Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 592-598 , September 2010

The Objective Vocal Quality, Vocal Risk Factors, Vocal Complaints, and Corporal Pain in Dutch Female Students Training to be Speech-Language Pathologists During the 4 Years of Study

  • Kristiane M. Van Lierde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Speech and Language Pathology, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Kristiane M. Van Lierde, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent, 2P1, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
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  • Evelien D'haeseleer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Speech and Language Pathology, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Floris L. Wuyts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
    • ,
  • Sophia De Ley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Speech and Language Pathology, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Ruben Geldof

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Speech and Language Pathology, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Julie De Vuyst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Speech and Language Pathology, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Claeys Sofie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Speech and Language Pathology, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium

,Accepted 12 December 2008.

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PII: S0892-1997(08)00215-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.12.011

Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 592-598 , September 2010

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