The Role of Voice Therapy in the Management of Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion, Chronic Cough, and Laryngospasm

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-83

  Murry, Thomas ^a   Sapienza, Christine ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic cough; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Laryngospasm; Paradoxical vocal fold motion

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EXERCISE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX SPASM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARADOXICAL VOCAL FOLD MOTION; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LARYNGISMUS; MOTION; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE;

EID: 76749146989     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2009.11.004     Document Type: Review

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