Voice Intervention Flashcards
Diagnoses and treats medical conditions, such as polys, and nodules
ENT (Otolaryngologist)
Videofluoroscopic imaging of the larynx, assessing laryngeal function
Radiologist
For psychologically rooted voice issues
Psychologist/psychiatrist
Addressing concerns with CV (cardiovascular) endurance and respiration
Physical therapist
Administer formal hearing tests to rule out hearing loss
Audiologist
Trains persons to use the vocal mechanism healthily, and to maximize voice potential
Voice coach
Treatment of pulmonary and respiratory conditions
Pulmonologist
What is the role of an SLP in the management of patients with voice disorders?
Provide voice intervention to enhance activity and participation.
Educate the patient about the nature of the disorder
Teach voice intervention procedures
What are the main approaches to voice treatment?
- Medical (this is where ENTs’ come in–phonosurgery, pharmaceutical, radiation)
- Environmental (modifying surroundings, adjusting to the vocal demands of environment/occupation)
- Behavioral (symptomatic voice therapy–VFT’s, LSVT, etc.,)
What is the role of mucolytics
Thins mucus and relieves congestion, if the problem is respiratory based
What do the antacids do?
Specific for GERD and LPR concerns
On-demand medication (Gaviscon, TUMS, Kremil-S)
Proton Pump inhibitors → Omeprazole (prolonged reduction of acid production)
What are systemic steroids?
Methylprednisolone → inflammatory relief
True or False. Surgical treatment for benign laryngeal lesions only recommended after medical (pharmaceutical) and voice therapy failed
True
True or False. Surgery for the pediatric population should be avoided. Voice therapy is usually initiated at around 10-13 years old, when they exhibit adequate self control for behavior modification.
True
This is the surgical removal of the larynx, to prevent further metastasis of tumorous tissue, usually due to cancer. Patients are incapable of traditional voicing due to the absence of the voice box.
Laryngectomy
This is after the laryngectomy. It is a vibrating device placed on the neck to transmit vibration into the pharyngeal column. Serves as a substitute for the vocal folds in voice production.
Electrolarynx
What is a voice prosthesis valve?
This can be done after the laryngectomy
One way, silicone valve
Occludes the stoma to allow airflow through the pharynx
What is esophageal speech?
This is done after the laryngectomy
Learned technique by swallowing air
Air is injected to the esophagus
(+) Appropriate tension of pharyngeal walls
(+) Expiratory airflow from esophagus
= Sound
What usually happens when there is an acute onset conditions, caused by virus, bacteria, or single episode vocal abuse
- Usually resolves spontaneously
- Conserve voice use during recovery period → (1) vocal rest (2) reduced volume
What usually happens when there is a recurrent event of inflammatory changes
Consideration of tonsillectomy
Aggressive therapy of reflux
Pharmacologic
Medical management for reflux?
Avoid lying down immediately post meal
Elevate head while sleeping
Avoid throat clearing or coughing → clearing of throat and coughing will encourage the upward excursion of the acid from the stomach
Avoid the following foods: citrus juices, chili food (spicy), chocolate, carbonated beverages
What are voice facilitating approaches?
These are therapeutic techniques used by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to help clients modify their vocal behaviors and improve voice disorders. These approaches are client-centered and aim to facilitate the production of a healthy voice by modifying various aspects of voice production, such as pitch, loudness, resonance, and phonation.
What is auditory feedback?
Patients who displayed a window of voice improvement during the evaluation session (such as when masking was used as a diagnostic probe resulting in an immediate improvement in voice) often benefit from the use of auditory feedback during therapy sessions.Regardless of the causal factor of the disorder (organic, neurogenic, or functional), the patient’s voice may improve with such feedback.
If patient is able to improve voice nung naririnig na nila sarili nila then it could be use as vocal technique
What is a confidential voice?
Using a soft, confidential voice as an alternative to hyperfunctional effortful voice. Similar to level II of “Loudness levels”
Hindi pabulong pero mahina
Confidential voice is useful for
Reducing overall hyperfunction
Affects breath control
Slows down speaking rate
Opens the airway
What is glottal fry?
Using glottal fry when speaking to shorten thyroarytenoid muscles and vocal ligaments → reduces the rate of vocal fold vibration