ArticleJournal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation2025
Relationships Between Laryngoscopic Analysis Metrics of Supraglottic Compression and Vocal Effort in Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia.
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- Salient Voice Symptoms in Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2025Article
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- Laryngeal and Global Somatosensation in Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2024Article
- Optical Flow Analysis of Paralaryngeal Muscle Movement.The Laryngoscope · 2024Article
- Acoustic and Physiologic Correlates of Vocal Effort in Individuals With and Without Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeSupraglottic compression is thought to underlie vocal effort in patients with primary muscle tension dysphonia (pMTD). However, the relationship between supraglottic compression and vocal effort in this clinical population remains unclear. Gold standard laryngoscopic assessment metrics for supraglottic compression are also lacking. The goals of this study were to identify metrics proposed in the literature that could distinguish patients diagnosed with pMTD from typical voice users and determine their relationships to the vocal effort.
methodsFlexible laryngeal endoscopy was performed on 50 participants (25 pMTD, 25 controls). The presence of supraglottic compression was characterized using a categorical (nominal) scale and severity was quantified on ordinal and continuous scales. The three laryngoscopic metrics were correlated with self-perceived ratings of vocal effort on a 100 mm visual analog scale.
resultsInter-rater reliability was strongest for the continuous scale (P's < 0.0001) compared to categorical (P's < 0.001) and ordinal (P's < 0.001) scales. The presence of different supraglottic compression patterns varied in both groups, and there were no significant group differences on categorical (P's > 0.05) scales. Mediolateral (M-L) supraglottic compression was significantly greater in the pMTD group (P < 0.0001), and anteroposterior (A-P) compression was significantly greater in the control group (P = 0.001) using continuous scales. There were no significant relationships between any of the three laryngoscopic metric types and vocal effort ratings (P's > 0.05), except for a significantly positive relationship between anterior-posterior compression on the ordinal scale and vocal effort in the control group (P = 0.047).
conclusionsContinuous scales are reliable and valid for distinguishing individuals with pMTD from those without voice disorders, especially occupational voice users. M-L supraglottic compression may be a better indicator of pMTD than A-P compression. However, the poor correlation between supraglottic compression and vocal effort suggests that one may not influence the other. Future studies should focus on other mechanisms underlying vocal effort in patients with pMTD.
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