Injection laryngoplasty has gained popularity as a treatment modality for glottal insufficiency. Several approaches have been described, specifically transcutaneous, transoral and transnasal. The authors describe a novel technique performed successfully on three subjects, namely endoscopic injection laryngoplasty using the modified Guedel oral airway. There was marked improvement in dysphonia, ...

Medialization thyroplasty and endoscopic intracordal infusion of fat or heterologous materials are the treatments of choice for glottic incompetence, of both neurological and cicatricial origin. Functional evaluation after thyroplastic medialisation is often based on several approaches, in order to assess the effectiveness of the adopted technique. The most common analysis methods are: videolar...

The aim of the current study was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of voice training on patients with vocal cord polyps after phonomicrosurgery. The experimental group included 55 patients with vocal cord polyps after phonomicrosurgery that underwent voice training. Laryngostroboscopy, Voice Handicap Index (VHI), and Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI) were applied to evaluate patient voice qua...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to show our comparison of the quality of voice obtained after superficial transoral endoscopic cordectomies (types I, II, and III) according to the European Laryngological Society classification versus the more extended cordectomy (types IV and V) among patients with glottic precancerous lesions or early glottic cancer. METHODS Sixty-two patients under...

In female-to-male/gender identity disorder (FTM/GID) patients, no voice therapy (VT) is required, as the administration of male hormones will naturally cause to become low-pitched. However, in male-to-female (MTF)/GID female does not high-pitched. Since 2014, we have performed type 4 thyroplasty (TP4) and preoperative postoperative VT for MTF/GID patients. this study, examined outcomes VT. The ...

The aim of the study was to describe singing voice handicap in Croatian professional and amateur classical singers. This cross-sectional included 69 professionals (median age 47.5 interquartile range 42.0-55.8 years) 41 amateurs 30.0, 25.0-41.0 years). Participants completed version Singing Voice Handicap Index (SVHI-36), self-rated severity problem on another scale answered questions about the...

OBJECTIVE To compare and contrast functional speech outcomes of patients having undergone total laryngectomy and pharyngolaryngectomy who use tracheoesophageal speech as their primary mode of communication. DESIGN Group comparison design. SETTING Adult acute tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS Thirty patients who underwent total laryngectomy and 13 who underwent pharyngolaryngectomy with fre...

Trans men are biological females who have a male identity and sense of discomfort with their own feminine physical characteristics. The administration testosterone, hormone, for the treatment gender incongruence induces masculinization, including changing sound voice. We previously showed that continuous testosterone lowered basic frequency (F0) masculinized voice abruptly at three to six month...