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Translaryngeal Vibration for Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders

Texas Christian University · with National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) · NCT07145086

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Phase 3
Target enrollment
30
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 1, 2024
Record last updated
August 28, 2025

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What the study is about

Contemporary treatments for hyperfunctional voice disorders such as muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) are effective but typically do not restore voice handicap or voice function to normal thresholds. Recent reports of vibration as a voice therapy modality have been published, but many questions remain about the efficacy of this tool. The current project addresses these problems through a blinded and randomized controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of local translaryngeal vibration for MTD and the dose-response relationship of this modality when compared to treatment without vibration.

Being studied: Voice therapy with vibration

Conditions: Dysphonia; Muscle Tension Dysphonia

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • a) diagnosis by an otolaryngologist of hyperfunctional dysphonia (MTD) without benign mid-membranous lesion (i.e., primary MTD or non-phonotraumatic hyperfunction) with and a recommendation for voice therapy, ((b) confirmation of dysphonia by a comprehensive voice evaluation conducted by a speech-language pathologist with experience in the evaluation and treatment of voice disordered populations, (c) to prevent floor effects of our primary outcome variable, participants will be required to exhibit a pre-treatment VHI score of >20, as this is the upper range for normal cutoff values in studies which have demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity for this tool (Behlau et al., 2016), (d) 18 years of age or older, (e) no history of local vibration therapy as part of a rehabilitation treatment program.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Unable to receive vibration to neck area

Recruiting US locations

  • Texas Christian University

    Fort Worth, TX 76109

    Site contact: Christopher R Watts, Ph.D. · 817-257-6878 · c.watts@tcu.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Christopher R Watts, Ph.D. · 817-266-7891 · c.watts@tcu.edu
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