OBJECTIVE Airway compromise due to paediatric intubation injuries is well documented; however, intubation injuries may also cause severe voice disorders. We report our experience and review the world literature on the voice effects of traumatic paediatric intubation. CASE SERIES We report five cases of children referred to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children who suffered traumatic avuls...

BACKGROUND Vocal fold polyps are benign nonneoplastic lesions thought to occur as a result of vocal abuse, misuse, or overuse. Similar to vocal fold nodules and cysts, these lesions result in significant disability, especially among those who require voice for their vocation. Current treatment includes conservative (i.e., nonsurgical) and surgical approaches. Most laryngologists agree that cons...

(1) Background: Vocal fold nodules are bilateral lesions that can have an important negative impact on a person’s job performance, social interaction, and quality of life. This study aims to analyze multidimensional voice evaluation outcomes in group patients with vocal who underwent therapy. (2) Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed 42 the following evaluations, before after therapy:...

The experience of hearing distressing voices has recently attracted much attention in the literature on psychological therapies. A new "wave" of therapies is considering voice hearing experiences within a relational framework. However, such therapies may have limited impact if they do not precisely target key psychological variables within the voice hearing experience and/or ensure there is a "...

Purpose: Prosody is the variation of dynamics, frequency, rate, and tone that carries contextual meaning in speech. The purpose of this study is to present an overview of prosody in speech from evolutionary, developmental and cultural perspectives, and to review implications in therapy for voice disorders. Methods: Cross-disciplinary overview. Results: Applications of prosody from linguistics, ...

The present study investigated the teachers’ attitudes towards children with voice disorders. Three groups of listeners participated in this study: 15 primary school teachers, 15 speech therapy students, and 15 general university students. They were required to make attitude judgments for 12 children voices (6 with normal voice; 2 with mild voice disorder; 2 with moderate voice disorder; and 2 ...

Many rehabilitation therapies ask patients to perform many exercises every day. This requirement strongly stresses the patient who often abandons the therapy too early. This is particulary true in speech therapy which usually has an estimated drop out before reaching the treatment goal of 65%, which is a very high number. In this paper we propose Euphoni, a system for distance care of voice pro...