The Effect of Surgeon Vocal Pitch and Gender on Patient Satisfaction
While female surgeons' voices were associated with more compassionate attributes, this did not result in higher patient satisfaction scores compared to male surgeons' voices. The pitch of a surgeon's voice and their gender can influence patients' perceptions of their skills and attributes.
Authors
- Brian Nuyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3184-7488)
- Jennifer C. Alyono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3877-2159)
- Noel Ayoub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1867-994X)
- Ann Kearney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8915-5276)
- Meher Rakkar
- Allan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6622-1610)
- Christopher P. Kruglik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6148-6194)
Institutions
- University of Vermont (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Otolaryngology
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.70059
- Primary Topic
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00