Effectiveness of Telepractice by Smartphone App Technology in Preventing Voice Problems

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Conditions studied: Prevention of Voice Disorders in Student Teachers

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02873130

Run by

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

People needed

103

Starts

2016-08-01

Expected to finish

2020-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• Elizabeth Grillo — West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

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