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Lee, Jeong Min; Roy, Nelson; Park, Albert; Muntz, Harlan; Meier, Jeremy; Skirko, Jonathan; Smith, Marshall – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Vocal fold nodules (VNs) are bilateral, symmetrical, callous-like lesions secondary to phonotrauma and possibly related to specific personality traits. This case-control study examined the relation between personality and VNs in children within the context of the Trait Theory of VNs. Method: Parents of children with VNs (N = 39, M = 7.43,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Voice Disorders, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Black, Lindsey I.; Vahratian, Anjel; Hoffman, Howard J. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015
Increasing the proportion of children with voice, swallowing, speech, or language disorders who receive intervention services is a Healthy People 2020 goal (1). Timely receipt of intervention services is shown to be effective for treatment of communication disorders (2-5). Using data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), this…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Voice Disorders, Intervention, Health
Watts, Christopher R. – EBP Briefs (Evidence-based Practice Briefs), 2012
Does behavioral voice therapy effectively improve voice quality and eliminate or reduce the size of vocal fold pathology in school-age children who have vocal nodules? An evidence-based practice intervention review was conducted to answer this research question. The following resources were searched: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health…
Descriptors: Therapy, Human Body, Intervention, Voice Disorders
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Fernandes, Fernanda, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2017
Speech-language pathology has different practice and research histories, standards, methods, and challenges in different countries and regions. Awareness of these different realities may contribute to the scientific development of the field and improve the services delivered to different populations. Sharing solutions to similar problems in…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Therapy, Evaluation, Aphasia
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Hooper, Celia R. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2004
Children with voice disorders do respond to treatment, with vocal hyperfunction being the predominant disorder on the caseload of the pediatric voice clinician. This article reviews the literature in describing what is known about these children and typical disorders, prevention of voice disorders, the need for treatment, the referral patterns of…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Children, Outcomes of Treatment, Pediatrics
National Inst. on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, Bethesda, MD. – 1996
This report is the result of three expert panels (on language and language impairments, balance and balance disorders, and voice and voice disorders) which met in 1994 and 1995 and reported research accomplishments, federal program goals, and research opportunities to the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Board. For…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders