Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 221-227 , March 2010

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Voice Handicap Index Into Greek

  • Meropi E. Helidoni

      Affiliations

    • ENT Department, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
    • ,
  • Thomas Murry

      Affiliations

    • Voice and Swallowing Center, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York
    • Clinical Speech-Pathology in Otolaryngology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Joanna Moschandreas

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Lab, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
    • ,
  • Christos Lionis

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Head of the Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
    • ,
  • Athanasia Printza

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Otorhinolaryngology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Voice Clinic, Thessaloniki, Greece
    • 2nd Otorhinolaryngology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
    • ,
  • George A. Velegrakis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology of the University of Crete, Crete, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to George A. Velegrakis, MD, University of Crete, Myrtias 3 Str., Heraklion, Crete 71409, Greece.

,Accepted 11 June 2008.

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PII: S0892-1997(08)00096-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.06.005

Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 221-227 , March 2010

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