Journal of Voice
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 209-217 , March 2009

How Do Individuals Cope With Voice Disorders? Introducing the Voice Disability Coping Questionnaire

  • Ruth Epstein

      Affiliations

    • Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital and Ear Institute, University College, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Ruth Epstein, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Ear Institute, 330 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA, UK.
  • ,
  • Shashivadan P. Hirani

      Affiliations

    • Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital and Ear Institute, University College, London, UK
    • Centre for Behavioural & Social Sciences in Medicine, Royal Free and University College, London Medical School, London, UK
  • ,
  • Jan Stygall

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Behavioural & Social Sciences in Medicine, Royal Free and University College, London Medical School, London, UK
  • ,
  • Stanton P. Newman

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Behavioural & Social Sciences in Medicine, Royal Free and University College, London Medical School, London, UK

,Accepted 4 September 2007.

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PII: S0892-1997(07)00120-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.09.001

Journal of Voice
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 209-217 , March 2009