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The developing role of a paediatric voice clinic: a review of our experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

B. C. Papsin ,
A. J. Pengilly  and
S. E. J. Leighton
B. C. Papsin*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
A. J. Pengilly
Affiliation:
Department of Speech and Language Therapy, The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
S. E. J. Leighton
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK Mrs S. E. J. Leighton, F.R.C.S.(ORL), Consultant in Paediatric Otolaryngology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH
*
Address for correspondence: Blake C. Papsin, F.R.C.S.C., Department of Otolaryngology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Suite 6117, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8.
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Abstract

Objective

We report our experience in developing a paediatric voice clinic within a tertiary otolaryngology department and describe the emerging role of this specialized clinic.

Materials

Currently our referral base is divided between other otolaryngologists within our department who require voice assessment as part of the pre- or post-operative management of laryngeal disorders (e.g. cysts, webs, vocal fold palsies, laryngo-tracheal reconstruction) and other professionals within our hospital who require characterisation of voice within the broader task of defining medical conditions in which voice abnormalities exist (e.g. mucopolysaccharidoses, functional dysphonias).

Methods

The patients were assessed by a team consisting of a paediatric laryngologist and a speech and language therapist. Each patient underwent a perceptual voice assessment and qualitative voice assessment using electrolaryngography. Direct visualisation was attempted and methods of and suitability for, such examination are discussed.

Results

Our experience is reviewed and guidelines for the establishment of a paediatric voice clinic are presented.

Keywords

VoiceChild

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 11 , November 1996 , pp. 1022 - 1026
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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