Hypertension and Muscle Dysphonia Flashcards
medial compression
the force that 1 vf exerts on the other
perfect amount of medial compression
enough to hold the air under the vfs but also be set into motion with the least amount of effort
hypofunction
- vfs are blown apart and don’t provide enough resistance
- breathy quality
- decreased utterance lenght
hyperfunction
- vfs are offering too much resistance to the outgoing airstream
- takes a lot of effort
- once there is vibration, it is very tense resulting in strained or stangled vocal quality
- wastage of air
terminology for voice disorders
different people will use different words for the same thing
SLP rules with hypertension
all voice disorders must have a doctoral diagnosis before treatment, and you cannot make the medical diagnosis
hoarseness of more than 2 weeks
- they need to go see a doctor
- could be a sign of neuromuscular disorder (thyroid disorder)
- could be nodules, polyps, chronic laryngitis, cancer
ulcer for more than 2 weeks
they need to go see a doctor
2 types of dysphonia
- primary MTD
- secondary MTD
primary MTD
- functional disorder
- there is nothing wrong with the vfs (anatomically typical), but patient uses hyperfunctional voice habitually
- can unintentionally become a habit because of work and psychological effects
- we have to break that phonatory set so that they can habituate a new phonatory set
secondary MTD
- a compensatory strategy for some organic problem
- if the vfs are atypical, phonation is going to be atypical
2 step therapy approach for secondary MTD
- set the stage for the vf anatomy to normalize
- habituate a less effortful pattern
signs during diagnostic and what to do
- giving client a hearing test
- if they have habituated the pattern, you need to help them break that habit
- perceptual evaluation
- CAPE-V
- looking component during evaluation
- when running out of air, patient will squeeze causing tension
- patient’s neck
giving client a hearing test
- sometimes it might just be poor hearing
- not closing the feedback loop
- getting louder so that they can hear themselves
perceptual evaluation
- listen for typical to somewhat elevated pitch
- listen for typical to elevated loudness
- listen for quality: harsh, tense, strained, strangled
looking component during evaluation
- posture
- tense or relaxed when standing
- tense or relaxed when sitting
- if body is tense, so will larynx
looking component during evaluation: watch breathing
- may find inefficient breathing
- clavicure breathing
- also means inefficient breath support
- common for gasping or big breaths to occur if patient uses inefficient breathing techniques
the patient’s neck
- we do not touch the neck, we palpate the neck
- feeling with fingertips
- when palpating, looking for areas of nodularity
neck: feeling with fingertips
- muscles on the sides of the neck (do they have a little give or are they rigid)
- move the larynx
- check the position by finding the gap between superior horn and greater horn (if gap is not found, larynx is elevated)
asking the patient questions
- if they don’t answer them in some manner
- could report that talking is an effort and get tired the longer that they talk
- asking patient about vocal fatigue
- any pain, tightness, or earache?
- any tension in your upper shoulders or upper chest?
- if it feels like there’s something in your throat
asking patient about vocal fatigue
- detrioration in vocal quality as the day goes on
- better voice in the morning than later in the day
any pain, tightness, or earache?
muscle insertion
any tension in your upper shoulders or upper chest?
muscle insertion