Voice Component Relationships with High Reflux Symptom Index Scores in Muscle Tension Dysphonia

Payman Dabirmoghaddam1, Benyamin Rahmaty2, Reza Erfanian3

  • 1Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Amir Alam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

The Laryngoscope
|November 2, 2020
PubMed
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