Purpose Voice therapy practice and research, as in most types of rehabilitation, is currently
limited by the lack of a taxonomy describing what occurs during a therapy session (with …

Purpose: Despite the high prevalence of primary muscle tension dysphonia (MTD-1), its
underlying mechanisms and their interrelationships have yet to be fully identified. The …

In a preliminary study, we documented significant changes in formant transitions associated
with successful manual circumlaryngeal treatment (MCT) of muscle tension dysphonia …

Poorly regulated activity of the perilaryngeal muscles affects phonatory function and
contributes to a class of disorders known as hyperfunctional or musculoskeletal tension …

Chronic cough is a common, debilitating condition that can persist for years with little relief
from medical treatment. Speech pathology treatment is an effective treatment option for …

Abstract Objectives/Hypothesis: To determine whether radiographic measures of hyoid
position, laryngeal position, and hyolaryngeal space during phonation were different for …

Objective To analyze the symptoms of vocal tract discomfort in patients with different voice
disorders. Study Design This study was descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional …

First and second formant histories have been used in studies of both normal and disordered
speech to indirectly measure the activity of the vocal tract. The purpose of the present study …

There is evidence that laryngeal manual therapy, in various forms, can be a useful primary
intervention in cases of muscle tension dysphonia, although this is based on very few …

Purpose This study examined differences in selected acoustic measures of speech and
voice according to age and sex and across families. Method Participants included 169 …