Electroglottographic tracking of phonatory response to botox™ |
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Authors: | Kimberly V Fisher Ronald C Scherer Paul R Swank Cheryl Giddens Dava Patten |
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Institution: | *Northwestern University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Evanston, Illinois, USA;†Bowling Green State University, Department of Communication Disorders, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA;‡University of Houston, Department of Biostatistics, Houston, Texas, USA;§University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Botox injection into the thyroarytenoid muscle is thought to alter the glottal competence and laryngeal adduction of patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD). Hypofunctional responses to treatment have been rated subjectively and inferred from postinjection breathy voice, aphonia, midline glottal gap, or subclinical aspiration. Clinical experience suggests that temporary hypofunction varies in duration and severity among patients. This study used electroglottographic measures to examine changes over time in glottal competence during the relatively stable phonation produced by 5 patients with ADSD. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to test 3 hypotheses: (a) that reduced laryngeal adduction would occur during the first 3 weeks postinjection, followed by a reversal; (b) that patients' hypofunctional response curves would differ one from another; and (c) that changes in adduction, if present, would be related to changes in severity ratings of ADSD symptoms. For 3 participants, significant hypoadduction occurred after injection and reversed toward preinjection level over an 8-week period. Two participants demonstrated a flat or increasing vocal fold contact response curve during the early postinjection period. Observations were consistent with the previously reported differences and possibly complex relation between the resolution of breathy hypofunction and ultimate return of ADSD symptoms. |
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Keywords: | Botox Spasmodic dysphonia Electroglottography Neurolaryngology Voice Dystonia Voice quality Hierarchical linear modeling |
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