Clinicians believe that psychosocial factors play a causal role in the etiology of many forms
of functional dysphonia (FD). But for decades, all attempts to confirm such causation have …

Functional dysphonia is a relatively common psychosomatic disorder in which patients
present with difficulties of voice production, such as hoarseness, huskiness and jerkiness in …

Current research confirms that functional dysphonia is associated with multiple psychosocial
factors. However, these findings are shown to be true of other medically unexplained …

Functional dysphonia (FD) refers to a voice problem in the absence of a physical condition. It
is a multifaceted voice disorder. There is no consensus with regard to its definition and …

In the UK there has been little assessment of the efficacy of therapy for patients with
dysphonia. Current objective assessment methods (eg acoustical analysis) do not correlate …

Background Medically unexplained loss or alteration of voice—functional dysphonia—is the
commonest presentation to speech and language therapists (SLTs). Besides the impact on …

Of 121 consecutive outpatients seen in an ENT clinic who received a diagnosis of functional
dysphonia, 71 who were referred to the speech therapy department were interviewed. Sixty …

The etiopathogenesis of functional dysphonia is complex; it is not sufficient to look solely at
vocal behavior aspects. The predisposing basis for functional dysphonia can lie in the …

Background: Patients do not respond to treatment in a predictable manner. Individual
preconceptions determine help seeking, compliance and treatment outcome, yet clinicians …

Voice therapy for dysphoniaâ•flstill more art than science? Page 1 European Journal of
Disorders of Communication, 32,333-343 1997 0 Royal College of Speech and Language …