The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 5 Comparison between both groups regarding the voice quality on APA pre- and post- therapy

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

Pre-therapy		Group A (SnF group)		Group B (SA group)		Test value	p-value	Sig.
		No	%	No	%
APA
Voice quality	Normal	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1.002	0.317	NS
	Strained, leaky	23	76.7%	26	86.7%
	Strained, leaky, & irregular	7	23.3%	4	13.3%
Post-therapy		Group A (SnF group)		Group B (SA group)		Test value	p-value	Sig.
		No	%	No	%
APA
Voice quality	Normal	21	70.0%	25	83.3%	1.520	0.468	NS
	Strained, leaky	7	23.3%	5	16.7%
	Strained, leaky, & irregular	2	6.7%	0	0.0%

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