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Effect of three semi-occluded vocal tract therapy programmes on the phonation of patients with dysphonia: lip trill, water-resistance therapy and straw phonation.

International journal of language and communication disorders, 2018
BACKGROUND To date, the immediate effects of a semi-occluded vocal tract (SOVT) configuration have been thoroughly demonstrated. However, it is not yet sufficiently confirmed whether a therapy programme (i.e. longer than one session) using SOVT exercises
Iris Meerschman, K. Van Lierde, Julie Ketels, C. Coppieters, S. Claeys, E. D’haeseleer   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

SEX & AGE-WISE DISTRIBUTION AND CAUSES OF DYSPHONIA IN CHILDREN

Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018
Background: Dysphonia is common in children due to which they suffer adversely both at home and at school. The objectives of this study were to determine the sex & age-wise distribution and causes of dysphonia in children.
Khurshid Anwar, Shehryar Khan, Muhammad Afaq Ali, Mohammad Javaid, Muhammad Ismail Khan, Isteraj Shahabi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of Conversation Training Therapy for Patients With Benign Vocal Fold Lesions and Muscle Tension Dysphonia Compared to Historical Matched Control Patients.

Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose Conversation training therapy (CTT) is the 1st voice therapy approach to eliminate the traditional therapeutic hierarchy and use patient-driven conversation as the sole therapeutic stimulus.
A. Gillespie, J. Yabes, C. Rosen, Jackie L. Gartner-Schmidt   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Review of differential diagnosis and management of spasmodic dysphonia [PDF]

, 2016
Purpose of Review: The recent literature on spasmodic dysphonia is reviewed with regard to pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, treatment options, audits, and current methods of management.
Baldner, Balint, Bertorini, Blitzer, Cannito, Creighton, De Bodt, Del Sorbo, Esposito, Gandhi, Halstead, Isetti, Isetti, Johnson, Kim, Kirke, Lien, Macerollo, Marsden, Mat Baki, Murry, Nagle, Nerurkar, Nomoto, Norby, Orbelo, Patel, Payne, Pitman, Ramdhani, Rosenthal, Rosow, Samargia, Samargia, Simonyan, Suppa, Tateya, Tomić, Tsuji, Vanryckeghem, Vanryckeghem, Walter, Yanagida, Yeo, Young   +44 more
core   +1 more source

The DAHANCA 27 Phase II Study: Transoral Laser Microsurgery for T1aN0M0 Glottic Squamous Cell Carcinoma, a Comparison to Accelerated Radiotherapy

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Endoscopic surgery of T1a glottic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is believed to have advantages compared to radiotherapy (RT), including short duration, cost‐effectiveness, repeatability, and RT reserved for second tumors/failures. The equality of tumor control probability after treatments is unresolved.
Nina M. Lyhne, Thomas Kjærgaard, Jesper F. Tvedskov, Christian Godballe, Kirsten Hald, Benedicte P. Ulhøi, Trine Printz, Jens Overgaard   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of possible factors of vocal interference during the teaching activity

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2017
OBJECTIVE To measure the risk of dysphonia in teachers, as well as investigate whether the perceptual-auditory and acoustic aspects of the voice of teachers in situations of silence and noise, the signal-to-noise ratio, and the noise levels in the ...
Bárbara Gabriela Silva, Tiago Visacre Chammas, Marcia Simões Zenari, Renata Rodrigues Moreira, Alessandra Giannella Samelli, Kátia Nemr   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Observational Study of Discourse Tasks and Running Speech Sampling in the Assessment of Paediatric Voice Quality. [PDF]

Int J Lang Commun Disord
ABSTRACT Introduction Running speech sampling is an essential component of a paediatric voice evaluation, in that it should provide the examiner with a representative vocal sample of the child's everyday voice use outside of the clinic setting. Current speech sampling practices, consisting of reading tasks, informal conversation sampling and the voice ...
Reynolds V, Scavo-Smith K, Oteng-Bediako K, Scanlon S.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Augev Method and an Innovative Use of Vocal Spectroscopy in Evaluating and Monitoring the Rehabilitation Path of Subjects Showing Severe Communication Pathologies [PDF]

, 2019
A strongly connotative element of developmental disorders (DS) is the total or partial impairment of verbal communication and, more generally, of social interaction.
Bosna, Vittoria, Campanella, Antonia, Galatola, Maria, Manca, Fabio, Marin, Claudia, Sabella, Elita Anna, Salonna, Ignazio   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Psychogenic dysphonia: diversity of clinical and vocal manifestations in a case series

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2014
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.
Regina Helena Garcia Martins, Elaine Lara Mendes Tavares, Paula Ferreira Ranalli, Anete Branco, Adriana Bueno Benito Pessin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sonographic Anatomy and Imaging of the Extracranial Component of the Hypoglossal Nerve (CNXII)

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
The hypoglossal nerve (HN) provides motor innervation to tongue muscles responsible for tongue movement, speech, mastication, swallowing, respiratory functions and management of oral secretions. The intracranial component of the HN can be demonstrated on magnetic resonance imaging and the extracranial component can be demonstrated with sonographic ...
Michelle Fenech, Jodie Gallagher, Laurelie R. Wishart, Clare Berry, Michael Foster‐Greenwood   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source