Fluency and Voice Disorders Flashcards
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Vocal nodules most commonly develop in which population due to vocal overuse or misuse?
Answer: Professional singers and heavy voice users
Vocal nodules are callous-like lesions on the vocal fold edges commonly caused by chronic vocal overuse and poor vocal hygiene, often in singers and heavy voice users.
Videostroboscopy evaluates vocal fold function primarily by observing:
Answer: Vocal fold mucosal wave and closure patterns
Videostroboscopy uses a strobe light synchronized to vocal fold vibration to visualize the mucosal wave and vibratory characteristics.
Which perceptual rating scale is commonly used to describe voice quality dimensions including roughness, breathiness, and strain?
Answer: GRBAS
The GRBAS scale rates voice on Grade, Roughness, Breathiness, Asthenia, and Strain using a 0–3 severity scale.
Vocal hygiene counseling for a patient with voice disorders would include which recommendation?
Answer: Increase hydration and reduce vocal misuse behaviors
Vocal hygiene programs emphasize adequate hydration, reduced vocal misuse (shouting, throat clearing), and voice rest to support vocal fold health.
Spasmodic dysphonia (adductor type) is characterized by which voice quality?
Answer: Strained, strangled voice with voice breaks
Adductor spasmodic dysphonia involves involuntary spasms that close the vocal folds during voiced speech, causing a strained, strangled quality with voice breaks.
Which treatment is considered the most effective medical management for adductor spasmodic dysphonia?
Answer: Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections into the thyroarytenoid muscle
Botulinum toxin injections into the thyroarytenoid (or cricothyroid) muscles temporarily paralyze the overactive muscles, reducing spasms in spasmodic dysphonia.