Definitions
This is a physically based disorder of phonation that has a mass, usually unilateral and may be fluid-filled, and grows and bulges out from surrounding tissue
What are POLYPS?
What is the primary cranial nerve responsible for laryngeal elevation and what is its number?
What is CRANIAL NERVE X: VAGUS?
What are the acoustic correlates of voice quality?
What is PERTURBATION/NOISE? (Jitter/shimmer)
What physically based disorder of phonation is similar to a granuloma, but is soft, pliable and filled with blood?
What is HEMANGIOMA?
What physically based disorder of phonation are small bilateral nodes that develop on the middle two-thirds of the vocal folds?
What are VOCAL NODULES?
What is it called when the sound from a nasal consonant carries over to adjacent vowels?
What is ASSIMILATIVE RESONANCE?
What branch of the vagus nerve is the major motor and sensory supply below the vocal folds?
What is RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE?
Anterior tongue placement, achieving a more “forward” resonance, is typically associated with a _________ voice:
What is FEMALE?
What is the most common type of Spasmodic Dysphonia?
What is ADductor Spasmodic Dysphonia?
This physically based disorder of phonation is caused by HPV and appears as pink or white wart-like growths:
What is PAPILLOMA?
This type of vocal quality results from the vocal folds remaining slightly open:
What is BREATHINESS?
What cartilage is at the base of the larynx and prevents the trachea from collapsing?
What is CRICOID CARTILAGE?
What puts a patient at an increased risk of a vocal fold hemorrhage?
What is TAKING BLOOD THINNERS OR PRESENCE OF VARICES?
The neurological disease that is defined as diffuse demyelination of white matter with preservation of axons at the brainstem, cerebellum, and spinal cord is defined as what?
What is MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS?
What physically based disorder of phonation occurs when fluid builds up in the superficial layer of the lamina propria and causes the vocal folds to swell?
What is REINKE'S EDEMA?
In the term “Episodic Paroxysmal Laryngospasm”, 'paroxysmal' means what?
What are SYMPTOMS OCCURRING IN PERIODIC ATTACKS?
Which intrinsic muscle is the only ABductor muscle?
What is PCA (POSTERIOR CRICOARTYENOID)?
The most prevalent component of voice that those undergoing gender reassignment generally work on in voice therapy is what?
What is PITCH?
The vocal quality of ALS is what?
What is BREATHY, LOW-PITCHED, and MONOTONOUS?
What is TWANG?
Inhalation phonation is another name for this style of behavioral voice therapy:
What is SINGHALE?
What is the primary function of the infrahyoid muscles?
What is TO DEPRESS THE LARYNX?
During a perceptual assessment of phonation, what two simple measures are assessed?
What are S/Z RATIO and MAXIMUM PHONATION TIME?
After a laryngectomy, name 2 ways that a patient would be able to produce vocalizations.
What are USE OF EXTERNAL DEVICES (ELECTROLARYNX), ESOPHAGEAL SPEECH, TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL PUNCTURE (TEP)?
Name 2 early warning signs for laryngeal cancer.
What is HOARSENESS, DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING, A SORE THROAT THAT DOESN’T GO AWAY, EAR PAIN, PITCH CHANGE, LUMP IN NECK OR THROAT?