VD Quiz One - Chapter One

Question 1

List the 2 biological functions of the larynx.

Answer 1

1. serves as respiratory valve

2. serves as protection for airway

Question 2

List 3 ways the larynx protects the airway.

Answer 2

1. vocal folds adduct during swallowing
2. coughing
3. throat clearing

Question 3

In an emotional sense, how can one’s voice be “heard” in the sound of the voice?

Answer 3

1. how one “feels” can affectively be heard

Question 4

Why does voice therapy require treatment of the whole person?

Answer 4

Because emotion and vocal function are intertwined

Question 5

What plays a primary role in the control of respiration?

Answer 5

Our emotional state

Question 6

List 3 things are emotional state dictates.

Answer 6

1. the vertical positioning of the larynx
2. the relative relaxation of the vocal folds
3. the posturing and relaxation of the muscles of the pharynx of the tongue

Question 7

What does this mean when we treat voice disorders?

Answer 7

Ask a classmate (slide 3)

Question 8

List 3 ways the larynx plays a linguistic function.

Answer 8

1. voice seems to hold spoken language together
2. the voicing component of spoken language plays a primary role in verbal communication
3. It is not always what we say in verbal communication but how we say it.

Question 9

Explain a good introduction for a treatment program for a patient to educate them regarding voice function.

Answer 9

The example we used in class when we said we liked someone’s hair in a truthful way and in a sarcastic way.

Question 10

What is the root of classification in voice disorders?

Answer 10

To ascertain a cause of the voice disorder.

Question 11

Is there a universal agreement for how to classify voice disorders?

Answer 11

No, there are a few different systems currently proposed in the literature.

Question 12

Explain 2 reasons whey voice disorders should be classified?

Answer 12

1. allows for collation and accurate comparison of evidence based data across different clinical settings and studies
2. Has serious implications for treatment outcome studies

Question 13

List the 3 voice classification systems.

Answer 13

1. Functional voice disorders
2. Organic voice disorders
3. Neurogenic voice disorders

Question 14

Name 2 examples of functional voice disorders.

Answer 14

1. Muscle tension dysphonia

2. Psychogenic dysphonia

Question 15

What is the most common voice disorder seen in both children and adults?

Answer 15

Muscle tension dysphonia

Question 16

What is the most common manifestation of vocal hypertension?

Answer 16

Muscle tension dysphonia

Question 17

What is vocal hypertension?

Answer 17

Using too much muscular effort to phonate.

Question 18

What voice disorder occurs when some children and adults experience severe emotional trauma that shows itself in some kind of physical altercation?

Answer 18

Psychogenic dysphonia

Question 19

What is it called when a reaction to a trauma manifests itself in a complete loss of voice?

Answer 19

Conversion aphonia

Question 20

What is it called when hoarseness occurs with no physical cause?

Answer 20

Functional dysphonia

Question 21

When does the patient usually continue to whisper when attempting to speak?

Answer 21

Psychogenic aphonia

Question 22

Which voice disorder classification is related to the structural deviations of the vocal tract?

Answer 22

Organic voice disorders

Question 23

Which voice disorder classification is related to diseases of specific structures of the vocal tract?

Answer 23

Organic voice disorders

Question 24

List 5 structures of the vocal tract.

Answer 24

1. Lungs
2. Muscles of respiration
3. Larynx
4. Pharynx
5. Oral Cavity

Question 25

What active role does an SLP play in the identification of an organic voice disorder?

Answer 25

An active role in identifying an organic voice disorder.

Question 26

List 3 ways organic voice disorders are primarily treated.

Answer 26

1. Medically
2. Dentally
3. Surgically

Question 27

Treatment of OVC by the SLP may have several goals. List one example of a goal.

Answer 27

1. Helping improve the physiologic function of a damaged larynx.

Question 28

Name the classification of this description: The muscle control of respiration, phonation, resonance, and articulation is impaired from injury or disease of the nervous system.

Answer 28

Neurogenic voice disorder.

Question 29

List 4 types of muscle control that can be affected by an injury or a disease of the nervous system.

Answer 29

Muscle control of…..

1. Respiration
2. Phonation
3. Resonance
4. Articulation

Question 30

Are the majority of neurological impairments and diseases that impair swallowing, breathing, voice, and resonance cured or eradicated?

Answer 30

NO

Question 31

Even though the majority of neurological impairments and diseases that impair swallowing, breathing, voice, and resonance are not cured or eradicated, what does the SLP play a frequent role in maximizing?

Answer 31

The SLP plays a frequent role in maximizing function to as near normal levels as possible in individuals with neurogenic voice disorders.