Bi-Weekly Voice Therapy Versus Weekly Voice Therapy for Muscle Tension Dysphonia

CW Chang, S Fu, YH Yu, LC Hsieh - Journal of Voice, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To compare the outcomes of bi-weekly voice therapy (BWVT) with weekly voice
therapy on perception, acoustics, and quality of life for individuals with muscle tension …

Effects of a voice therapy program for patients with muscle tension dysphonia

I de Oliveira Lemos, G da Cunha Pereira… - Folia Phoniatrica et …, 2018 - karger.com
Objective: This study aimed to verify the effects of a voice therapy program focusing on
patients with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD). Patients and Methods: The sample …

Combining voice therapy and physical therapy: a novel approach to treating muscle tension dysphonia

J Craig, C Tomlinson, K Stevens, K Kotagal… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective This study investigated the role of a specialized physical therapy program for
muscle tension dysphonia patients as an adjunct to standard of care voice therapy. Study …

Manual therapy and exercise to improve outcomes in patients with muscle tension dysphonia: a case series

CA Tomlinson, KR Archer - Physical therapy, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background and Purpose Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD), a common voice disorder that is
not commonly referred for physical therapy intervention, is characterized by excessive …

Effectiveness of intensive voice therapy versus weekly therapy for muscle tension dysphonia: A noninferiority randomised controlled trial with nested focus group

R Wenke, L Coman, C Walton, C Madill, D Theodoros… - Journal of Voice, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the noninferiority of intensive voice therapy and compare its effects
with weekly voice therapy on multidimensional outcomes of voice and well-being …

Positive effects of manual circumlaryngeal therapy in the treatment of muscle tension dysphonia (MTD): long term treatment outcomes

A Dehqan, RC Scherer - Journal of Voice, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Manual circumlaryngeal therapy (MCT) aims to correct laryngeal position and
relax (para) laryngeal and cervical muscles resulting in improved voice quality. The goal of …

Vocal function exercises for muscle tension dysphonia: auditory-perceptual evaluation and self-assessment rating

N Jafari, A Salehi, F Izadi, ST Moghadam, A Ebadi… - Journal of voice, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) is a functional dysphonia, which appears with an
excessive tension in the intrinsic and extrinsic laryngeal musculatures. MTD can affect voice …

Intervention outcomes of two treatments for muscle tension dysphonia: A randomized controlled trial

CR Watts, A Hamilton, L Toles, L Childs, T Mau - Journal of Speech …, 2019 - ASHA
Purpose The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that stretch-and-flow voice therapy
(SnF) is noninferior to resonant voice therapy (RVT) for speakers with muscle tension …

[PDF][PDF] Voice therapy in muscle tension dysphonia cases

SP Singh, SRB Dutta - Int J Phonosurg Laryngol, 2015 - ijopl.com
Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) is a condition where phonation is associated with exces
sive muscular tension or muscle misuse. It has multifactorial etiologies. It can be a primary or …

Effects and differences of voice therapy on spasmodic dysphonia and muscle tension dysphonia: A retrospective pilot study

N Kodama, T Sanuki, T Miyamoto, J Tashiro - Journal of Voice, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Laryngeal and voice findings of adductor spasmodic dysphonia (AdSD) and
muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) are similar, and it is difficult to distinguish between both …