This type of phonation is produced by approximation of the false vocal folds and/or excess muscular tension and sounds like Cookie Monster's voice.
What is harsh voice or ventricular phonation?
100
The abnormal formation of tissue between the vocal folds.
What is webbing?
100
This type of dysphonia has no known cause, limited treatment options, and two types: adductor and abductor.
What is spasmodic dysphonia?
100
This acoustic measure looks at the highest and lowest pitch a person can produce.
What is the maximum phonational frequency range?
100
This is an abnormal opening between the nasal cavity and oral cavity located somewhere on the palate.
What is a palatal fistula?
200
The continuation of speaking in a high register voice, even after puberty is complete.
What is puberphonia?
200
The diffuse swelling of the superior layer of the lamina propria that is mostly associated with smoking.
What is Reinke's edema?
200
This is the branch of CN X that supplies the muscles that elevate the soft palate.
What is the pharyngeal branch?
200
Elevated shimmer values are mostly associated with this type of voice quality.
What is breathy?
200
This is a structural defect causes the velum to be short relative to the posterior pharyngeal wall.
What is Velopharyngeal Insufficiency?
300
This is a whispered voice, but patient has no vocal fold paralysis and normal cough/swallow.
What is functional aphonia/conversion aphonia?
300
A congenital disorder in which an infant is born with a soft epiglottis that collapses into the child’s airway, causing stridor.
What is laryngomalacia?
300
This is the only intrinsic laryngeal muscle to be supplied by the superior laryngeal branch of CN X.
What is the cricothyroid?
300
An elevated value on this aerodynamic measure may indicate a vocal fold mass.
What is s/z ratio?
300
This is a physiological deficiency that results in poor movement of the velopharyngeal structures.
What is Velopharyngeal Incompetence?
400
Persistent dysphonia resulting from excessive laryngeal musculoskeletal tension and associated hyperfunctional true and/or false VF vibratory patterns.
What is muscle tension dysphonia?
400
These growths on the vocal folds are typically found in pairs and form like calluses over time in response to excessive voice use.
What are nodules?
400
Damage to this nerve results in normal soft palate function, but a RVF fixed in an abducted position and a LVF that moves towards the midline upon phonation.
What is the recurrent laryngeal branch of CN X?
400
This includes evaluation of structure/function, ROM (range of motion), rate and coordination of movement, symmetry, strength, and muscle tone
What is an Oral-Peripheral Mech Examination?
400
Abnormal resonance and nasal air emission without a primary velopharyngeal disorder.
What is Velopharyngeal Mislearning?
500
In this condition, the VFs paradoxically close when they should be opening and not just during speech. Patients may experience stridor or in serious cases air hunger.
What is PVFM?
500
A narrowing of the airway below the glottis at about the level of the cricoid cartilage.
What is subglottal stenosis?
500
Tremor is most perceptible in this speech task.
What is a sustained vowel?
500
This assessment uses a scope that is introduced through the nasal cavity to visualize the vocal folds.
What is flexible (nasal) laryngoscopy?
500
This is sometimes described as a nasal snort, posterior nasal fricative, and/or nasal rustle, but it only occurs on specific sounds in the client's phonemic inventory.