Treatment success for age-related XXXX .

@entity1 @entity194
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To characterize perceived voice handicap of @entity1 diagnosed with @entity194 and review treatment success. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study. METHODS: Two hundred seventy-five @entity1 diagnosed with @entity194 (January 2007-January 2009) were reviewed from a preexisting clinical database. Outcome measures included pre/post-treatment Voice Handicap Index-10 and data from a voice therapy discharge survey. RESULTS: Five groups emerged from the data set. Group A: @entity1 who had no follow-up (69%). After removing group A from the data set, the following groups emerged: group B: @entity1 who had no treatment but some follow-up (31%); group C: @entity1 who had voice therapy only (44%); group D: @entity1 who had surgery only (15%); and group E: @entity1 who had voice therapy first and subsequent surgery (9%). The perceived voice handicap severity was worse for groups C and D compared to groups A, B, and E. Treatment success outcomes showed that groups C (36%), D (56%), and E (17%) only improved marginally. However, 81% of @entity1 diagnosed with @entity194 believed that voice therapy helped them but only by 48%. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment success for age-related @entity194 is poor to moderately poor for this cohort of @entity1 .
