title: DigitalVHI--a freeware open-source software application to capture the Voice Handicap Index and other questionnaire data in various languages.
abstract: In this short report we introduce DigitalVHI, a free open-source software application for obtaining Voice Handicap Index (VHI) and other questionnaire data, which can be put on a computer in clinics and used in clinical practice. The software can simplify performing clinical studies since it makes the VHI scores directly available for analysis in a digital form. It can be downloaded from http://www.christian-herbst.org/DigitalVHI/.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc , 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc , Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Christian T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Herbst
authors.forename: Jinook
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Jitka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vydrová
authors.forename: Jan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Švec
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D003196:Computer Graphics; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software; D013068:Speech Production Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014833:Voice Quality
keywords: Voice Handicap Index; digital; questionnaire; software application