Prevalence and Treatment of Dysphonia in Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-Sectional National Database Study. [PDF]
Parkinson's disease (PD) commonly presents with speech and voice disorders. Using a national database, only 13.1% of individuals with PD had a formal dysphonia diagnosis, and only 6.3% received speech treatment. Female sex and Hispanic ethnicity correlated with decreased voice care among individuals with PD. ABSTRACT Objective Around 89% of individuals
Liu V, Smith D, Yip H.
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Spasmodic dysphonia is a primary task specific focal dystonia affecting the laryngeal muscles during speech. Most medical and surgical approaches to treatment of spasmodic dysphonia are aimed at the denervation of the laryngeal muscles to block symptom ...
Danylo Yershov, Richard Partridge
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The role of the autonomic nervous system in the development of hypotonic dysphonia
Background. Hypotonic dysphonia occupies a special place in the structure of functional dysphonia in terms of prevalence. At the same time, the autonomic nervous system has a significant impact on the course and outcome of the disease.
A. Yu. Yurkov+3 more
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CoQ10 and vitamin A supplementation support voice rehabilitation. A double-blind, randomized, controlled, three-period cross-over pilot study [PDF]
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of an adjuvant therapy (CoQ10 in its watersoluble form and vitamin A) in supporting voice rehabilitation in a large group of patients with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD).
de Vincentiis, M+8 more
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Cross-linguistic study of vocal pathology: perceptual features of spasmodic dysphonia in French-speaking subjects [PDF]
Clinical characterisation of Spasmodic Dysphonia of the adductor type (SD) in French speakers by Klap and colleagues (1993) appears to differ from that of SD in English. This perceptual analysis aims to describe the phonetic features of French SD.
BRIN M. F.+12 more
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A Literature Review of Voice Indices Available for Voice Assessment [PDF]
Background:Recent years have seen the development of voice indices for multi-parametric objective voice evaluation. The current study aims to review these indices and examine their efficiency through the literature.Methods: The study design is a ...
Saeed Saeedi+2 more
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A Systematic Review of Case Reports of Spontaneous Retropharyngeal Hematoma. [PDF]
Spontaneous retropharyngeal hematoma is a rare diagnosis that can present in patients with vague symptoms including swallowing dysfunction or neck discomfort. This review aims to describe the presentation, predisposing factors, and management of SRH cases to better understand the clinical course and guide strategies for identifying and managing this ...
Rogers AL+6 more
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Perceived vocal morbidity in a problem asthma clinic [PDF]
<p>Aims: Asthma treatment has the potential to affect patients' voices. We undertook detailed characterisation of voice morbidity in patients attending a problem asthma clinic, and we determined how patients' perceptions related to objective ...
A E Stanton+13 more
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Machine Learning Assessment of Spasmodic Dysphonia Based on Acoustical and Perceptual Parameters
Adductor spasmodic dysphonia is a type of adult-onset focal dystonia characterized by involuntary spasms of laryngeal muscles. This paper applied machine learning techniques for the severity assessment of spasmodic dysphonia.
Federico Calà+7 more
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Otolaryngologic symptoms in multiple sclerosis: a review [PDF]
Many symptoms of multiple sclerosis may affect the ear, nose and throat. The most common otolaryngologic symptoms of multiple sclerosis are speech disorders, followed by sleep disorders, vertigo and disequilibrium, dysphagia, smell alterations, and ...
BALLA, MARIA PAOLA+7 more
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