ReviewPatient related outcome measures2015
Functional dysphonia: strategies to improve patient outcomes.
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- Glottal function index as a brief screening tool: Determination of an optimal cutoff score for functional dysphonia.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Review
- Teachers' Voice-Related Quality of Life in Relation to Environmental Noise in Schools: A Multidimensional Study Using VHI Test and Listen Responsibly App.Audiology research · 2025Article
- The Reliability and Validity of a New Laryngeal Palpation Tool for Static and Dynamic Examination.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Online Intervention for Muscle Tension Dysphonia: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2025Article
- Voice as a biomarker: exploratory analysis for benign and malignant vocal fold lesions.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- The Relationship between Posture and Muscle Tensive Dysphonia in Teachers: A Systematic Scoping Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Iatrogenic pediatric unilateral vocal cord paralysis after cardiac surgery: a review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Review
- Clinical Utility and Validation of the Acoustic Voice Quality and Acoustic Breathiness Indexes for Voice Disorder Assessment in English Speakers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Laryngeal dysfunction is prominent in asthmatic women treated by inhaled corticosteroids.Clinical and translational allergy · 2022Article
- Voice perturbations under the stress overload in young individuals: phenotyping and suboptimal health as predictors for cascading pathologies.The EPMA journal · 2020Article
- Web-Based Perceived Present Control Intervention for Voice Disorders: A Pilot Study.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2020Article
- GALP Qualifier Scale: Initial Considerations to Classify a Voice Problem.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) · 2020Article
- Dysphonia, Perceived Control, and Psychosocial Distress: A Qualitative Study.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2019Article
- Self-perception of quality of life in patients with functional voice disorders: the effects of psychological and vocal acoustic variables.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2018Article
- A feasibility study on non-invasive oxidative metabolism detection and acoustic assessment of human vocal cords by using optical technique.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Perceived control and voice handicap in patients with voice disorders.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2017Article
- Factors Influencing Likelihood of Voice Therapy Attendance.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2017Article
- The Effectiveness of Physiotherapy and Complementary Therapies on Voice Disorders: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2017Review
- Development and validation of the protocol for the evaluation of voice in patients with hearing impairment (PEV-SHI).Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
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Abstract
Functional dysphonia (FD) refers to a voice problem in the absence of a physical condition. It is a multifaceted voice disorder. There is no consensus with regard to its definition and inclusion criteria for diagnosis. FD has many predisposing and precipitating factors, which may include genetic susceptibility, psychological traits, and the vocal behavior itself. The assessment of voice disorders should be multidimensional. In addition to the clinical examination, auditory-perceptual, acoustic, and self-assessment analyses are very important. Self-assessment was introduced in the field of voice 25 years ago and has produced a major impact in the clinical and scientific scenario. The choice of treatment for FD is vocal rehabilitation by means of direct therapy; however, compliance has been an issue, except for cases of functional aphonia or when an intensive training is administered. Nevertheless, there are currently no controlled studies that have explored the different options of treatment regimens for these patients. Strategies to improve patient outcome involve proper multidisciplinary diagnosis in order to exclude neurological and psychiatric disorders, careful voice documentation with quantitative measurement and qualitative description of the vocal deviation for comparison after treatment, acoustic evaluation to gather data on the mechanism involved in voice production, self-assessment questionnaires to map the impact of the voice problem on the basis of the patient's perspective, referral to psychological evaluation in cases of suspected clinical anxiety and/or depression, identification of dysfunctional coping strategies, self-regulation data to assist patients with their vocal load, and direct and intensive vocal rehabilitation to reduce psychological resistance and to reassure patient's recovery. An international multicentric effort, involving a large population of voice-disordered patients with no physical pathology, could produce enough data for achieving a consensus regarding this complex problem.
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