Food Sensitivity and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: Preliminary Observations Reflux is an expensive, high prevalence disease that affects at least half of patients with laryngeal and voice disorders. Approaches to treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux include medical, lifestyle, dietary, and surgical treatment options.2 We review four patients who had persistent reflux signs and symptoms on appropriate lifestyle including elevating head of bed and dietary modifications, as well as antacid, H2 receptor blockers, and proton pump inhibitor therapy, who improved substantially on specific food avoidance diets.

Maximum Phonation Time and Body Mass Index in Nondysphonic Eutrophic Children Literature presents controversial maximum phonation time values in children.

Effect of the Finnish Tube on the Voice of a Deaf Musician: A Case Report To verify the auditory-perceptual and acoustic effects of the semioccluded vocal tract exercise with Finnish tube on the vocal quality of a deaf musician.

Impact of Remnant Nodules on Immediate and Long-term Outcomes of Voice Therapy for Vocal Fold Nodules In this study, we aimed to assess whether remnant vocal fold nodules (VFN) influence immediate and long-term voice outcomes after voice therapy.

Associations of Education and Training with Perceived Singing Voice Function Among Professional Singers The educational backgrounds of professional singers vary greatly and span from no formal training to advanced degrees in music or theater. Consequently, professional singers have a wide range of knowledge regarding basic voice care. The objective of this study was to examine associations between singers’ educational backgrounds, specifically their knowledge of vocal pedagogy and awareness of vocal health, and their perceptions of their current vocal function associated with singing.

Aerodynamic Vocal Measurements in Female Teachers: Finger Kazoo Intensive Short-Term Vocal Therapy Obtain aerodynamic vocal measurements of dysphonic female teachers from two groups, before and after a brief and intensive short-term voice therapy using the finger kazoo technique, compare to the respective control groups, and compare between the two study groups.

Singing Voice Quality: The Effects of Maxillary Dental Arch and Singing Style In classical singing techniques, it is common to manipulate the vocal tract to channel airflow to increase voice quality and volume. Technique varies according to the style of the music, the voice type, and range of a given singer. Although these practices are intentional, fixed physiological aspects of a singer's vocal instrument also play an extremely impactful role in determining voice quality.

The Effect of Nasalance on Vocal Fold Oscillation Patterns During the Male Passaggio It is generally assumed that when singing across the region where registration events for untrained voices occur (the passaggio), singers modify the voice production system in order to avoid changes of voice quality. In this context, it has been postulated that nasalance could be used to stabilize vocal function throughout the passaggio. However, whether nasalance is frequently used by professional singers and if so, if it has a stabilizing effect on vocal fold oscillation patterns, is not yet fully understood.

An evaluation of short-term treatment outcomes of Cricothyroid Visor Maneuver: A proof-of-concept Pilot Study Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) is used as a clinical and diagnostic descriptive label for a diverse range of vocal fold behaviors caused by increased tension of the (para) laryngeal musculature. These increased tension can occur in the cricothyroid muscle and in the ‘‘visor’’ mechanism, contributing to voice problems. The main goal of this study is to determine whether a new method, the cricothyroid visor maneuver (CVM), is an effective method for improving quality and other aspects of the MTD patients' voices.

Compensatory Movement of Contralateral Vocal Folds in Patients With Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis Previous studies of subjects with unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) as observed in a positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) examination have demonstrated false positive results in the contralateral cricoarytenoid, in which the metabolism may be higher. This area may also be the site of contralateral compensatory movement in these patients. In this study, we compared the adduction speed of the contralateral vocal folds in patients with UVFP and in healthy subjects as measured by the stroboscopic laryngoscope frame rate.