PURPOSE To analyze the impact of body weight and body fat volume on selected parameters of vocal quality, phonatory range, and aerodynamics in females. METHODS Based on measurements of body mass index in combination with body fat volume, 29 normophonic female subjects were classified as normal weight, underweight, and obese. Voice quality was investigated via auditory-perceptual ratings of br...

PURPOSE To examine whether there is an association between vocal self-assessment and readiness for change in dysphonic patients. METHODS 151 patients with vocal complaints and diagnosis of dysphonia, between 18 and 65 years of age, 47 men and 104 women treated at the voice clinic of a public institution participated in the study. Four self-assessment instruments were applied, including the Vo...

Injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is a potentially debilitating complication of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery, which can lead dysphonia, dysphagia, aspiration. Intraoperative adductor reflex (LAR) monitoring newly developed technique assess monitor RLN integrity. However, role LAR in ACDF surgery poorly studied. Here, we describe case intraoperative was succ...

Adductor spasmodic dysphonia is the most common form of laryngeal dystonia and comprises about 80% of all laryngeal dystonias. It is characterized by strained and strangled voice quality causing significant impairment to the patient. This article focuses on the surgical treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia by thyroarytenoid muscle ablation. It provides longlasting control of symptoms and p...

INTRODUCTION Psychogenic dysphonia is a functional disorder with variable clinical manifestations. OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical and vocal characteristics of patients with psychogenic dysphonia in a case series. METHODS The study included 28 adult patients with psychogenic dysphonia, evaluated at a University hospital in the last ten years. Assessed variables included gender, age, occupa...

Since several years, many studies have focused on the objective measurement-analysis for dysphonic voice assessment, proposed as an alternative to the perceptual evaluation [5] that is extensively used by clinicians. In most cases, these studies describe classification systems, based on acoustic, physiological and/or aerodynamic parameters, in order to improve the performance and to help clinic...

UNLABELLED The modern theory of hoarseness is that there are multifactorial etiologies contributing to the voice problem. The hypothesis of this study is that muscle tension dysphonia is multifactorial with various contributing etiologies. METHODS This project is a retrospective chart review of all patients seen in the Voice Speech and Language Service and Swallowing Center at our institution...

Resolution of psychogenic dysphonia is often quick and effortless for client and therapist alike. In such instances, the therapeutic interventions are simple and straightforward, insights are reached without difficulty, and once normal voice has been established, resumption of dysphonia or other psychosomatic symptoms rarely occurs. Sometimes, however, psychogenic dysphonia is extremely difficu...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the efficacy of stretch-and-flow voice therapy as a primary physiological treatment for patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders. STUDY DESIGN Prospective case series. METHODS Participants with a diagnosis of primary muscle tension dysphonia or phonotraumatic lesions due to hyperfunctional vocal behaviors were included. Participants received stretch-and-flow v...

Environmental and/or work risk factors, lack of basic knowledge related to voice, its incorrect use, and a defective vocal model can lead teachers to develop occupational dysphonia. This study aimed to analyze studies focusing on occupational vocal disorders through a literature review. Articles published over a period of 11 years in periodicals indexed in the ScieLO library were searched accor...