{"title":"Comparative Utility of Voice Symptom Scale, Voice Handicap Index, and GRBAS in Assessing Voice Disorders: A Clinical Study.","authors":"Srujan Vallur, V U Jagadeeswaran","doi":"10.1007/s12070-025-05346-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Voice disorders are routinely encountered in modern Otorhinolaryngology clinical practice. The assessment of voice disorders involves subjective and objective parameters to evaluate the impact of vocal impairments. This study aims to compare the Voice Symptom Scale (VoiSS), Voice Handicap Index (VHI), and Grade, Roughness, Breathiness, Asthenia, Strain (GRBAS) scales in diagnosing and monitoring treatment outcomes in individuals with voice disorders. A cross sectional study of 100 patients aged 18-60 years diagnosed with voice disorders participated in the study conducted at an outpatient department of tertiary otolaryngology centre. Data collection spanned from January 2023 to December 2023. Data from 100 patients with diverse voice pathologies were analysed. Strong correlations were observed between VoiSS and VHI (<i>r</i> = 0.82, <i>p</i> < 0.01), and between GRBAS Grade and both VoiSS (<i>r</i> = 0.71) and VHI (<i>r</i> = 0.68). The emotional subscales of VHI and VoiSS showed weaker correlations with GRBAS (<i>r</i> = 0.45). The findings indicate that VoiSS and VHI complement GRBAS by capturing the psychosocial impacts of voice disorders, while GRBAS provides expert perceptual analysis of vocal quality. The study highlights the strengths and limitations of each measure, advocating their combined use for comprehensive voice disorder assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":49190,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery","volume":"77 3","pages":"1372-1377"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11908984/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-025-05346-2","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/1/18 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"SURGERY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Voice disorders are routinely encountered in modern Otorhinolaryngology clinical practice. The assessment of voice disorders involves subjective and objective parameters to evaluate the impact of vocal impairments. This study aims to compare the Voice Symptom Scale (VoiSS), Voice Handicap Index (VHI), and Grade, Roughness, Breathiness, Asthenia, Strain (GRBAS) scales in diagnosing and monitoring treatment outcomes in individuals with voice disorders. A cross sectional study of 100 patients aged 18-60 years diagnosed with voice disorders participated in the study conducted at an outpatient department of tertiary otolaryngology centre. Data collection spanned from January 2023 to December 2023. Data from 100 patients with diverse voice pathologies were analysed. Strong correlations were observed between VoiSS and VHI (r = 0.82, p < 0.01), and between GRBAS Grade and both VoiSS (r = 0.71) and VHI (r = 0.68). The emotional subscales of VHI and VoiSS showed weaker correlations with GRBAS (r = 0.45). The findings indicate that VoiSS and VHI complement GRBAS by capturing the psychosocial impacts of voice disorders, while GRBAS provides expert perceptual analysis of vocal quality. The study highlights the strengths and limitations of each measure, advocating their combined use for comprehensive voice disorder assessment.
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Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery was founded as Indian Journal of Otolaryngology in 1949 as a scientific Journal published by the Association of Otolaryngologists of India and was later rechristened as IJOHNS to incorporate the changes and progress.
IJOHNS, undoubtedly one of the oldest Journals in India, is the official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India and is about to publish it is 67th Volume in 2015. The Journal published quarterly accepts articles in general Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and various subspecialities such as Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology and Phonosurgery, Neurotology, Head and Neck Surgery etc.
The Journal acts as a window to showcase and project the clinical and research work done by Otolaryngologists community in India and around the world. It is a continued source of useful clinical information with peer review by eminent Otolaryngologists of repute in their respective fields. The Journal accepts articles pertaining to clinical reports, Clinical studies, Research articles in basic and applied Otolaryngology, short Communications, Clinical records reporting unusual presentations or lesions and new surgical techniques. The journal acts as a catalyst and mirrors the Indian Otolaryngologist’s active interests and pursuits. The Journal also invites articles from senior and experienced authors on interesting topics in Otolaryngology and allied sciences from all over the world.
The print version is distributed free to about 4000 members of Association of Otolaryngologists of India and the e-Journal shortly going to make its appearance on the Springer Board can be accessed by all the members.
Association of Otolaryngologists of India and M/s Springer India group have come together to co-publish IJOHNS from January 2007 and this bondage is going to provide an impetus to the Journal in terms of international presence and global exposure.
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