Diagnosis and Therapy for Dysphonia in the Professional Voice User.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2012.55.4.206
- Author:
Gi Cheol PARK
1
;
Seong Tae KIM
;
Soon Yuhl NAM
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Professional voice;
Dysphonia;
Voice therapy
- MeSH:
Dysphonia;
Voice
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2012;55(4):206-215
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Characteristics of voice problems occurring with professional voice users are not too different from those with general public. However, they react sensitively to relatively subtle changes of voice and have strong demands for their treatments as well. Consequently, treatments for the professional voice users should be implemented in the form of team approach consisting of not only otolaryngologists with plenty of treatment experience and sufficient knowledge but also speech-language pathologist, vocal coach. While treating professional voice users is burdensome and a challenging problem even to otolaryngologists rich in experience, knowledge and experience obtained through treating them will be much help for voice treatments of other general public. In this article, the authors have reviewed approaches and treatment directions for voice problems occurring with professional voice users.
