This imaging technique is easier on the patient and allows video of connected speech, but has poorer overall visual quality.
What is flexible laryngeal endoscopy/stroboscopy?
100
This type of analysis can be involved in an evaluation and is done by closely examining the speech signal.
What is an acoustic analysis?
100
This progressive neurological disorder can be seen in repetitive movements of the extremities, jaw, tongue, velar, pharyngeal and laryngeal structures.
What is essential tremor?
100
This type of disorder is caused by long-term abuse of tobacco and causes chronic diffuse swelling of the SLP of the vocal folds.
What is Reinke's edema?
100
This congenital disorder involves a soft epiglottis that collapses into the airway, causing stridor.
What is laryngomalacia?
200
This involves looking at the structure, function, range of motion, rate and coordination of movement, symmetry and muscle tone during an evaluation.
What is an oral-peripheral/oral mech examination?
200
This acoustic measure looks at the highest and lowest pitch a person can produce.
What is the maximum phonational frequency range?
200
This type of dysarthria is characterized by slurred or drunk-sounding speech.
What is ataxic dysarthria?
200
This type of phonation is produced by approximation of the false vocal folds and sounds like Cookie Monster's voice.
What is ventricular phonation?
200
An abnormal occlusion of the esophagus that is congenital and life-threatening.
What is esophageal atresia?
300
These often can adverse effects on the voice, so they are usually listed as part of a medical history.
What are medications?
300
This measure can be obtained from equipment like a sound level meter.
What is intensity?
300
This type of dysarthria is often associated with Parkinson's disease.
What is hypokinetic dysarthria?
300
This is a sudden change in pitch, either up or down, during phonation.
What is a pitch break?
300
A contact ulcer that forms due to irritation and has a granulated appearance.
What is a granuloma?
400
This part of an evaluation may involve asking the patient for a description of the problem, onset and duration of the problem, previous treatment, social history, and/or behavioral observation.
What is a case history?
400
These may have either a narrow-band or wide-band filter and look at the voice in terms of frequency, time, and amplitude.
What are spectrograms?
400
This type of dysarthria is commonly associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome and polio.
What is flaccid dysarthria?
400
A single, traumatic event involving the vocal folds can cause this kind of mass lesion.
What is a polyp?
400
A pinkish and rough lesion found in the pharynx or larynx that can be a precursor to cancer.
What is hyperkeratosis?
500
A vital part of any evaluation, this may use a scale like the GRBAS or CAPE-V.
What is an auditory-perceptual assessment?
500
A speaker's habitual pitch is also sometimes called this.
What is speaking fundamental frequency (SFF)?
500
This type of dysarthria has a harsh, strained or strangled voice due to spasticity of the speech muscles.
What is spastic dysarthria?
500
This type of dysphonia is much more severe than functional dysphonia and requires extensive medical and/or psychiatric treatment.
What is somatization or Briquet's dysphonia?
500
These are wart-like viral growths in the airway that can be caused by the HPV.