The Vocal Extent Measure: Development of a Novel Parameter in Voice Diagnostics and Initial Clinical Experience

Table 1

Patient characteristics. Unless otherwise specified, data expressed as number of patients and percentage of group (NA: not applicable).

Characteristics	Number of all patients	% of total group ()	Number of male patients	% of male group ()	Number of female patients	% of female group ()
Gender
Male	32	33%	-	-	-	-
Female	65	67%	-	-	-	-
Age
Years (mean ± SD)	44 ± 17	-	49 ± 16	-	41 ± 17	-
Sociodemography
Scholar	6	6%	1	3%	5	8%
Student/apprentice	11	11%	3	9%	8	12%
Employed	59	61%	21	66%	38	59%
Unemployed	5	5%	1	3%	4	6%
Pensioner	16	17%	6	19%	10	15%
Main voice use
Nonprofessional	43	44%	16	50%	27	42%
Professional	54	56%	16	50%	38	58%
Dysphonia
Functional	29	30%	9	28%	20	31%
Organic	61	63%	22	69%	39	60%
N/A; healthy	7	7%	1	3%	6	9%
Hoarseness level
H0 (not existing)	38	39%	11	34%	27	42%
H1 (mild)	35	36%	8	25%	27	42%
H2 (moderate)	19	20%	10	31%	9	13%
H3 (severe)	5	5%	3	10%	2	3%