Non-Neurogenic Voice Disorders
This is the abnormal formation of tissue between the vocal folds.
What is a vocal fold web / webbing?
This type of dysphonia has no known cause, limited treatment options, and two types: adductor and abductor.
What is spasmodic dysphonia?
This type of assessment uses scales like GRBAS or CAPE-V.
What is auditory perceptual?
This acoustic measure looks at the highest and lowest pitch a person can produce.
What is the maximum phonational frequency range?
This type of treatment focuses mostly on eliminating harmful voice behaviors.
What is hygienic voice therapy / vocal hygiene?
This is broadly defined as an individual's perception of effort during talking and is also called perceived phonatory effort.
What is Vocal Fatigue?
This hyperkinetic dysarthria is characterized by involuntary rhythmic oscillations of muscles, which may occur during specific actions or while maintaining specific postures?
What is Essential Tremor?
Asking a client to describe how they use their voice at work, home, etc. on a daily basis is a part of this aspect of assessment.
What is a case history?
Elevated shimmer values are mostly associated with this type of voice quality.
What is breathy?
This surgical intervention for laryngeal cancer involves removal of structures from the hyoid bone to the cricoid/first few rings of the trachea.
What is a laryngectomy?
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 / vocal fold nodules?
What dysarthria is caused by damage to the corticobulbar tract and causes weakness and spasticity, slowing the movement of the affected structures and reducing the range of motion and force?
What is Spastic Dysarthria?
This type of assessment uses a strobe light / strobing effect in order to simulate real-time movement of the vocal folds in a video.
What is videostroboscopy?
An elevated value on this aerodynamic measure may indicate a vocal fold mass.
What is s/z ratio?
Identifying and reducing phonotrauma is Indirect or Direct Behavioral Treatment?
What is Indirect?
This is the persistent dysphonia resulting from excessive laryngeal musculoskeletal tension and associated hyperfunctional true and/or false VF vibratory patterns.
What is muscle tension dysphonia?
Laryngoscopic signs of dysphonia in this disorder include incomplete vocal fold closure, vocal fold bowing, supraglottic hyperfunction, decreased abduction, and mucous pooling?
What is ALS?
This is the amount of time that a vowel can be prolonged after a maximum inhalation; it is typically done to assess the efficiency of vocal fold vibration.
What is maximum phonation time (MPT)?
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?
This common treatment for head & neck cancer often causes long-term problems for patients, due to the changes to tissue (stiffening) that often results.
What is radiation?
This is an abnormal growth of tissue projecting from a mucous membrane and is classified as either sessile or pedunculated.
What is a polyp?
This is the branch of CN X that innervates all intrinsic laryngeal muscles except for the cricothyroid muscles.
What is the recurrent laryngeal branch?
This is the general term used for the type of assessment that involves flexible or rigid laryngoscopy and/or videostroboscopy.
What is visual perceptual assessment?
This assessment uses a scope that is introduced through the nasal cavity to visualize the vocal folds.
What is flexible (nasal) laryngoscopy?
This treatment is typically produced with extremely gentle onset of vibration, with the vocal folds just barely touching during vibration.
What is resonant voice therapy?