The Significance of the Self -assessments of Voice Handicap Index and the Detection of Dysphonia Severity Index in Polyp of Vocal Cord / 听力学及言语疾病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the significance of the Self -assessments of Voice Handicap Index (VHI) and The objective detection of Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI) in polyp of vocal cord perioperatively .Methods The Self -assessments of VHI had been completed in 28 patients with polyp of vocal cord before the operation and one week after the operation ,including function(F) ,physiological(P) ,emotion(E) ,and the sum denoted by T .In the meantime ,The DSI had been completed in these patients by acoustic analysis of DIVAS 2 .5 .After one month ,19 pa-tients had been re -examined .Results The DSI value was increasing ,but there was no significant difference be-tween pre-operation and one week after the operation(P>0 .05) ,indicating that the function of vocal cord was not recovered .In VHI scale ,the parameters were significantly different between the time preoperatively and one week postoperatively in F ,E and T(P0 .05) ,indicating that the function of vocal cord was not completely recovered as same as the result of DSI .After one month ,there were significant differences in DSI and VHI ,which showed a full recovery of vocal cord fanction .Conclusion The Self -assessments of VHI and The objective detection of DSI in polyp of vocal cord can evaluate simultaneouly the function of laryngeal .Additionally ,there was a good correlation between the DSI and the VHI score .