Voice

Anatomy

      sensoric, motoric inervation

Physiology

      Bernoulli effect – passive approx.

      puberty

      aging of voice

Diagnostics

      optical – undir.laryngoscopy, stroboscopy,

      electrophys. – EMG

      acoustic – sonography, MDVP (Multi-Dimensional Voice Program), VRP (Voice Range Profile)

Voice – disorders

   organic

      inflamation, endocrine dysf., tumors

      congenital malf., traumat.,

      peripheral inervation, central inerv.

      spasmodic dysphonia

   functional (psychogenic)

      hyperkinetic dysphonia (5-10% chld)

      psychogenic aphonia

      mutatio prolongata            

Compensatory voice technics

      pharyngeal voice, voice prothesis, electrolarynx