Journal of Voice最新文献

{"title":"Respiratory and Sound Pressures, Maximum Phonation Time, Cervical Disability and Voice-Related Quality of Life of Teachers","authors":"Viviane Nunes Rodrigues,&nbsp;Débora Bonesso Andriollo,&nbsp;Carla Aparecida Cielo","doi":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.11.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.11.013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Many teachers report discomfort and a decrease in the quality of aerodynamic, respiratory, and cervical vocal aspects as well as of vocal self-assessment.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div><span><span>Characterize and correlate measurements of Sound Pressure Levels, Maximum Phonation Time of /a/, Maximum Respiratory Pressures, Voice-Related </span>Quality of Life and cervical pain in teachers with vocal and </span>musculoskeletal complaints<span> and no organic vocal fold lesions, and compare with normative values.</span></div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div><span><span>Retrospective study with 56 teachers. Anamnesis, video </span>laryngoscopy, </span>hearing screening<span>, measurements of sound pressure and maximum phonation time, and manovacuometry were performed. Self-assessment protocols for Voice-Related Quality of Life and Neck Disability Index were completed.</span></div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>there was significant higher Sound Pressure Levels; significant lower Maximum Phonation Time of /a/, Maximum Expiratory Pressure, and total and physical scores of Voice-Related Quality of Life; most participants had mild cervical disability; there was a negative correlation between Maximum Expiratory Pressure and Neck Disability Index, between Maximum Inspiratory Pressure and Maximum Sound Pressure Level, and between Neck Disability Index and Voice-Related Quality of Life.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The results showed that there are damages and inadequacies in teachers’ vocal production which affect their quality of life. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the conditions of use of the voice by professionals, and to their health education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49954,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Voice","volume":"39 3","pages":"Pages 842.e15-842.e24"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10764180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Vocal Quality Complication Following Chondrolaryngoplasty: A Reported Case","authors":"Lauren Strickland ,&nbsp;K. Annalize Sussman MM, MS, CCC-SLP ,&nbsp;Lyndsay L. Madden DO","doi":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.11.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.11.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Few studies have evaluated complications from chondrolaryngoplasty related to postoperative changes in voicing. This study adds to the literature a presentation of voice changes experienced by a patient following chondrolaryngoplasty.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Case-report.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We present the case of a transgender female who experienced significant changes to pitch, vocal range, intensity, and vocal quality following chondrolaryngoplasty. Changes may be attributed to a surgical technique that failed to identify the level of the vocal folds during the operation.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Chondrolaryngoplasty is a complex operation. This case illustrates the potential complications resulting from a surgical technique that fails to appropriately identify the level of the true vocal folds' to avoid destabilization of the anterior commissure.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>We reported this case of significant complication related to voicing following chondrolaryngoplasty. Future studies are necessary to explore potential long-term voice complications from this procedure. Surgeons performing this procedure must be aware of this potential complication.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49954,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Voice","volume":"39 3","pages":"Pages 856.e9-856.e11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40568509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Laryngeal Manifestations of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome","authors":"Kenneth Yan ,&nbsp;David Hou ,&nbsp;Lisa Bolden ,&nbsp;Jacquelyn R Laing ,&nbsp;Gerald Berke","doi":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.10.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.10.018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>The identification of voice and airway manifestations of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), diagnoses, and potential treatment modalities.</div></div><div><h3>Study Design</h3><div>Single institution retrospective case series.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We examined all patients presenting to our institution over a span of 10 years with a history of EDS or who were subsequently diagnosed with EDS after their evaluation. Demographic and clinical data were collected.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Four patients were identified with an underlying diagnosis of EDS. All four patients were heavy voice users. All four patients had history and/or stroboscopy findings suggesting vocal hyperfunction, which we suspect is due to EDS-related hypermobility of the cricoarytenoid joint or fragility of the superficial lamina propria<span>. Two patients also had respiratory symptoms – one with respiratory muscle<span> weakness and sensation loss and one with inducible laryngeal obstruction. All patients were treated with voice therapy with subsequent improvement in their symptoms.</span></span></div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div><span>Patients with EDS may present to laryngology clinics with symptoms of </span>dysphonia or dyspnea secondary to their underlying condition. Voice therapy is a low-risk and potentially beneficial treatment in this patient population.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49954,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Voice","volume":"39 3","pages":"Pages 752-756"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40705418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Clinical Efficacy of Enhanced Contact Endoscopy in Early Detection of Laryngeal Carcinoma: A Single Center Experience.","authors":"A Svejdova, M Homolac, P Kantor, J Satankova, L Zeinerova, J Krtickova, J Laco, V Chrobok","doi":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Enhanced contact endoscopy (ECE) is a non-invasive technique used for the assessment of superficial vascular changes of mucosal lesions in high magnification. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of ECE in an intraoperative settlement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Structured assessment of laryngeal mucosal lesions using enhanced endoscopy (narrow band imaging (NBI) and ECE) was performed in a prospective clinical trial. Lesions were classified according to the European Laryngological Society Classification into non-suspicious and suspicious. Evaluations of endoscopic methods (NBI and ECE) were correlated with histopathology, histopathology being the gold standard. Sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), area under curve, diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), Kappa, incremental yield, and Youden´s index for NBI and ECE were calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 110 patients with 136 lesions were enrolled, 50 benign non-neoplastic lesions, eight squamous cell papillomas, 45 dysplasias, and 33 squamous cell invasive cancers. Compared to NBI, ECE demonstrated higher sensitivity (91.0% vs 83.1%) and accuracy (90.4% vs 86.8%). NBI achieved higher specificity (91.8% vs 89.7%). PPV and NPV for ECE were 92.2% and 88.1%, whereas for NBI 93.1% and 80.4%. ECE showed greater overall diagnostic performance, with a DOR of 88.3 vs 55.2 and Kappa index of 0.805 vs 0.736.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>ECE enhances diagnostic sensitivity and accuracy and represents a valuable addition to laryngeal cancer diagnostics.</p>","PeriodicalId":49954,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Voice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143812890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of Vocal Fatigue Index to the Azerbaijani-Turkish.","authors":"Zeinab Fathipour-Azar, Jafar Masumi, Fatemeh Fekar Gharamaleki, Boshra Bahrami","doi":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>There is no Azerbaijani-Turkish scale for assessing vocal fatigue. This study aimed to adapt the Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI) to Azerbaijani-Turkish and evaluate its validity and reliability through cross-cultural adaptation.</p><p><strong>Study design: </strong>A cross-sectional and prospective validation design was adopted.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The VFI was translated and culturally adapted into the Azerbaijani-Turkish language according to the standard methodology of forward-backward translation. The study included 140 participants, with 70 having voice complaints and 70 not having voice complaints. Content validity was conducted with five experts through content validity index. Face validity and the pilot study were performed with 20 voice patients through cognitive interviewing. Construct validity was obtained by comparing the subtotal scores with and without vocal complaint groups. The criterion validity was calculated by comparing the correlation of the total score of the Azerbaijani-Turkish version of VFI (AT-VFI) with the Azerbaijani-Turkish version of the voice-related quality of life (AT-VRQOL) results. The discriminant validity was conducted by evaluating the area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity, and cutoff points. The internal consistency of AT-VFI was examined using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. To calculate the test-retest reliability coefficient, the AT-VFI was completed twice by 30 participants, including 20 with vocal complaint disorders and 10 without vocal complaints, at intervals of 2 weeks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Differences in the AT-VFI scores between participants with and without voice complaints were statistically significant (P < 0.001). The construct validity results showed significant differences in the scores between the two groups in factors 1 and 2 scores (P < 0.001). The criterion validity results showed that the total score of AT-VFI with the AT-VRQOL results is correlated (r = 0.88, P < 0.001). The AUC value from the receiver operating characteristic curve was 100. The optimal cutoff point was 25.5, with a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 100%. The AT-VFI had high internal consistency, indicating excellent reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient = 0.98). The total AT-VFI scores obtained from the two administrations of the test-retest reliability were examined. It was found that there was a high degree of correlation between the scores obtained in the two administrations (r = 0.98, P < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The AT-VFI is a valid, reliable, and sensitive index that can assess patients with vocal fatigue in the Azerbaijani-Turkish population.</p>","PeriodicalId":49954,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Voice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143812891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Risk of Voice Disorders in Swedish Preschool Teachers: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Nova Kruskopf Eriksson, Marja Öller Darelid, Sofie Fredriksson","doi":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The objectives of this study were to examine if Swedish female preschool teachers had a higher relative risk of experiencing symptoms of a voice disorder than women from the general population and if preschool teachers who experienced noise in the working environment had a higher risk of voice disorders than preschool teachers who did not experience noise at work.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Questionnaire data from 4718 female preschool teachers with teacher degrees issued from universities in Västra Götaland County in Sweden and 4122 female controls were analyzed using three outcome questions: a) hoarseness without having a cold, b) tiredness in voice and throat when talking a lot, and c) tiredness in voice and throat when reading aloud or giving an oral presentation. Prevalence of symptoms of a voice disorder and confounder adjusted risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence intervals was assessed in preschool teachers compared to controls using log-binomial regression. A sub-analysis was performed among the preschool teachers currently working in preschool, estimating the risk of symptoms of a voice disorder in relation to two questions on noise at work, asking how often they are exposed to such high sound levels that they have to 1) raise their voice to be able to talk to others and 2) have difficulty hearing what people are saying.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to controls, the preschool teachers had a higher prevalence and significantly higher RRs for all symptoms of a voice disorder. For tiredness in voice and throat when reading aloud or giving an oral presentation, the risk was increased more than threefold for teachers compared to controls (RR: 3.7; 95% confidence interval, CI: 3.2-4.3), and the risk was increased by more than twofold for the outcomes hoarseness without having a cold (RR: 2.1; 95% CI: 1.7-2.5) and tiredness in voice and throat when talking a lot (RR: 2.5; 95% CI: 2.3-2.8). In addition, among preschool teachers, a dose-response relationship was found for all voice outcomes in relation to noise exposure at work, such that increasingly higher ratios were found among those reporting more noise exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Swedish female preschool teachers have a higher risk of experiencing symptoms of a voice disorder than women who have never worked in preschool. Furthermore, being exposed to high sound levels in the preschool working environment is associated with increasingly high risks of symptoms of a voice disorder. These results indicate a need for voice ergonomic interventions to improve the preschool teachers working environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":49954,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Voice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143812893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adaptation and Validation of the Voice Present Perceived Control Scale in Kannada.","authors":"Narasimhan Srirangam Vijayakumar, Vachana Shree","doi":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Present perceived control is the ability of an individual to control how they think about a stressful event. The Voice Present Perceived Control Scale (VPPCS) is a questionnaire designed to measure how voice disorders impact a person's stress and sense of control. Therefore, using the VPPCS can help identify people experiencing stress earlier due to their voice problems. However, no questionnaires are available in Kannada to assess the impact of voice disorders on a person's stress and sense of control.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To adapt and validate the VPPCS in the Kannada language.</p><p><strong>Study design: </strong>A validation study.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Initially, the VPPCS was translated into Kannada by two speech-language pathologists (SLPs). An SLP and a linguist reverse-translated the questionnaire back into English. Both the English versions of the questionnaires were compared to determine whether the meaning in the original text was retained in the translated version. The translated questionnaire was given to two SLPs for content validation. They were also instructed to evaluate the cultural and linguistic equivalency. In total, 84 participants (44 males and 40 females) diagnosed with voice disorders, and 84 age- and gender-matched participants with healthy voices were administered the Kannada version of VPPCS (KVPPCS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings revealed that the KVPPCS possessed good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and known groups' discriminant validity. The cutoff point of the KVPPCS was equal to 29.50, indicating that a value below 29.50 represents individuals with less perceived control over their psychological impact.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The KVPPCS can be used as a simple, reliable, self-reported tool in clinical settings to measure the perceived control ability of an individual with a voice disorder and to screen the psychological impact of voice disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":49954,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Voice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143812889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Validation and Development of Vocal Fatigue Handicap Questionnaire for Koreans.","authors":"DongWon Lim, GeunHyo Kim, JaeWon Kim, DaeIk Jang, Donghwan Yoon, YeonWoo Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of the present study was to validate the Vocal Fatigue Handicap Questionnaire of the Korean version (VFHQ-K) in a Korean population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Case group patients with voice problems (n = 95) and control group patients without voice problems (n = 25) participated in the study. They were asked to complete three questionnaires (Voice Handicap Index of the Korean version, VHI-K; Vocal Fatigue Index of Korean version, VFI-K; Vocal Fatigue Handicap Questionnaire of Korean version, VFHQ-K). Case group patients re-completed the VFHQ-K to assess test-retest reliability. Finally, to analyze the cut-off value of VFHQ-K for differentiating the case and control group, the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>VFHQ-K scores for the case group were significantly higher than those for the control group. VFHQ-K scores were significantly correlated with VHI-K and VFI-K. The VFHQ-K had significant test-retest reliability, and its internal consistency was excellent (range of Cronbach alpha correlation coefficients: 0.932-0.979). The cut-off value for differentiating the case and control group was 16.0, with a sensitivity of 92.6% and a specificity of 92.0%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings demonstrated the VFHQ-K is a valid and reliable questionnaire and is expected to be useful in revealing symptoms on VF that are common in patients with dysphonia. Future studies with a larger sample size and various diagnosis types are required to further verify the clinical usefulness of the VFHQ.</p>","PeriodicalId":49954,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Voice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Research on Algorithm for Feature Extraction of Laryngoscope Image Distribution and Texture Fusion.","authors":"Xiaogang Dong, Nannan Xiao, Yuanjia Ma, Chunjie Wang, Dan Yu, Di Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>In the context of rapid development of modern medical technology, the explosive growth of medical data has imposed a heavy diagnostic burden on professional physicians. Especially in the field of computer-assisted treatment research on laryngoscope imaging data, existing studies are still insufficient, which prompts this study to develop a new feature extraction and classification method. The purpose of this study is to improve the accuracy and efficiency of diagnosis for laryngopharyngeal reflux disease by using computer-assisted treatment technology and laryngoscope imaging data and drug treatment results. This not only has important significance in relieving the work pressure of physicians, but also has broad practical value and realistic significance.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study utilized the laryngoscope images provided by the Department of Otolaryngology, Jilin University Second Hospital, and proposed an innovative image feature extraction method that integrates distribution features and texture features. The local binary pattern method was used to capture the texture information of the image, while the gray histogram method was used to extract the distribution characteristics of the image. This technology effectively achieved the fusion of features, and the performance of the five classic classification algorithms was compared and analyzed for the features obtained.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study results show that the feature extraction method proposed in this paper, when combined with the random forest discriminant algorithm, achieves an accuracy rate of 96.61% in laryngoscope image classification, demonstrating excellent performance. Furthermore, the algorithm has low requirements on the number of samples, further proving its high efficiency and practicality in actual applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":49954,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Voice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143789381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Pediatric Vocal Mechanism: Structure and Function.","authors":"Robert Brinton Fujiki, Anumitha Venkatraman, Elizabeth S Heller Murray","doi":"10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The pediatric vocal mechanism is dynamic and complex. Effective treatment of voice disorders in children requires accurate knowledge of typical laryngeal structure and function. This is particularly crucial given that the pediatric vocal mechanism differs in structure and function from that found in adults. Yet, it can be difficult to find data specific to pediatric voices. This article describes three aspects of vocal function across childhood: 1) laryngeal anatomical structure, 2) quantitative voice measures across childhood, and 3) voice disorder risk across childhood. The influence of dysphonia on quality of life across childhood is also considered. The goal of this review is to enhance the diagnosis of pediatric voice disorders as well as to highlight areas for future inquiry.</p>","PeriodicalId":49954,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Voice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143789382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}