PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to further understand the role of implicit racial bias in auditory-perceptual evaluations of dysphonic voices. This was assessed by determining if a biasing effect exists for novice raters in their auditory-perceptual ratings of Black and White speakers of General American English who have voice disorders.
METHOD: 30 novice clinicians at Boston University listened to audio files of 20 Black speakers and 20 White speakers of General American English with voice disorders. Across two study sessions, listeners rated the overall severity of each voice heard using the CAPE-V visual analog scale and completed the Harvard Implicit Association Test (IAT).
RESULTS: Both Black and White speakers were rated as less severe on the CAPE-V when their race was labeled as Black. No significant relationship was found between Harvard IAT scores and severity ratings.
CONCLUSION: These findings suggest a minimizing bias for Black patients with voice disorders who present to speech-language pathologists for evaluation. These results will contribute to the understanding of how demographic information unrelated to a voice disorder may impact a patient's visit with a clinician. / 2024-05-30T00:00:00Z
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/46292 |
| Date | 30 May 2023 |
| Creators | Norotsky, Rachel Lowell |
| Contributors | Stepp, Cara E. |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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