Voice Disorders 1
The diffuse swelling of the superior layer of the lamina propria that is mostly associated with smoking.
What is Reinke's Edema?
The abnormal formation of tissue between the vocal folds.
What is webbing?
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?
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?
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 type of treatment uses a systematic approach similar to physical therapy to stretch and strengthen laryngeal muscles for better voice.
What is vocal function exercises?
This is the most likely branch of CN X with a lesion, if the soft palate pulls toward the right during production of /a/.
What is the left pharyngeal branch?
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?
This type of spectrogram is used to determine the suitability of acoustic measures for the client's voice type.
What is narrowband?
An elevated value on this aerodynamic measure may indicate a vocal fold mass.
What is s/z ratio?
This facilitating approach uses a different airstream mechanism in order to disrupt maladaptive phonation habits or facilitate vocal fold vibration after radiation treatment.
What is inhalation phonation?
Persistent dysphonia resulting from excessive laryngeal musculoskeletal tension and associated hyperfunctional true and/or false VF vibratory patterns.
What is muscle tension dysphonia?
This is the only intrinsic laryngeal muscle to be supplied by the superior laryngeal branch of CN X.
What is the cricothyroid?
This unit provides a perceptual difference in pitch, so is more meaningful when looking at pitch variation in connected speech.
What is the semitone?
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 type of treatment uses back pressure from a constriction at the end of the vocal tract in order to facilitate easier, less effortful vocal fold vibration and help with vocal fatigue and/or tension.
What are semi-occluded vocal tract exercises?
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?
A narrowing of the airway below the glottis at about the level of the cricoid cartilage.
What is subglottal stenosis?
Tremor is most perceptible in this speech task.
What is a sustained vowel?
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 holistic and involves producing voice with forward oral vibratory sensations.
What is resonant voice?