Utility of voice therapy in the management of vocal fold polyps and cysts

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 742-746

  Cohen, Seth M ^a   Garrett, C Gaelyn ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vanderbilt Voice Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; LARYNX PAPILLOMATOSIS; LARYNX TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOCAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POLYPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 34247466955     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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