractice and Conventional Face-to-face Voice Therapy

Aged Clinical Trial

Official title: Voice Therapy for Benign Voice Disorders in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Telepractice and Conventional Face-to-face Therapy

Status Completed

Clinical Trial 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.

Clinical Trial 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 ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aged
• Communication Disorders
• Dysphonia
• Speech Therapy

• NCT number: NCT02922309
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 17, 2016
• Completion date: December 19, 2018