Drin Ferizaj, Luis Perotti, Rebecca Dahms, Anika Heimann-Steinert
[Use of technology in old age: associations between acceptance, competence, control, interest and social indicators in individuals over 60 years old]
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
telepractice voice health care evaluation services attracted much attention recent years multiple studies proven effectiveness voice therapy telepractice however voice evaluations still mostly conducted person due lack sensitive acoustic analysis methods study examined various acoustic analysis methods voice evaluation telepractice eighteen female elementary school teachers selfreported voice disorders volunteered participate study speech samples collected interventions using two voice sampling methods concurrently one set data collected using traditional voice sample collection method therapist person second set data collected speech samples using clients smartphones collected voice samples later sent researcher acoustic analysis voice type component vtc measurement represented proportion different vtcs voice measuring chaos intrinsic dimension voice analyses conducted sets data correlation two sampling procedures analyzed appears vtc could reliable method producing acoustic analysis results voice samples collected smartphones compared objective voice assessment procedures reliability demonstrated via statistical analysis including correlation coefficient pairwise test dprime area curve results study highlighted vtc effective accurate acoustic analysis method teleevaluation feasible voice sampling method utilizes participants smartphones reduce barriers accessing limited voice specialists due distance decrease cost care minimizing expenses associated travel additional equipment voice sampling ultimately approach enhance effectiveness voice care delivered telepractice patients remote underserved areas