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Volume 15:12 December 2015
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Correlation of Buffalo Voice Profile and
Voice Handicap Index Scores in Pathological Voices

Ajith. P.
Satish Kumaraswamy

Abstract

Voice is the primary means of one’s expression. It serves a variety of communication purposes right from the beginning of life itself. Apart from being a means of communicating verbal messages, voice also serves as a powerful conveyor of personal identity, emotional state, education and social status (Greene and Mathieson, 1995). Just like a fingerprint, the human voice and speech pattern is amazingly distinctive (Boone, 1997).

The Buffalo Voice Profile (Wilson, 1987) is commonly used in rating voice problems and as a guideline for voice therapy. Scales of the Buffalo Voice Profile contains seven equal-appearing intervals with ‘1’ meaning a slight deviation and ‘7’ a severe deviation. This profile consists of 12 major aspects: laryngeal tone, laryngeal tension, vocal abuse, loudness, pitch, vocal inflections, pitch breaks, diplophonia, resonance, nasal emission, rate, and overall voice efficiency. The rater circles the appropriate term listed under each item.

The study aimed to correlate the effectiveness of examiner rating scale (Buffalo Voice Profile) and self-evaluation rating scale (Voice Handicap Index) in pathological voices. Thirty dysphonic persons between the ages 30 to 40 participated as subjects for the study. The subjects were divided into 11 males and 19 females. The selected subjects were native Malayalam speakers who were literate and could complete the Voice Handicap Index. All the subjects had obtained clinical diagnosis after evaluations were carried out by the ENT and Speech Pathologists. They were screened for any other speech, language, hearing, cognitive and neurological deficits.

The present study brought about a new result indicating that there was significant correlation of the functional, physical and emotional domains of VHI with the ‘pitch breaks’ parameter of BVP.

Findings of the study indicate that there is correlation between VHI domains and BVP parameters in pathological voices. So the impact of vocal pathology does impact physical, functional and emotional aspects of life. This will provide a better insight for vocal hygiene program and therapeutic management.

Keywords: Buffalo Voice Profile, Voice Handicap Index Scores, Malayalam speakers

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Ajith. P.
Dr. M. V. Shetty college of Speech and Hearing
Malady Court
Kavoor
Mangalore – 575 015
Karnataka
India
yesajith@gmail.com

Satish Kumaraswamy
Assistant Professor and Research Scholar
Dr. M. V. Shetty college of Speech and Hearing
Malady Court
Kavoor
Mangalore – 575 015
Karnataka
India
Sat8378@yahoo.com
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