Self-perception of swallowing by patients with benign nonsurgical thyroid disease.

Purpose: To verify the frequency of swallowing complaints in patients with benign nonsurgical thyroid disease and compare the self-perception of swallowing disorder intensity between different types of thyroid disease.

Methods: The study sample comprised 39 women aged 19-58 years (38.54 ± 10.

Screening for Voice Disorders in Older Adults (Rastreamento de Alterações Vocais em Idosos-RAVI)-Part II: Validity Evidence and Reliability.

Purpose: To determine the validity evidence based on the internal structure and relations to other variables and the reliability of an epidemiologic questionnaire for screening older adults with voice disorders.

Study Design: This is a prospective, nonrandomized, cross-sectional, validation study.

Methods: To assess the validity evidence based on the internal structure, 160 older adults of both sexes, either community-dwelling or institutionalized, completed the "Rastreamento de Alterações Vocais em Idosos" (RAVI; "Screening for Voice Disorders in Older Adults").

Voice assessment and voice-related quality of life in patients with benign thyroid disease.

Objective: To identify the relationship between vocal self-assessment, the assessment of voice by a speech-language pathologist (SLP), and the effect of voice on the quality of life of patients with benign thyroid diseases.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: University hospital.