OBJECTIVE: Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) is a clinical and diagnostic term describing a
spectrum of disturbed vocal fold behavior caused by increased tension of the (para) …

Many rating scales have been applied to the evaluation of dystonia, but only few have been
assessed for clinimetric properties. The Movement Disorders Society commissioned this task …

Objectives To evaluate the efficiency of four self-assessment questionnaires that rate the
impact of a voice problem on the individual's life: Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL), the …

Functional dysphonia—a voice disturbance in the absence of structural or neurologic
laryngeal pathology—is an enigmatic and controversial voice disorder that is frequently …

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 …

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

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for treating functional dysphonia or
preventing voice disorders in adults. Data Sources We searched MEDLINE (1950 to 2006) …

Este libro ofrece una visión global de la mayor parte de las alteraciones vocales y es una
puesta al día de la Ponencia de la Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringología (Rafael …

Objectives The present study sought to determine the validity, reliability, and responsiveness
of the Brazilian Portuguese Voice Symptom Scale (VoiSS) and also identify characteristics of …

Electroglottography (EGG) is a low-cost, noninvasive technology for measuring changes of
relative vocal fold contact area during laryngeal voice production. EGG was introduced …