Welcome to your Voice Health Self-Assessment!

Welcome to your Voice Health Self-Assessment!
If you’re here, you might be noticing that your voice is affecting your life more than you’d like. This Voice Self-Assessment is a simple, guided way to reflect on how your voice feels and functions in your daily life. It’s designed to help you understand how your voice may be influencing your communication, confidence and interactions. Think of it as a personal check-in for the health and well-being of your voice and how it supports you every day.

How It Works:

The Voice Self-Assessment is based on the Voice Handicap Index (VHI), a clinically validated tool designed to evaluate how voice concerns impact your daily life. It explores the physical, functional, and emotional aspects of your voice, helping you gain a clearer understanding of how your voice supports or challenges you in communication and social interactions.

This self-assessment offers quick, reflective questions to help you pinpoint the ways your voice is influencing your everyday life:

Functional and Everyday Activities: How well your voice helps or hinders you in being heard and understood.
Physical Feelings: Any strain, fatigue, or discomfort you experience when speaking.
Emotional Impact: How your voice affects your confidence, interactions, or feelings about speaking.

By completing this tool, you’ll gain valuable insights into how your voice impacts your life and daily interactions. Your results can serve as a helpful starting point to share with a speech pathologist, GP, or ENT specialist, providing a clearer understanding of your voice’s unique challenges and strengths. As a speech pathology service with a dedicated focus on voice care, we are here to help you interpret your results and explore personalised strategies to enhance your voice and support your well-being. If your results raise any concerns or if you’d like guidance on next steps, our team is ready to assist you.

The Voice Handicap Index (VHI) was developed by Jacobson et al. in 1997. Read more about it here.

Disclaimer
This self-assessment is designed to help you reflect on your voice and gain preliminary insights, but it’s not a diagnostic tool. If your results raise questions or concerns, we’re here to support you. For a more comprehensive evaluation and personalised guidance, click here to schedule a FREE initial consultation with Talkshop Speech Pathology. Let’s take the next step together.
Please choose your type of assessment:
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Name*

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Your child's name:

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Your age:*
Your child's age:*
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Please read the following statements carefully and select the option that best describes how you feel.*

Rows	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Always
My voice makes it difficult for people to hear me
I run out of air when I talk.
People have difficulty understanding me in a noisy room.
The sound of my voice varies throughout the day.
My family has difficulty hearing me when I call them throughout the house.
I use the phone less often than I would like.
I’m tense when talking with others because of my voice.
I tend to avoid groups of people because of my voice.
People seem irritated with my voice.
People ask, “What’s wrong with your voice?”
I speak with friends, neighbors, or relatives less often because of my voice.
People ask me to repeat myself when speaking face-to-face.
My voice sounds creaky and dry.
I feel as though I have to strain to produce voice.
I find other people don’t understand my voice problem.
My voice difficulties restrict my personal and social life.
The clarity of my voice is unpredictable.
I try to change my voice to sound different.
I feel left out in conversations because of my voice.
I use a great deal of effort to speak.
My voice is worse in the evening.
My voice problem causes me to lose income.
My voice problem upsets me.
I am less outgoing because of my voice problem.
I feel limited in day-to-day life because of my voice.
My voice “gives out” on me in the middle of speaking.
I feel annoyed when people ask me to repeat.
I feel embarrassed when people ask me to repeat myself.
My voice makes me feel incompetent.
I’m feel self-conscious about my voice.

Please read the following statements carefully and select the option that best describes how you or your child feel.*

Rows	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Always
My child's voice makes it hard for people to hear them.
My child runs out of breath when they talk.
People have a hard time understanding my child when it’s noisy.
The sound of my child’s voice changes throughout the day.
Our family can't hear my child when they call us from another room.
My child doesn’t like talking on the phone because of their voice.
My child feels nervous talking to others because of their voice.
My child avoids groups of people because of their voice.
People seem annoyed with my child’s voice.
People ask my child, “What’s wrong with your voice?”
My child talks less with friends, neighbors, or relatives because of their voice.
People ask my child to repeat themselves when talking face-to-face.
My child’s voice sounds rough and dry.
My child feels like they have to put in a lot of effort to speak.
My child feels like others don’t understand their voice problem.
My child’s voice problems make it hard for them to play and interact with others.
The clearness of my child’s voice changes unpredictably.
My child tries to change their voice to sound different.
My child feels left out of conversations because of their voice.
My child has to put a lot of effort into speaking.
My child’s voice is worse at the end of the day.
My child’s voice problems make them miss out on things they want to do.
My child’s voice problems make them upset.
My child is less outgoing because of their voice problems.
My child’s voice makes them feel like they have a problem.
My child’s voice stops working in the middle of talking.
My child feels annoyed when people ask them to repeat themselves.
My child feels embarrassed when people ask them to repeat themselves.
My child’s voice makes them feel like they’re not good enough.
My child feels self-conscious about their voice.

Your overall total score
Your child's overall total score
Thank you for taking the time to complete this assessment. Talkshop Speech Pathology is here to help you on your journey to a clearer, stronger voice!
Thank you for taking the time to complete this assessment. Talkshop Speech Pathology is here to help your child on their journey to a clearer, stronger voice!
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Your functional subscale score
Your emotional subscale score
Your physical subscale score
Your child's functional subscale score
Your child's emotional subscale score
Your child's physical subscale (child)
Functional subscale score
Emotional subscale score
Physical subscale score
Your total score
Functional subscale score
Emotional subscale score
Physical subscale score
Your child's total score
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