Vocal Improvement After Voice Therapy in Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis

Journal of Voice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-118

  Schindler, Antonio ^a   Bottero, Alessandro ^a   Capaccio, Pasquale ^a   Ginocchio, Daniela ^a   Adorni, Fulvio ^b   Ottaviani, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dysphonia; Objective measures; Unilateral vocal fold paralysis; Voice therapy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHONIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJURY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PHONATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; TIME FACTORS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 37349047389     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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