Vocal fold nodules in adult singers: Regional opinions about etiologic factors, career impact, and treatment. A survey of otolaryngologists, speech pathologists, and teachers of singing

Journal of Voice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 128-142

  Hogikyan, Norman D ^a,b   Appel, Scott ^a   Guinn, Leslie W ^a   Haxer, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Etiology; Survey opinions; Treatment; Vocal fold nodules (VFN)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SINGING; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032881619     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(99)80067-8     Document Type: Article

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