Dysphonia is the medical term for disorders of the voice: an impairment in the ability to produce voice sounds using the vocal organs . Thus, dysphonia is a phonation disorder.
Dysphonia is the medical term for hoarseness or other phonation disorders. It is considered much less severe than aphonia.
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Dysphonia: An impairment of the voice. Difficulty in speaking. Hoarseness is a common sort of dysphonia. See also: Spasmodic dysphonia.
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Dysphonia, spasmodic: See: Spasmodic dysphonia.
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How is dysphonia treated?
Each condition has its own specific treatment, and the treatment should also be tailor-made to each individual. The general principles of management are described below.
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Term Definition
Dysphonia
Trouble with the voice when trying to talk, including hoarseness and change in pitch or quality or voice.
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Dysphonia - spasmodic
Definition of Spasmodic dysphonia:
Spasmodic dysphonia involves difficulty speaking because of repetitive or continuous spasms (dystonia) of the muscles that control the vocal cords.
Spasmodic dysphonia causes voice breaks and can give the voice a tight, strained quality. People with spasmodic dysphonia may have occasional breaks in their voice that occur once every few sentences.
Spasmodic dysphonia is a voice disorder characterized by momentary periods of uncontrolled vocal spasms, tightness in the throat, and/or recurrent hoarseness. At certain times, affected individuals must make a conscious effort to speak.
Spasmodic dysphonia involves difficulty speaking because of repetitive or continuous spasms (dystonia) of the muscles that control the vocal cords.
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Spasmodic dysphonia most often affects women, particularly between the ages of 30 and 50.
What are the different types of spasmodic dysphonia?
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1. a breathy form of spasmodic dysphonia caused by long and excessive vocal fold opening for voiceless phonemes extending into vowels.
The information shown above for abductor spasmodic dysphonia is provided by Stedman's.
Dysphonia
Altered voice production.
Differential diagnosis
The determination of which two or more diseases with similar symptoms is the one from which a patient is suffering, based on an analysis of the clinical data.
dysphonia - any impairment of the voice or difficulty speaking.
dyspraxia of speech - partial loss of the ability to consistently pronounce words in individuals with normal muscle tone and coordination of the speech muscles.
Dysphonia - any impairment of the voice or speaking ability.
Dyspraxia of Speech - in individuals with normal muscle tone and speech muscle coordination, partial loss of the ability to consistently pronounce words.
DYSPHONIA is another type of speech impairment. For information, see the article on spasmodic dysphonia.
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Dysphonia
Trouble with the voice when trying to talk, including hoarseness and change in pitch or quality or voice.
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Spasmodic dysphonia affects the throat muscles.
Causes
The exact causes of SD are unknown. It is categorized as a disorder of the central nervous system.
Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a rare form of dystonia which affects the laryngeal muscles (vocal cords) and is also known as laryngeal dystonia.
Spasmodic dysphonia (SD): SD is a type of dystonia. SD involves the muscles of the voice box (larynx) and the surrounding muscles. Speech is affected. . In people with SD, speech is blocked or strained by intermittent spasms of the voice box.
Functional dysphonia—abnormal use of the vocal mechanisms despite normal anatomy
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Spasmodic dysphonia or laryngeal dystonia
This type of dystonia affects the muscles controlling the vocal cords. The vocal cords are held together under tension during normal speech, held in this way they vibrate to produce sound.
Voice strain; Dysphonia; Loss of voice
Considerations
Hoarseness is usually caused by a problem in the vocal cords. Most cases of hoarseness occur with swelling (inflammation) of the larynx (laryngitis).
Voice strain; Dysphonia; Loss of voice
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Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 4th ed. St Louis, Mo; Mosby; 2005.
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Spasmodic dysphonia involves the muscles of the throat that control speech. Also called spastic dysphonia or laryngeal dystonia, it causes strained and difficult speaking or breathy and effortful speech.
Most laryngeal disorders cause dysphonia, which is impairment of the voice (see Sidebar 1: Laryngeal Disorders: The Professional Voice). A persistent change in the voice (eg, > 3 wk) requires visualization of the vocal cords, including their mobility.
In fact, spasmodic dysphonia, characterized by strainedstrangled or abnormally breathy vocal quality and episodes of periodic arrests of voice, is a form of hyperkinetic dysarthria in that dystonia involves the vocal cords.
If total thyroidectomy is performed, damage to the laryngeal nerve that innervates the vocal cords is probable, resulting in difficulty speaking (dysphonia) hoarseness or weakness in voice.
If you are diagnosed with a neurogenic voice disorder such as vocal fold paralysis, spasmodic dysphonia or vocal paralysis, ...
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Dworkin JP, Meleca RJ, Simpson ML, Garfield I. Use of topical lidocaine in the treatment of muscle tension dysphonia. J Voice. Dec 2000;14(4):567-74. [Medline].
Weakness of the laryngeal musculature is responsible for dysphonia. Involvement of the striated muscle of the pharynx and upper portion of the esophagus leads to dysphagia and regurgitation.
A variant of ALS, more unfavorable prognosis, progressive bulbar palsy is characterized by rapidly progressive paralysis of the muscles of the jaw, pharynx and tongue resulting in dysphagia, dysarthria, dysphonia and difficulty chewing.
Dysphonia, chronic spasmodic ... breathy voice, hoarse voice, conscious effort needed to speak
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