Cross-cultural adaptation of the Voice-related Experiences of Nonbinary Individuals - VENI to Brazilian Portuguese.
Isabela Dos Santos, Mara Behlau, Grace Shefcik and 2 others
PMID 38808858WHAT IT FOUND
The Brazilian Portuguese VENI voice questionnaire was pre-tested with 21 nonbinary people, and standard responses were more common than non-applicable responses for every item.
It can help speech therapists ask about voice experiences.
Key findings
01The adapted Brazilian Portuguese VENI was established after translation, synthesis, back-translation, and expert committee review.
02No participant chose the non-applicable option for items 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 17.
03For items 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, the proportion of non-applicable responses was significantly lower than the proportion of standard responses.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for SLPs
Read the rest of this summary
You get three full summaries a month, free, and we do not ask for a card. Search, the TL;DRs and your library stay unlimited either way.
What it does not show
The pre-test used 21 participants, which is too small to confirm how the questionnaire performs across wider Brazilian nonbinary populations. The study reports cross-cultural adaptation and pre-testing, not validation of the instrument's structure, validity, or reliability in Brazilian Portuguese. Participants were recruited online through social and digital media, so the results may not represent nonbinary people without internet access or those not connected to such networks. The sample was limited to self-identified nonbinary adults aged 18 to 65 who could understand the instrument, so it does not show how adolescents, older adults, or people with cognitive impairment would respond.
Declared interests
The study reports financial support from FAPESQ. The text does not state any other conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the Brazilian Portuguese VENI as a validated outcome measure yet. This paper reports cross-cultural adaptation and a small pre-test, not validation of structure, validity, or reliability.