# Psychological factors influencing voice outcomes: Technology-based assessment and intervention

> **NIH NIH K23** · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · 2021 · $191,003

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Voice disorders are common and can cause significant functional, occupational, and social impairment.
Voice-related handicap is highest in patients with low perceived control, which is the extent to which one can
control events or one's reactions to events. Greater perceived control is associated with better overall well-
being and disease-specific outcomes in other medical disorders. Interventions that increase perceived control
exist and can be delivered online to maximize access, but have not been tested in patients with voice
disorders. The proposed research aims will clarify the relationships between perceived control and voice
outcomes using innovative technology-based approaches, facilitating strategic adaptation of an existing
perceived control intervention for evaluation by patients with a common voice disorder, muscle tension
dysphonia.
The research aims are to (1) characterize changes and covariation in perceived control and voice handicap
using repeated real-time measures, (2) measure associations between perceived control and laboratory
measures of voice using a cross-sectional approach, and (3) develop and test a perceived control intervention
designed to increase perceived control and improve voice outcomes using a randomized controlled trial
design.
These aims will be complemented by career development goals to (1) acquire expertise at interface
between modern psychology and voice research, (2) develop expertise in multidimensional voice assessment,
and (3) acquire experience with advanced intervention development and randomized study design. To
accomplish these career development goals, the investigator will take formal coursework, attend intensive
workshops/learning institutes, participate in local and national meetings, and perform hands-on design and
analysis with the guidance of a multidisciplinary mentor and consultant team, in the context of a highly
supportive institutional environment.
Completion of these aims and training goals will help position the PI to establish the use of innovative
technology-based assessment and intervention in voice research, and will contribute new information about
how psychological factors influence voice outcomes. These aims will also pave the way toward a new addition
to the treatment armamentarium for voice disorders, which currently includes voice therapy, medications, and
surgery, but no systematic approach to addressing contributory psychological factors. The overall goal of the
investigator is to contribute to integrated care that leads to the best possible voice and quality of care
outcomes for patients with voice disorders.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10203910
- **Project number:** 5K23DC016335-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
- **Principal Investigator:** Stephanie Misono
- **Activity code:** K23 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $191,003
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10203910

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10203910, Psychological factors influencing voice outcomes: Technology-based assessment and intervention (5K23DC016335-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10203910. Licensed CC0.

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