1.Evaluate the Efficacy of Ganju Bingmei Pill Combined with Voice Therapy in the Treatment of Vocal Nodules
Ning KANG ; Shuxiu FENG ; Wenjuan ZHANG ; Bin ZHAN ; Yahui LIU
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology 2015;(4):377-380
Objective To investigate the efficacy of Ganju Bingmei Pill combined with voice therapy in the treatment of vocal nodules .Methods A total of 72 patients with vocal nodules and 60 health people in our hospital were included .Patients were randomly divided into two groups :Group A (36 cases) with Ganju Bingmei Pill thera‐py ,group B (36 cases) with Ganju Bingmei Pill combined with voice therapy .Taking method of Ganju Bingmei Pill was three times a day ,2 tablets every time ,two weeks as one course of treatment with a total of four courses .Voice therapy in Group B was two weeks for one course with a total of four courses .The results were evaluated by voice handicap index ,voice acoustic analysis and laryngostroboscopy .Vocal nodules disappear or significantly reduce indi‐cated that the treatment was effective .Statistical analysis was performed using t - test and chi - square test .Results In group A ,the scores of T ,F ,P ,E were reduced compared with before treatment (P < 0 .05) ,however ,com‐pared with normal control group ,the score of F ,E ,T were still higher than those of normal group (P < 0 .05) .In group B ,the score of T ,F ,P ,E were reduced compared with before treatment (P< 0 .05) ,and compared with normal control group ,the score of F ,P ,E ,T were close to normal(P> 0 .05) .The VHI score in group B were significantly lower than those of in group A (P < 0 .05) .In Group A compared with before treatment ,jitter ,shimmer ,NHR were lower ,F0 was higher(P < 0 .05) ,however ,compared with the group of normal control ,F0 ,jitter ,shimmer , NHR were still statistically significant (P < 0 .05) .In group B with before treatment jitter ,shimmer ,NHR were lower ,F0 was higher (P< 0 .05) ,and jitter ,shimmer were already close to normal(P> 0 .05) .The F0 of group B after treatment was higher than group A ,jitter and shimmer were lower than group A after treatment (P< 0 .05) . After treatment ,there were 28 cases of group A (77 .78% )of patients with vocal nodules disappear or significantly reduce .There were 35 cases of group B(97 .22% ) of patients with vocal nodules disappear or significantly reduce , the effective rate between group A and group B was statistically significant (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion Ganju Bingmei Pill therapy and Ganju Bingmei Pill therapy combined with voice therapy all have curative effect for the treatment of vocal nodules however ,Ganju Bingmei Pill therapy combined with voice therapy is more efficient .