Voice Therapy According to the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System: Expert Consensus Ingredients and Targets.

ABSTRACT: Purpose Clinical trials have demonstrated that standardized voice treatment programs are effective for some patients, but identifying the unique individual treatment ingredients specifically responsible for observed improvements remains elusive. To address this problem, the authors used a taxonomy of voice therapy, the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS), and a Delphi process to develop the RTSS-Voice (expert consensus categories of measurable and unique voice treatment ingredients and targets). Method Initial targets and ingredients were derived from a taxonomy of voice therapy. Through six Delphi Rounds, 10 vocal rehabilitation experts rated the measurability and uniqueness of individual treatment targets and ingredients. After each round, revisions (guided by the expert

SUBMITTER: Van Stan JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8702840 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature