Quiz 3 Questions

Question 1

Which of the following is the best order for voice therapy tasks?
Select one:
a. breathing exercises (exs.) ; relaxation exs.; voice exercises
b. voice exs.; breathing exs.; relaxation exs.
c. relaxation exs.; breathing exs.; voice exercises
d. order of tasks is not important

Answer 1

c. relaxation exs.; breathing exs.; voice exercises

Question 2

Vocal Function Exercises

Select one:

a. can be used for both hyper- and hypofunctional voice disorders
b. consist of syllables, words and sentences with /m,n/ in syllable and word initial position
c. consist of glides, sustained phonation on /i/ and sustained phonation on ‘ol’ or ‘nol’ on 5 consecutive pitches, such as C4, D4, E4, F4 and G4.
d. a and c
e. a and c

Answer 2

d. a and c

Question 3

The Confidential Voice Therapy approach
Select one:
a. is often used post-surgically
b. is used for hypofunctional disorders
c. is useful in cases of moderate -severe phonotrauma
d. a and c

Answer 3

d. a and c

Question 4

Therapy techniques to eliminate hard glottal attacks include
Select one:
a. easy onset and linking
b. yawn-sigh
c. chant talk
d. all of the above

Answer 4

d. all of the above

Question 5

The primary variable that affects a voice patient’s prognosis is
Select one:
a. compliance with therapy home program and vocal hygiene recommendations
b. the patient’s age
c. the patient’s physical condition
d. the patient’s psychological status

Answer 5

a. compliance with therapy home program and vocal hygiene recommendations

Question 6

Supraglottic Relaxation Exercises are
Select one:
a. used to remediate anterior-posterior compression and medial-lateral compression
b. physiologic voice therapy exercises
c. symptomatic voice therapy exercises
d. a and c
e. a and b

Answer 6

d. a and c

Question 7

Your patient is a 69-year-old male with a dx of presbylaryngis with vocal fold bowing and secondary anterior - posterior compression, elevated laryngeal posture and thyrohyoid muscle tension. Which of the following techniques would you choose to remediate the patient's anterior -posterior compression and elevated laryngeal posture ? Choose all that apply.
Choose all that are correct
a. Supraglottic relaxation exercises
b. Yawns
c. Circumlaryngeal massage
d. Shoulder rolls

Answer 7

a. Supraglottic relaxation exercises
b. Yawns
c. Circumlaryngeal massage

Question 8

Your patient is a 69-year-old male with a dx of presbylaryngis with vocal fold bowing and secondary anterior - posterior compression, elevated laryngeal posture and thyrohyoid muscle tension. Which of the following techniques would you choose to improve vocal fold closure, maximize laryngeal muscle strength and recalibrate laryngeal mechanics?
Select one:
a. Vocal Function Exercises
b. Accent Method
c. Push/pull exercises
d. Confidential Voice

Answer 8

a. Vocal Function Exercises

Question 9

Your client is status post surgical removal of a vocal fold cyst and is just coming off of 10 days of vocal rest. Your primary goal for this patient is to maintain a decreased closed phase and absence of laryngeal muscle tension during phonation while the vocal folds continue to heal. What will your initial voice therapy technique be?
Select one:
a. Confidential Voice
b. Yawn-sigh
c. Accent Method
d. Chanting

Answer 9

a. Confidential Voice

Question 10

Your client is an elementary school teacher with a dx of early vocal fold nodules. While she agrees to voice rest after school and in the evening, she states she must continue to use her voice in the classroom. Which of the following voice therapy techniques will minimize medial compression and improve her ability to project her voice safely?
Select one:
a. Lessac Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy
b. Accent Method
c. Vocal Function Exercises
d. Lee Silverman Voice Therapy

Answer 10

a. Lessac Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy

Question 11

Which of the following is a physiologic rationale for Semi-occluded Vocal Tract Exercises ?
Select one:
a. Lowers the larynx and decreases throat tension
b. facilitates impedance matching
c. trains frontal tone focus
d. all of the above

Answer 11

d. all of the above

Question 12

he Accent Method
Select one:
a. trains improved coordination of respiration and phonation
b. trains flow phonation
c. focuses on abdominal breathing and aspirated onset
d. all of the above

Answer 12

d. all of the above

Question 13

Which of the following is not a physiologic voice therapy technique?
Select one:
a. Lessac Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy
b. Accent Method
c. Push/pull adduction exercises
d. Semi-occluded Vocal Tract Exercises

Answer 13

c. Push/pull adduction exercises

Question 14

A weakness of the symptomatic voice therapy philosophy is that
Select one:
a. it does not address behavior
b. the symptom may not be the cause
c. the cause of the voice disorder may no longer be the precipitating factor

Answer 14

b. the symptom may not be the cause

Question 15

When using Semi-occluded Vocal Tract Exercises with hypo-functional patients, we use a
Select one:
a. regular diameter drinking straw
b. narrow diameter straw
c. wide diameter Boba or smoothie straw

Answer 15

c. wide diameter Boba or smoothie straw

Question 16

The primary goal of voice therapy is to restore the voice to its pre-morbid condition.
Select one:
True
False

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Psychogenic voice therapy was promoted by Daniel Boone.
Select one:
True
False

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Physiologic voice therapy approaches aim to modify and balance the underlying physiology of the voice producing mechanisms; phonation, respiration, and resonance.
Select one:
True
False

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Hygienic voice therapy involves discovering the behavioral causes of the voice disorder and modification/elimination of the causes to improve vocal fold health and voice quality.
Select one:
True
False

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The physiological rationale for the Lessac Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy approach is that it decreases medial compression of the vocal folds during phonation.

Select one:
True
False

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Lee Silverman Voice Therapy was specifically designed for Parkinson’s patients and is a symptomatic voice therapy approach.
Select one:
True
False

Answer 21

False

Question 22

When training our patients, it is best to move through therapy tasks slowly, allowing the patient time to acquire the basic gesture before increasing task complexity.
Select one:
True
False

Answer 22

True