Evangelia I. Kosma

Ms. Evangelia I. Kosma

University of Ioannina, Ioánnina, Ípeiros, Greece
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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2018 in Journal of Voice
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Dionysios TafiadisDionysios Tafiadis
Dionysios Tafiadis
Evangelia I. KosmaEvangelia I. Kosma
Evangelia I. Kosma
Spyridon K ChronopoulosSpyridon K Chronopoulos
Spyridon K Chronopoulos
Angelos PapadopoulosAngelos Papadopoulos
Angelos Papadopoulos
Konstantinos DrososKonstantinos Drosos
Konstantinos Drosos
NZNausica Ziavra
Nausica Ziavra

1 September 2017 in Journal of Voice
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Dionysios TafiadisDionysios Tafiadis
Dionysios Tafiadis
Spyridon K ChronopoulosSpyridon K Chronopoulos
Spyridon K Chronopoulos
VSVassiliki Siafaka
Vassiliki Siafaka
Konstantinos DrososKonstantinos Drosos
Konstantinos Drosos
Evangelia I. KosmaEvangelia I. Kosma
Evangelia I. Kosma
NZNausica Ziavra
Nausica Ziavra

1 March 2020 in Journal of Voice
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Dionysios TafiadisDionysios Tafiadis
Dionysios Tafiadis
MHMeropi E. Helidoni
Meropi E. Helidoni
Spyridon K ChronopoulosSpyridon K Chronopoulos
Spyridon K Chronopoulos
Evangelia I. KosmaEvangelia I. Kosma
Evangelia I. Kosma
NZNafsika Ziavra
Nafsika Ziavra
GVGeorge A. Velegrakis
George A. Velegrakis

27 June 2019 in Scientific Reports
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Dionysios TafiadisDionysios Tafiadis
Dionysios Tafiadis
Spyridon K ChronopoulosSpyridon K Chronopoulos
Spyridon K Chronopoulos
MHMeropi E. Helidoni
Meropi E. Helidoni
Evangelia I. KosmaEvangelia I. Kosma
Evangelia I. Kosma
LVLouiza Voniati
Louiza Voniati
GVGeorge A. Velegrakis
George A. Velegrakis
Voice disorders often remain undiagnosed. Many self-perceived questionnaires exist for various medical conditions. Here, we used the Greek Voice Handicap Index (VHI) to address the aforementioned problem. Everyone can fill in the VHI questionnaire and rate their symptoms easily. The innovative feature of this research is the global cut-off score calculated for the VHI. Therefore, the VHI is now capable of helping clinicians establish a more customizable treatment plan with the cut-off point identifying patients without normal phonation. For the purpose of finding the global cut-off point, a group of 180 participants was recruited in Greece (90 non-dysphonic participants and 90 with different types of dysphonia). The voice disordered group had higher VHI scores than those of the control group. In contrast to previous studies, we provided and validated for the first time the cut-off points for all VHI domains and, finally, a global cut-off point through ROC and precision-recall analysis in a voice disordered population. In practice, a score higher than the well-estimated global score indicates (without intervention) a possible voice disorder. Nevertheless, if the score is near the threshold, then the patient should definitely follow preventive measures.

1 July 2018 in Journal of Voice
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Dionysios TafiadisDionysios Tafiadis
Dionysios Tafiadis
Spyridon K ChronopoulosSpyridon K Chronopoulos
Spyridon K Chronopoulos
Evangelia I. KosmaEvangelia I. Kosma
Evangelia I. Kosma
LVLouiza Voniati
Louiza Voniati
VRVasilis Raptis
Vasilis Raptis
NZNausica Ziavra
Nausica Ziavra