The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 4 Comparison as regard the voice quality on APA both pre- and post-therapy within each group

From: A comparative study of stretch-and-flow voice therapy versus Smith accent method in rehabilitation of hyperfunctional dysphonia: a randomized controlled trial

Group A (SnF group)		Pre-therapy		Post-therapy			Test value		p-value	Sig.
		No	%	No		%
APA
Voice quality	Normal	0	0.0%	21		70.0%	32.311		0.000	HS
	Strained, leaky	23	76.7%	7		23.3%
	Strained, leaky, & irregular	7	23.3%	2		6.7%
Group B (SA group)		Pre-therapy		Post-therapy			Test value	p-value		Sig.
		No	%	No	%
APA
Voice quality	Normal	0	0.0%	25	83.3%		43.226	0.000		HS
	Strained, leaky	26	86.7%	5	16.7%
	Strained, leaky, & irregular	4	13.3%	0	0.0%

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