RT Book, Section
A1 Izdebski, Krzysztof
A2 Lalwani, Anil K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1169076269
T1 Voice Assessment
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, 4e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071847643
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1169076269
RD 2024/10/10
AB The  purpose  of  a  clinical  voice  evaluation  is  to  provide  the  referring  laryngologist  with  patient-specific,  clinically  relevant  pathophysiologic  information  of  the  actual  voice  production  process  generated  by  the  dysphonic  patient,  the  nature  of  the  dysphonic  sound,  and  the  physiologic  conditions  responsible  for  the  sound  production.  The  report  must  be  clear  and  explanatory  enough  to  aid  the  referring  laryngologist  with  differential  diagnosis  and  treatment  planning.  Moreover,  the  report  must  be  capable  of  predicting  treatment  outcomes  and  powerful  enough  to  warn  the  treating  physician  of  any  possible  complications  to  the  voice  that  may  result  from  the  proposed  or  planned  treatment(s)—whether  medical,  surgical,  therapeutic,  or  a  combination.  Clinical  voice  evaluation  is  not  a  quick  procedure.  It  may  take  up  to  1  hour  to  conduct  phonatory  function  studies  (PhFS)  on  a  noncomplicated  patient,  whereas  it  may  take  2  hours  or  even  longer  to  evaluate  and  to  process  voice  results  of  a  professional  voice  user.