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Functional aphonia in young people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Carol Harris  and
Coral Richards
Carol Harris
Affiliation:
Oxford
Coral Richards*
Affiliation:
Oxford
*
Coral Richards, F.C.S.T., Voice Clinic, E.N.T. Speech Therapy Department, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE.
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Abstract

The study reviewed the case histories of 14 young aphonies. A questionnaire was completed by the five speech therapists involved with these cases. The patients were all initially examined by E.N.T. specialists and then treated by speech therapy. All the patients were ‘cured’ by speech therapy, that is the voice returned to its premorbid state. This study looks at common characteristics of presentation, different approaches to management, and the patterns of voice return.

Keywords

Voice disordersfunctional aphonia

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Main Articles
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 7 , July 1992 , pp. 610 - 612
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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