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Minimally Invasive Murine Laryngoscopy for Close-Up Imaging of Laryngeal Motion During Breathing and Swallowing

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Vocal characteristics in patients with thyroiditis.

Abdul-Latif Hamdan¹, Jihad Nassar, Iyad El-Dahouk

¹Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

American Journal of Otolaryngology

|May 8, 2012

Summary

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Patients with thyroiditis show no significant differences in vocal characteristics compared to healthy individuals. Acoustic and perceptual evaluations revealed normal voice findings in the thyroiditis group.

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Minimally Invasive Murine Laryngoscopy for Close-Up Imaging of Laryngeal Motion During Breathing and Swallowing

Minimally Invasive Murine Laryngoscopy for Close-Up Imaging of Laryngeal Motion During Breathing and Swallowing

Published on: December 1, 2023

Area of Science:

Otolaryngology
Endocrinology
Speech and Language Pathology

Background:

Thyroiditis can potentially affect laryngeal function.
Vocal characteristics are important indicators of laryngeal health.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate and describe the vocal characteristics of patients diagnosed with thyroiditis.
To compare vocal findings in thyroiditis patients with a healthy control group.

Main Methods:

Acoustic analysis and perceptual evaluation (GRABS classification) were performed.
17 patients with thyroiditis and 29 healthy controls participated.
Mean scores and severity distributions of perceptual parameters were analyzed.

Main Results:

No significant differences were found in acoustic parameters between patients and controls.
Perceptual evaluation scores (GRABS) showed no significant differences.
The distribution of severity for perceptual parameters was also similar between groups.

Conclusions:

Thyroiditis does not appear to cause abnormal perceptual vocal evaluations or acoustic findings.
Vocal assessments do not reveal significant differences in patients with thyroiditis compared to healthy individuals.