INTRODUCTION Dysphonias due to primary neurogenic disorders are a group of voice disorders that can be caused by both central and peripheral disorders of the larynx innervation. There are numerous causes leading to paralysis of superior and/or inferior laryngeal nerves, particularly of the inferior laryngeal or recurrent nerve. VOICE THERAPY IN UNILATERAL VOCAL CORD PARESIS: Vocal therapy is an...

Voice is one of the most important means of communication and as such should be taken care of. The etiology of voice disorders is diverse. Due to the development of the society we live in, way of life, environmental factors, and exposure to pharmacological agents as well as demands we make towards our voice, there is a substantial growth in the number of people with voice disorders. We tasked o...

Background: Vocal abuse and misuse would result in vocal fold polyp. Certain features define the extent of vocal folds polyp effects on voice acoustic parameters. The present study aimed to define the effects of polyp size on acoustic voice parameters, and compare these parameters in hemorrhagic and non-hemorrhagic polyps.Methods: In the present retrospective study, 28 individuals with hemorrha...

Diversity in nomenclature and on-going dilemmas over the conceptual bases for the classification of voice disorders make it virtually impossible for the collation and accurate comparison of evidence-based data across different clinical settings. This has significant implications for treatment outcome studies. The first aim of this study was to develop a modified diagnostic classification system...

Hoarseness is a vague term that patients often use to describe a change in voice quality ranging from voice hoarseness to voice weakness. However the term can reflect abnormalities anywhere along the vocal tract from the oral cavity to lungs. Ideally the term “Hoarseness” refers to laryngeal dysfunction caused by abnormal vocal cord vibration [1]. Bernoulli’s principle explains that when air pa...

Purpose: To investigate whether there is an association between the frequency of occurrence of vocal symptoms, the intensity of vocal deviation and laryngeal diagnosis in patients with different voice disorders. Methods: The study included 330 patients with vocal complaints. The patients were divided into five groups according to the laryngeal diagnosis: G1without laryngeal lesions; G2 -benign ...

BACKGROUND The Prosody-Voice Screening Profile PVSP. A final section provides detailed (PVSP) is a perceptual procedure to assess a prosody-voice reference data for children with speaker's prosody and voice in conversational normal speech-language development and speech. The PVSP provides summative and children with speech-language disorders of per-utterance data on the appropriateness of known...