Testing a Smart Phone App to Enhance Voice Therapy Adherence
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Voice Disorders
In brief
The current project is designed as phase 1 study conducted to improve/enhance normal voice. Fifteen Thirty non-treatment seeking individuals, with no identifiable vocal pathology on laryngeal examination, will be randomized to one of two groups; 1) Voice therapy delivery without App (control/standard of care), 2) Voice therapy delivery with app (experimental). Participants in both groups will attend weekly voice therapy sessions (for 6 weeks) with the PI and Co- I (Joseph Stemple). Control group participants will be provided with an audio file of the exercises, and an exercise log sheet to track progress. Experimental group participants will use the smartphone app, which allows participants to record home practice sessions in real time and upload sessions to the app server for the clinician to access and track. Three-wave surveys will be conducted at the baseline, four weeks and 6 weeks after the intervention. Other data sources include study administration, exercise logs, app data, and clinical assessment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04002336
- Run by
- Vrushali Angadi
- People needed
- 33
- Starts
- 2018-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-11-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-06-28
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adults > 18 years
- Non-smokers
- Hearing level within normal limits
- Absence of vocal fold pathology as confirmed by MD on laryngeal examination
- Agree to avoid vocally abusive behaviors for the entirety of the study
You may not qualify if…
- Apple phone (iOS)
- Impaired hearing
- Uncontrolled asthma
- Smoking
- H/o vocal fold surgery
- Presence of vocal fold pathology
- Previous history of experience with VFE performance
- Non-English speaking participants
Where it is running
- University of Kentucky — Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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