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A technique using a straw to create occlusion plus create vibrations in the facial mask.
What is SOVT?
The shortened version of the Voice Handicap Index.
What is VHI-10.
Say /a/ for as long as you can.
What is sustained /a/.
Callous-like lesions on the vocal folds that develop over time.
What are vocal nodules.
GRBAS
What is the clinician rating scale based on a 0-3 rating scale?
LSVT
What is a program used with Parkinson's that requires 4 sessions per week for 4 weeks?
An auditory-perceptual form for patients to rate the impact of a voice disorder on the quality of their life.
What is VRQOL?
Boyles Law
What is the law that describes the inverse relationship between volume and pressure?
An anatomical change to the VFs that can be sessile or pedunculated.
What is a polyp?
The cycle-to-cycle variation of fundamental frequency found in a Praat voice report.
What is jitter?
The type of straw that provides the greatest amount of back pressure during SOVT exercises.
What is a stir straw?
A voice disorder now commonly referred to as inducible laryngeal obstruction?
Abominals
What are the muscles that gradually contract to control air flow rate on exhalation?
Paramedian
What is the position of the VFs when both are paralyzed and not completely adducted?
The fluctuation in intensity (amplitude) as measured by Praat.
What is shimmer?
The most forward voiced consonant that creates maximal semi-occlusion when doing SOVT tasks.
What is /v/?
The branch of the Vagus nerve that courses around the aorta and subclavian artery.
What is the recurrent laryngeal nerve?
Bernoulli Effect
What is the principle that describes the drop in pressure when subglottal pressure forces the VFs to "blow apart"?
Strobe
What light source allows us to see the mucosal wave in action?
A measure of dysphonia judged to be better than HNR.
What is CPP (cepstral peak prominence)?
The action of the VFs to control increased air flow in the larynx when increasing loudness.
What is valving?
A voice disorder that has no anatomical changes but accounts for 40% of voice disorders.
What is muscle tension dysphonia?
Pressure created by occlusion of the air stream that facilitates the VFs reapproximating in the cycle of phonation.
What is back pressure.
Pappilloma
Wart-like growths on the VFs and surrounding tissue.
Perceptual ratings used by clients to document their perceptions of change.
What are PROMs?