Hyoid Bone Syndrome and Dysphonia: Can Throat Pain Affect the Voice?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam D. Rubin ◽  
Juliana Codino ◽  
Pasquale Bottalico ◽  
Sheila Parrish ◽  
Cristina Jackson‐Menaldi
Keyword(s):  
Hyoid Bone ◽  
Throat Pain ◽  
Pain Affect ◽  
The Voice

Vocal quality of children with altered frenulum in the tongue

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Zuleica Camargo ◽  
Paula da Costa Canton
Keyword(s):  
Hyoid Bone ◽  
Vocal Tract ◽  
Muscle Tension ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Analysis Scheme ◽  
Pharyngeal Constriction ◽  
The Voice

Children with a disordered lingual frenulum are said to be more prone to various difficulties in the development process. Although these children tend to present changes in chewing, swallowing and speech, it can be assumed that the voice is practically not focused, with few studies concerned on vocal function (Camargo et al, 2017, 2017a). With the aim of investigating voice quality in children with and without lingual frenulum disorder, 61 children were clinically evaluated regarding the characteristics of the lingual frenulum (Marchesan, 2012) and the perceptual judgments of voice quality in semi-spontaneous (audio) speech samples. Video samples of orofacial clinical examinations and semi-spontaneous (audio) speech samples were recorded in a soundproof room. 28 children presented altered lingual frenulum (19 boys and 09 girls) and 33 frenulum without alterations (20 boys and 13 girls). We adopted the phonetic description of voice quality model as the theoretical background (Laver, 1980) and the Vocal Profile Analysis Scheme – VPAS (Laver et al, 1981; adapted for brazilian portuguese: Camargo, Madureira, 2008) for perceptual data analysis. Voice quality settings regarding the position of lips, tongue (tip and body), jaw, pharyngeal cavity configuration and vocal tract muscle tension occurred in a greater proportion (in terms of number of the occurrences and the degree of manifestation) in children with lingual frenulum disorded. When observing the data differently by male and female subgroups, we estimate that the former accounted for most of the occurrences related to labiodentalization, retracted and lowered tongue body and pharyngeal constriction. In the girls' subgroup, pharyngeal constriction was also recurrent. With regard to our previous explorations on the topic (Camargo et al, 2017, 2017a), we were able to advance in terms of a broader understanding of children's voice quality profiles and, particularly, those related to congenital orofacial motricity limitations. The relationships between size and position of the hyoid bone in children with an altered frenulum of the tongue (Ardekani et al, 2016), especially the raised and posterior position of the hyoid bone and the posteriorization of the jaw compared to children without frenulum disorerss, seem to influence the voice quality findings reported in this study. The high incidence rates of dysphonia in childhood tend to make it difficult to associate the alterations of the lingual frenulum to phonatory settings, although they may, hypothetically, appear as aggravating factors for dysphonia.

Public School Voice Clinics, Part I

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Sandra Q. Miller ◽  
Charles L. Madison
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School District ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Urban School District ◽  
Local School District ◽  
Local School ◽  
Perceived Need ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Voice Problem

The purpose of this article is to show how one urban school district dealt with a perceived need to improve its effectiveness in diagnosing and treating voice disorders. The local school district established semiannual voice clinics. Students aged 5-18 were referred, screened, and selected for the clinics if they appeared to have a chronic voice problem. The specific procedures used in setting up the voice clinics and the subsequent changes made over a 10-year period are presented.

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Voice

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 607-614
Author(s):  
Jean Abitbol
Keyword(s):  
Replacement Therapy ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Hormone Replacement ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Female Voice ◽  
Fat Cells ◽  
High Pitch ◽  
Endocrine Effects ◽  
The Voice

The purpose of this article is to update the management of the treatment of the female voice at perimenopause and menopause. Voice and hormones—these are 2 words that clash, meet, and harmonize. If we are to solve this inquiry, we shall inevitably have to understand the hormones, their impact, and the scars of time. The endocrine effects on laryngeal structures are numerous: The actions of estrogens and progesterone produce modification of glandular secretions. Low dose of androgens are secreted principally by the adrenal cortex, but they are also secreted by the ovaries. Their effect may increase the low pitch and decease the high pitch of the voice at menopause due to important diminution of estrogens and the privation of progesterone. The menopausal voice syndrome presents clinical signs, which we will describe. I consider menopausal patients to fit into 2 broad types: the “Modigliani” types, rather thin and slender with little adipose tissue, and the “Rubens” types, with a rounded figure with more fat cells. Androgen derivatives are transformed to estrogens in fat cells. Hormonal replacement therapy should be carefully considered in the context of premenopausal symptom severity as alternative medicine. Hippocrates: “Your diet is your first medicine.”

In the Limelight: The Voice Virtuoso

ASHA Leader ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
Kellie Rowden-Racette
Keyword(s):  
The Voice

Modeling the Fundamental Frequency of the Voice

1982 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 690-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Pierrehumbert ◽  
Mark Liberman
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Frequency ◽  
The Voice
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