Clinical analysis of presbylarynx-Vocal fold atrophy in elderly individuals

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-464

  Takano, Shingo ^a,b   Kimura, Miwako ^d   Nito, Takaharu ^b   Imagawa, Hiroshi ^b   Sakakibara, Ken Ichi ^c   Tayama, Niro ^b,d  

^a Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging society; Maximal phonation time (MPT); Mean airflow rate (MFR); Presbylarynx vocal fold atrophy

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATION; PHONATION; PRESBYLARYNX; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 77950094148     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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