Exam 2 Part 4 Flashcards
T/F: Vascular lesions occur more often in premenstrual women using blood thinners/anticoagulants e.g. aspirin or related products
True
Accumulation of blood that has leaked from the ruptured vessel
Hematoma
Mass of blood capillaries that appear as small, longstanding blood blister that has hardened over time with an adynamic vocal fold segment
Varix
Larger collection of varices
Ectasia
Is it recommended to do voice therapy with hemorrhages?
No; need vocal rest, surgery, and medication
What are the effects on voice if someone has a vocal lesion?
Stiffness of the cover, scarring, vocal quality can be severe
Post-pubescent males who speak in falsetto or near top of their modal frequency range, voice is weak, breathy, raspy, unable to increase intensity (shout)
Puberphonia
What are the etiologies of puberphonia?
Resistance to puberty, feminine self-identification desire to maintain a soprano singing voice, embarrassment when voice lowers dramatically
Post-adolescent females with higher than normal pitch, breathy voice, child-like speech distortions and prosody, and high tongue carriage.
Juvenile voice
What are the etiologies of juvenile voice?
Women resisting to transition to adulthood, habituated the altered laryngeal and vocal tract posture
Voice disorder presumably related to processes of laryngeal aging
Presbyphonia (presbylaryngeus)
What are the symptoms of presbyphonia?
Thin, muffled voice quality, decreased loudness, increased breathiness, pitch instability, lack of vocal endurance and flexibility
Having a patient practice with their puberphonic voice and then practice with their new voice
Functional negative practice
What are the vocal folds like in patients who have presbyphonia?
Think, spindle-shaped
What type of shape do vocal folds have if patients have nodules?
Hourglass pattern
