Organic Voice Disorders Flashcards
Organic Voice Disorders can be separated into two categories:
disease or congenital/trauma
There are three causes to granulomas or ulcers:
- GERD* or LPR
- Phonotrauma*
- Intubation Trauma*
*Form on the medial aspect of the posterior third of the vocal folds
*usually unilateral but can be bilateral
*variable glottic closure (mucosal wave decreased)
Excessive medial compression of posterior glottis during low pitched phonation, hard glottal attacks, increased loudness, throat clearing and coughing
Phonotrauma
Stomach acid and enzymes which affect the VF tissue
GERD/ LPR
trauma to VFs due to the endotracheal tube rubbing
Intubation
What is this?
Granuloma
Perceptual:
_____ pitch, ______, hoarse, _______
low, vocal fry, breathy
*Granuloma
Acoustic:
___ habitual pitch, ________ frequency and intensity perturbations
low, increased
*Granuloma
Causes VF edema, erythmea, arytenoid and posterior commissure hypertrophy, pachydermia (thickening tissue between the arytenoids)
Reflux Laryngitis
All of the following are symptoms of GERD/LPR except for:
A.) heartburn
B.) rapid vocal fatigue
C.) chronic, dry cough
D.) Acid taste in mouth
E.) All of the above
E - all of the above
Perceptual:
hoarseness, breathiness, decreased habitual pitch
Reflux Laryngitis
Acoustic:
increased noise levels, increased frequency and intensity perturbations
Reflux Laryngitis
Inflammatory response of the larynx due to a viral or bacterial infection
Infectious Laryngitis
Perceptual:
total or partial voice loss, hoarseness, breathiness, low pitch
Infectious Laryngitis
Caused by the Human Papiloma-Virus, wart-like growths, two-types (Juvenile and Adult),
Laryngeal Papiloma
Perceptual:
hoarseness, breathiness, strained
Laryngeal Papiloma