OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of voice therapy in the management of vocal fold polyps and cysts. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective review of vocal fold cysts and polyps undergoing voice therapy in a tertiary care center. Symptom resolution or persistence resulting in surgical intervention was the main outcome measure. RESULTS Fifty-seven patients were identified, of which 49.1% ac...

Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) has existed for thousands of years; however, it was not medically utilized until investigations into its therapeutic use began in sincerity during the late 1970s and 1980s. This, coupled with the reclassification of spasmodic dysphonia as a focal dystonia, led to the use of chemodenervation for this disorder, which has since become a refined technique. Indeed, due to...

Muscle tension dysphonia is a functional voice disorder caused by unbalanced activity of the laryngeal and extralaryngeal muscles. People with may have changes in cervical perilaryngeal muscles, limited amplitude movement spine, but also posture disorders. The aim this paper to present analyzed therapeutic effects manual techniques muscle dysphonia, based on review available literature. In acco...

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...

INTRODUCTION Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) is a voice disorder in the absence of current organic laryngeal pathology, without obvious psychogenic or neurological aetiology. The laryngeal features of MTD include a posterior glottal gap and supraglottic hyperfunctional activities; however, it remains unclear if these features are specific to MTD. This report aims to compare the laryngeal feature...