OBJECTIVES This pilot study examined voice outcomes and patient perceptions after intensive voice therapy for vocal fold nodules via telepractice. STUDY DESIGN Pilot, within-subjects experimental trial. METHODS Participants included 10 women diagnosed with bilateral vocal fold nodules who received intensive voice treatment via a free videoconferencing platform Skype, (Microsoft Corp., Redmo...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Phonation threshold flow (PTF) may provide a tool to assess laryngeal function and could differentiate between normal and pathological voices. Both polyps and nodules contribute to an increased PTF by creating an incomplete glottal closure and increased vocal fold mass and thickness. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. METHODS The Kay Elemetrics Phonatory Aerodynamic Syste...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review the recent literature on the etiology and pathophysiology of vocal fold nodules in adults. RECENT FINDINGS Research regarding the etiology of vocal nodules over the past 2 years supports previous thinking regarding the central role of voice misuse, overuse, and phonatory trauma. Advanced modeling techniques have helped elucidate mechanisms by which this may occur s...

INTRODUCTION: Voice disorders resulting from glottic insufficiency create a significant burden for patients1. Treatment options have ranged from voice therapy to invasive laryngeal surgery. Over the past century, however, vocal fold injection augmentation has come forward as a safe and efficacious means to treat unilateral vocal cord paralysis, paresis, and atrophy2. Through extensive investiga...

OBJECTIVE To quantify vibratory characteristics of various laryngeal disorders seen by high-speed digital imaging (HSDI). METHODS HSDI was performed on 78 patients with various laryngeal disorders (20 with polyp, 16 with carcinoma, 13 with leukoplakia, 6 with vocal fold nodule, and 33 with others) and 29 vocally healthy subjects. Obtained data were quantitatively evaluated by frame-by-frame a...

A 41 year old man with a history of politrauma presented with a nodular mass of the left false vocal cord, associated with progressive dysphonia, dyspnoea, and dysphagia. A computed tomography scan of the neck region showed a rounded and circumscribed mass without infiltration of the surrounding tissues. Histological investigation of the nodule revealed the presence of fibroelastic cartilaginou...

A prospective double blinded controlled study was done to assess the relation between flaring of ala nasi and abductor spasms in abductor spasmodic dysphonia. All the 24 cases of clinically and stroboscopically proven cases of abductor spasmodic dysphonia were found to have visible and easily detectable flaring of ala nasi during the abductor spasm. Among the control group of 24 dysphonia patie...