Characteristics of a dysphonic population referred for voice assessment and/or voice therapy
| Autor: | Paul Van de Heyning, Leen Van den Steen, Lieve Van Bel, F. Mertens, Frans Gordts, Jan Raes, L. Heylen, Marc De Bodt, J. Pattyn |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ear, nose & throat, Surgical clinical sciences, Microbiology and Infection Control |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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voice therapy Sound Spectrography Cross-sectional study Voice therapy Speech recognition Puberphonia Laryngitis Audiology Language and Linguistics Voice Disorder 0302 clinical medicine dysphonia Medicine Child 030223 otorhinolaryngology Referral and Consultation Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study Hoarseness Middle Aged Child Preschool Voice Training Female 0305 other medical science Vocal Cord Paralysis Adult Linguistics and Language medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population Laryngeal Diseases Young Adult 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences Speech and Hearing Sex Factors otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans Voice Handicap Index education Aged Retrospective Studies voice assessment business.industry LPN and LVN medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Human medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica |
| ISSN: | 1021-7762 |
| Popis: | Objective: The aim of this study was to define patient characteristics of a dysphonic population in terms of voice disorder, gender, age, and subjective and objective vocal parameters and to explore the relevant characteristics of the most frequent groups of voice disorders. Patients and Methods: Patient records from 4,447 subjects referred for voice assessment and/or voice therapy were analyzed. Results: Significantly more cases of dysphonia were structural as compared to nonstructural. This significant difference was found in almost all age groups. Significantly more women were diagnosed with dysphonia than men. The most common symptom was light-to-moderate hoarseness. The average voice handicap index was 31 and the average dysphonia severity index was -0.6. Vocal fold nodules (VFN), functional voice disorders (FVD) and vocal fold paralysis (VFP) were the three most frequently diagnosed vocal pathologies and were analyzed in detail. Women were found to be significantly more vulnerable to FVD, VFN and cysts, whereas men were significantly more often diagnosed with carcinoma, hyperkeratosis, laryngitis, papillomatosis, presbyphonia, puberphonia and VFP. Conclusions: The results of this study allow a better estimation of the clinical needs and costs for a specific dysphonic population looking for help and highlight the gender-related risks of specific voice disorders. |
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