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1
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Who provides treatment and management of a voice disorder depends on what factors?

A

Causal and maintaining factors

2
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Who are different professionals who might treat a voice disorder?

A

ENT, surgeon, neurologist, psychologist, and SLP

3
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What is the ultimate goal of voice therapy?

A

To achieve a realistic level of adequacy that will meet that patient’s occupational, emotional, and social needs

4
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What are the three general principles for voice therapy?

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1 - progress results from patient’s response to clinician’s instruction/encouragement
2 - auditory discrimination and feedback are important
3 - therapy is designed for each individual

5
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What type of voice disorders can we apply the general principles to?

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ALL voice disorders that require any type of behavioral voice treatment

6
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What is the general principles of voice therapy patterned after?

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VanRiper’s articulation approach

7
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What is the most important segment in voice therapy?

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Facilitating a change in the voice

8
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What do we use facilitating techniques for?

A

To facilitate the production of an improved voice

9
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What might be the most difficult step of voice therapy?

A

Carry-over and habitualization

10
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What is Wolpe’s reciprocal inhibition?

A

Developing a hierarchy of where the patient will be the most successful in using their voice to more anxiety and harder to use their ovice

11
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What is the hierarchy of anxiety evoking situations commonly used for?

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For pscyhogenic voice disorders therapy, but it can be applied to other voice disorders where anxiety is not an issue

12
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What three goals can vocal hygiene help achieve?

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1 - prevent vocal fold pathology
2 - eliminate vocal fold pathology
3 - eliminate a distracting vocal quality