PURPOSE Primary muscle tension dysphonia (MTD), a voice disturbance that occurs in the absence of structural or neurological pathology, may respond to manual circumlaryngeal techniques, which ostensibly alter the posture of the larynx and/or the configuration of the vocal folds without directly targeting supralaryngeal articulatory structures. Although the phonatory benefits of these techniques...

OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS Certain lesions appear to occur predominantly in one gender or in younger or older patients. We examined a large sample from a treatment-seeking population to describe gender and age associations of an array of benign vocal fold lesions. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. METHODS The medical records and evaluations of all adult patients presenting for care over a 5-year...

This article intends to study the influence of two parameters (language and speech task) on the manifestation of creaky voice among six American women learning French. The speakers were recorded in both reading and spontaneous conditions, in English and French. These languages were chosen for their difference at the phonatory level. The number of creaky voice occurrences, and creakiness timing ...

This article deals with a description of techniques used to assess patients with dysarthria of speech and accompanying velopharyngeal incompetence. A survey of perceptual and instrumental methods for assessing speech proficiency pre· and post-palatal /ift placement are discussed. Emphasis is placed upon the continuing evaluation of respiratory, phonatory, resonatory and articulatory components ...

Voice production is a complex process that involves more than one system, yet most causes of dysphonia are attributed to disturbances in the laryngeal structures and little attention is paid to extralaryngeal factors. Persistent dysphonia after general anesthesia is a challenge to both anesthesiologists and otolaryngologists. The etiology is often multivariable and necessitates a team approach ...

Introduction Available data shows that dysphagia and swallowing disorder rate secondary to artificial airway and prolonged mechanical ventilation in critical tracheostomized patients is high (50-83%), nevertheless it real incidence is not yet well established. Dysphagia is directly related to bronchial aspirations and respiratory infections. The rate of respiratory infections on tracheostomized...

PURPOSE To evaluate and correlate the amplitude of esophageal contractions triggered by swallowing water with dynamic extension and habitual, strong and weak sound intensity in total laryngectomees wearing a tracheoesophageal prosthesis. METHODS Thirty total laryngectomees using tracheoesophageal voice with a phonatory prosthesis were evaluated by measuring the amplitude of contractions in th...

Neurogenic neoplasm of the larynx is rare. Especially, neurofibroma of the vocal fold has not been reported in the Japanese literatures. This paper describes a case of neurofibroma of the vocal fold. The patient was a 64-year-old man. He first developed hoarseness in November 1977. In June 1978, he noticed occasional inspiratory dyspnea. He was first seen by another laryngologist and a mass of ...