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Monitoring Neurological disease in Phonation [PDF]
It is well known that many neurological diseases leave a fingerprint in voice and speech production. The dramatic impact of these pathologies in life quality is a growing concert.
Fernández Baíllo, Roberto+7 more
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Clinical aspects of spasmodic dysphonia. [PDF]
The clinical features of 12 patients with spasmodic dysphonia are described. In 11 patients, the voice was strained, harsh, tight, and tremulous, and was low in volume and pitch. Speech, which was sometimes barely intelligible, was interrupted by irregular stoppages and catches of the voice; it required considerable effort, and was accompanied by ...
K. Izdebski+2 more
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Spread of dystonia in patients with idiopathic adult-onset laryngeal dystonia [PDF]
Background and purpose: Adult-onset laryngeal dystonia (LD) can be isolated or can be associated with dystonia in other body parts. Combined forms can be segmental at the onset or can result from dystonia spread to or from the larynx.
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Tracing Spasmodic Dysphonia: the source of Ludwig Traube’s priority [PDF]
Objectives: Since the mid-20th century, one citation is given historical priority as the first description of Spasmodic Dysphonia (SD): Ludwig Traube’s 1871 case of the “spastic form of nervous hoarseness”.
Arnold GE+8 more
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Laryngeal dystonia: case report and treatment with botulinum toxin [PDF]
SummaryLaryngeal dystonia or spasmodic dysphonia is characterized by involuntary and innapropiate spasms of vocal muscles, having the adductor type as the most common one. It is chacterized by strain-strangled voice with pitch breaks.
Cruz, Vicente Paulo Miranda+4 more
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Morell Mackenzie’s contribution to the description of spasmodic dysphonia [PDF]
Objectives: Since the middle of the 20th century most discussions of Spasmodic Dysphonia reference a paper by Ludwig Traube published in1871 as the first historical citation, crediting him with priority for this clinical syndrome.
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Adduction laryngeal dystonia: proposal and evaluation of nasofibroscopy [PDF]
Dystonias are organic central motor processing disorders characterized by involuntary muscular contractions or incontrollable spasms induced by task-specific movements.
De Biase, Noemi Grigoletto+6 more
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A History of Dystonia: Ancient to Modern [PDF]
Before 1911, when Hermann Oppenheim introduced the term dystonia, this movement disorder lacked a unifying descriptor. While words like epilepsy, apoplexy, and palsy have had their meanings since antiquity, references to dystonia are much harder to ...
Deborah Thorpe+3 more
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Estimating tremor in Vocal Fold Biomechanics for Neurological Disease characterisation [PDF]
Neurological Diseases (ND) are affecting larger segments of aging population every year. Treatment is dependent on expensive accurate and frequent monitoring. It is well known that ND leave correlates in speech and phonation.
Fernández Fernández, Mario+8 more
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Brain activity during phonation in women with muscle tension dysphonia : an fMRI study [PDF]
Objectives. The main objectives of this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study are (1) to investigate brain activity during phonation in women with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) in comparison with healthy controls; and (2) to explain the ...
Claeys, Sofie+6 more
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