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. 2021 Jan 20;30(1):199–209. doi: 10.1044/2020_AJSLP-20-00227

Table 1.

Patients' self-reported impact on quality of life due to their voice disorder using the Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) subscales and the perceived voice quality judged by a speech-language pathologist using the Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CAPE-V) form.

Measure M (SD)
CAPE-V
 Overall Severity 22.8 (11.9)
 Roughness 16.2 (12.9)
 Breathiness 12.5 (12.9)
 Strain 18.0 (9.9)
 Pitch 4.2 (7.9)
 Loudness 4.5 (9.2)
V-RQOL
 Social–Emotional 68.5 (23.0)
 Physical Functioning 73.3 (18.3)
 Total score 71.5 (17.8)

Note. Mean and standard deviation reported for each subscale measure. The CAPE-V was administered for the total patient cohort (n = 42). V-RQOL scores were available for 40 patients.