title: ABCLOVE: Voice therapy outcomes for patients with head and neck cancer.
abstract: Dysphonia related to head and neck cancer is unique, and demands treatment tailored to its unique pathology. Activate exercises, breathing, counseling, laryngeal manipulation, oral resonance, vocal exercises, and elimination of habits (ABCLOVE) is an 8-week multimodality voice therapy program addressing vocal rehabilitation specifically for patients with head and neck cancer.
  
  
  
  Twenty-nine patients with a history of head and neck cancer were enrolled in the ABCLOVE program and outcomes were retrospectively reviewed. Relative average pertubation, maximum phonation time (MPT), pitch range, Consensus Auditory Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CAPE-V), and Voice Handicap Index (VHI) were assessed.
  
  
  
  The pretreatment and posttreatment improvements in the relative average pertubation (1.86 vs 0.92), MPT (10.53 seconds vs 15.17 seconds), VHI (51.7 vs 29.9), and pitch range (168 Hz vs 244 Hz) were statistically significant (p < .0001). The subjective CAPE-V ratings improved in all but 2 patients.
  
  
  
  The ABCLOVE voice program provides clinicians with an effective and reproducible method for voice rehabilitation in patients with head and neck cancer. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: E1810-E1813, 2016.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech Pathology, Keck Medical Center of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Laishyang Melody
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ouyoung
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Brenda Capobres
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Villegas
authors.affiliation: Keck School of Medicine - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Dhanur
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Damodar
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kokot
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Uttam K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Sinha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D055154:Dysphonia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010699:Phonation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014831:Voice; D014833:Voice Quality
keywords: dysphonia; laryngeal manipulation; oral resonance; radiation; vocal function; vocal rehabilitation