Status:

RECRUITING

Translaryngeal Vibration for Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders

Lead Sponsor:

Texas Christian University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Conditions:

Dysphonia

Muscle Tension Dysphonia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Contemporary treatments for hyperfunctional voice disorders such as muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) are effective but typically do not restore voice handicap or voice function to normal thresholds. Rec...

Detailed Description

High-quality research designs have demonstrated that voice therapy has a positive impact on hyperfunctional voice disorders associated with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD). Among the options of behavio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • a) diagnosis by an otolaryngologist of hyperfunctional dysphonia (MTD) without benign mid-membranous lesion (i.e., primary MTD or non-phonotraumatic hyperfunction) with and a recommendation for voice therapy, ((b) confirmation of dysphonia by a comprehensive voice evaluation conducted by a speech-language pathologist with experience in the evaluation and treatment of voice disordered populations, (c) to prevent floor effects of our primary outcome variable, participants will be required to exhibit a pre-treatment VHI score of \>20, as this is the upper range for normal cutoff values in studies which have demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity for this tool (Behlau et al., 2016), (d) 18 years of age or older, (e) no history of local vibration therapy as part of a rehabilitation treatment program.

Exclusion

  • Unable to receive vibration to neck area

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 31 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07145086

Start Date

September 1 2024

End Date

August 31 2027

Last Update

August 28 2025

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Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76109