Lecture 1 Flashcards
A normal voice is:
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loud enough to be heard
produced ina safe/hygenic manner
pleasant in quality
flexible/enough variability to express emotion/expressive
be appropriate for the speaker’s age adn gender in terms of pitch and loudness
So therefore, a disorded voice is on that is:
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not loud enough to be heard
produced ina traumatic manner
has a distracting /unpleasant quality
not fleible/vairiable/expressive
inapropriate pitch/loudness for age/gender
voice disorders are ________ phenomena, that is, something that we ________
perceptual
hear
Laryngeal lesions can be a _______ or a ________ of the underlying casue of the voice disorder.
cause
symptom
prevalence means:
the number of people who have a disorder at any given time
the prevalence of voice disorders in the general population is ___%
7
the prevalence of voice disorders in school-age children is _______
6-9 %
the prevalence of voice disorders in adults over 65 years of age is ______%, although only ____ % experience significant decreases in tehir quality of life becasue of the voice disorder
20-30
10-15
HTer eis no single accepted system for classifying voice disorders, but most classification systems are based on the _____ of the disorder
etiology
The clasification, assessment, and treatment of voice disorders has been influenced by experts a variety of fields, including
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otolarynology
music
public speaking
drama
psychology/psychiatry
neurology
For purposes of thei class, we wil classify voice disorders as
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functional
hyperfunctional
psychogenic
organic
neurogenic
A voice disorder is likely to have (a single, multiple) etiology (ies)
multiple
In terms of assessment, it is important that the ______ of the voice disorder be identified, as well as _______ and ________ factors.
eitology
predisposing
maintaining
prior to treatment, a voice clienc must be seen by a/an ______ to determine ________
otolarynologist (ENT)
whether or not there is a treatable medical disorder
