[WIP] Intermission: Extending Lorimer and Rutter's 2025 systematic review

Lorimer, G., Rutter, B. (2025) The efficacy of gender-affirming voice and communication therapy - a systematic review. Journal of Voice.

Introduction

Lorimer and Rutter seek out literature on trans voice from 2003-2023, and screen it down to eight studies - three of which I already reviewed (Merrick 2022 and Carew 2007, Quinn 2024 {they claim 2022 for publication year}), which leaves five for me to take a look at. Additionally, I am curious about the six articles they cut for not including client perceptions - given that I don't particularly care about that, only non-SLP listener perceptions.

A side tangent where I attempt to reproduce their screening process

In attempting to reproduce their list of 527 articles (from 2003 - 2023, prior to screening), using their provided search criteria, while currently not having great institutional access:

  • PubMed: 293 results (should be 209)
  • Cochrane Lbrary: 34 articles (should be 33), but using NEXT notation instead of quoted asterisk (as mentioned by warning from site) yields 45 articles.

Extending searches to 2026

  • PubMed: 81 more articles
  • Cochrane Library: 10 more articles (with NEXT)

List of articles after first phase of screening

Review

  1. Chadwick 2022
  2. Hancock 2012
  3. Hawley 2021
  4. Mészáros 2005
  5. Quinn 2018