Treatment & Diagnosis
This method of treatment, commonly associated with Parkinson’s, targets vocal loudness using massed practice with lots of feedback.
What is LSVT Loud (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment)?
This is when false/ventricular folds close over the true vocal folds, and the folds cannot come together to form a strong voice.
What is ventricular phonation?
This is the most common type of spasmodic dysphonia.
What is Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia?
This is the main purpose/aspect of the laryngeal physiology (what does it do)?
What is the protection of the airway during swallowing, respiration and phonation?
Voice disorders are categorized as either ___ or ___...
What is functional or organic?
This involves a direct visualization of the larynx using a flexible or rigid endoscope to assess VF movement and function, can be invasive and uncomfortable.
What is laryngoscopy?
In Parkinson's disease, this is the common vocal tone for speech. (hint: characteristic of volume/prosody, remember the Parkinson's rap!)
What is a low volume, monotoned voice?
This neurologic voice condition causes involuntary spasms of the larynx, and is more common in women than men.
What is spasmodic dysphonia?
These are the unpaired cartilages.
What are the epiglottis, thyroid, and cricoid cartilages?
These muscles are impacted by vocal tremor (name at least 2).
Intrinsic, extrinsic muscles
Muscles of diaphragm
Chest wall, abdomen
Mouth, and throat
This video-imaging technique allows for the assessment of vocal fold vibration and mucosal wave patterns with high diagnostic accuracy.
What is videostroboscopy?
These voice changes are associated with Multiple Sclerosis.
What are hypophonia and hypernasality?
Inefficient use of vocal folds mechanism while physical structure is normal, results in:
vocal fatigue, dysphonia/ aphonia (muscle tension), diplophonia and ventricular phonation
What are functional voice disorders?
These are the paired cartilages in the laryngeal system.
What are the arytenoid, corniculate, and cuneiform cartilages?
People with this suffer from inadequate sound production, decreased vocal fold tension.
What is multiple sclerosis?
This is the first line of defense against recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis
What is Voice therapy?
This occurs when 2 pitches come out at the same time
What is Diplophonia?
In Adductor SD, spasms occur particularly on which type of speech sounds?
What are voice speech sounds?
This muscle forces vocal folds together in adduction.
What is the Thyroarytenoid muscle?
These are the conditions associated with Neurogenic Voice disorders (name at least 2).
Stroke (CVA)
Parkinson’s disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Treatments for this can include:
voice therapy
Botulinum toxin injection
Type II thyroplasty
Medications like Klonopin, Valium, Ativan, Neurontin
What is Spasmodic Dysphonia?
What is reduced loudness and fatigue of laryngeal muscles?
These physiological voice disorders result from alterations in respiratory, laryngeal, or vocal tract mechanisms
What are organic voice disorders?
This type of muscle controls movements of the vocal folds.
What are intrinsic muscles?
The Multiple Sclerosis mechanism is this...
What is the demyelination of neurons?