week six vocab

Question 1

3 causes of voice disorders

Answer 1

organic
misuse/abuse
medical

Question 2

edema

Answer 2

swelling of vocal folds

Question 3

atrophy

Answer 3

reduction of tissue

Question 4

hyperfunction

Answer 4

increased muscle activity

Question 5

hypofunction

Answer 5

decreased muscle activity

Question 6

aphonia

Answer 6

loss of voice

Question 7

harsh

Answer 7

excessive muscle tension

Question 8

hoarse

Answer 8

both breathy and harsh

Question 8

breathy

Answer 8

parial whisper

Question 9

muscle tension dysphonia

Answer 9

simultaneous contractions of adductors and abductors

Question 9

conversion dysphonia/aphonia

Answer 9

psychogenic problem (normal phonation in vegetative functions)

Question 9

puberphonia

Answer 9

high pitch voice by postpubertal male (easily corrected)

Question 10

medical

Answer 10

nervous system damage
cancer
virus

Question 10

psychogenic

Answer 10

emotional stress
unresolved psychological issues

Question 11

abuse/misuse

Answer 11

screaming
excessive use
untrained singing

Question 12

nodules

Answer 12

callous like growths
form in pairs (greatest amplitude of vibration)

Question 13

papillomas

Answer 13

HPV
wart like growths
usually goes away without treatment

Question 13

polyps

Answer 13

10% patients with voice disorder
blister like growths
unilateral

Question 14

paralysis

Answer 14

recurrent laryngeal nerve of vagus (X) damage - unilateral paralysis
move the affected fold closer to midline

Question 15

spasmodic dysphonia

Answer 15

rare
basal ganglia is affected
adductor SD strain-strangle voice quality
treatment = botox

Question 16

contact ulcers

Answer 16

ulcers on the vocal processes of the arytenoids
excessive slamming during low pitch. throat clearing/coughing, gastric reflux, etc