The purpose of this paper is to review the methods used for the assessment of muscular
tension dysphonia (MTD). The MTD is a functional voice disorder associated with abnormal …

OBJECTIVES: Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) is the pathological condition in which an
excessive tension of the (para) laryngeal musculature leads to a disturbed voice. Surface …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine whether the relative fundamental
frequency (RFF) surrounding a voiceless consonant in patients with hyperfunctionally …

Introduction: Surface electromyography has been used to assess the extrinsic laryngeal
muscles during chewing and swallowing, but there have been few studies assessing these …

Purpose This study aimed to examine the relationship between a large set of hypothesized
physiological measures of vocal effort and self-ratings of vocal effort. Method Twenty-six …

To date, several fMRI studies reveal activation in motor planning areas during musical
auditory imagery. We addressed whether such activations may give rise to peripheral motor …

Introduction Functional and organic impairments of the singing voice are common career-
threatening problems of singers presenting in phoniatric and laryngological departments …

Purpose: This study set out to determine the contributions of the suprahyoid and
sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscles in changing pitch and loudness during phonation …

There are few data demonstrating the specific extent to which surgical intervention for vocal
fold nodules (VFN) improves vocal function in professional (PVU) and non-professional …

Patients with both phonotraumatic and non-phonotraumatic dysphonia commonly present
with vocal hyperfunction, defined as excessive perilaryngeal muscle activity and …