Pediatric Voice Case Studies

You have accessSIG 3 Voice and Upper Airway DisordersIntroduction13 Nov 2023Pediatric Voice Case Studies Robin A. Samlan Robin A. Samlan University of Arizona, Tucson Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_PERSP-23-00215 SectionsAboutAbstractPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Three case studies were published in 2021 and 2022 at the invitation of the Special Interest Group 3 Coordinating Committee and Perspectives editors. The cases included audio and video files that readers could use to complete their own analyses and compare to the authors' perceptual and acoustic findings. The cases included links to recommended protocols for voice assessment (Patel et al., 2018), the Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CAPE-V) for perceptual analysis (Kempster et al., 2009), a primer on Praat for acoustic analysis (Maryn, 2017), and a tutorial on interpreting videostroboscopy (Poburka & Patel, 2021). The plan was that additional cases would be published regularly, building a library of typical and atypical cases in ASHAWire that new speech-language pathologists could use to build their knowledge and skills in voice assessment and treatment planning. The first series included the tutorial on videostroboscopy (Poburka & Patel, 2021) and three cases with diagnoses commonly encountered in adult voice care. Unilateral vocal fold paralysis (Adessa, 2021), space-occupying lesions (Gillespie, 2022), and muscle tension dysphonia (Shembel et al., 2021) were also represented in the first series. In this second case series, experts in pediatric voice disorders present interactive cases so that readers can study the client history, rate and measure voice quality, view and rate the accompanying video, and compare their ratings and impressions to those of the experts. Three cases are in this forum: Robert Brinton Fujiki, PhD, CCC-SLP, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, contributed “Clinical Case Study: Pediatric Bilateral Benign Vocal Fold Lesions” (Fujiki, 2023). Paula Barson, MA, CCC-SLP; Linda Carroll, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA; and Karen B. Zur, MD, from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, contributed “Pediatric Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis” (Barson et al., 2023). Sydney Kagan, MM, MS, CCC-SLP, and Roseanne Clark, MS, CCC-SLP, from Boston Children's Hospital, contributed “Fibrovascular Change and Sulcus Vocalis: A Case for Voice therapy” (Kagan & Clark, 2023). We hope you enjoy learning from the experts who contributed to this series, and we look forward to publishing a third case studies forum next year. References Adessa, M. (2021). Unilateral vocal fold paralysis: The “trifecta”—dysphonia, dysphagia, and dyspnea.Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 6(6), 1445–1448. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-21-00055 ASHAWireGoogle Scholar Barson, P., Carroll, L., & Zur, K. B. (2023). Pediatric unilateral vocal fold paralysis.Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_PERSP-22-00186 ASHAWireGoogle Scholar Fujiki, R. B. (2023). Clinical case study: Pediatric bilateral benign vocal fold lesions.Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-22-00150 Google Scholar Gillespie, A. I. (2022). Clinical case study: Space occupying vocal fold lesions.Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 7(3), 712–715. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-21-00217 ASHAWireGoogle Scholar Kagan, S., & Clark, R. (2023). Fibrovascular change and sulcus vocalis: A case for voice therapy.Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_PERSP-23-00105 ASHAWireGoogle Scholar Kempster, G. B., Gerratt, B. R., Abbott, K. V., Barkmeier-Kraemer, J., & Hillman, R. E. (2009). Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice: Development of a standardized clinical protocol.American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 18(2), 124–132. https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360(2008/08-0017) ASHAWireGoogle Scholar Maryn, Y. (2017). Practical acoustics in clinical voice assessment: A Praat primer.Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2(3), 14–32. https://doi.org/10.1044/persp2.SIG3.14 ASHAWireGoogle Scholar Patel, R. R., Awan, S. N., Barkmeier-Kraemer, J., Courey, M., Deliyski, D., Eadie, T., Paul, D., Švec, J. G., & Hillman, R. (2018). Recommended protocols for instrumental assessment of voice: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association expert panel to develop a protocol for instrumental assessment of vocal function.American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27(3), 887–905. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0009 ASHAWireGoogle Scholar Poburka, B. J., & Patel, R. (2021). Laryngeal endoscopic imaging: Fundamentals and key concepts for rating selected parameters.Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 6(4), 736–742. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-21-00073 ASHAWireGoogle Scholar Shembel, A. C., Atkinson, C., & Childs, L. (2021). Clinical case study: Muscle tension dysphonia.Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 6(6), 1449–1451. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-21-0014 ASHAWireGoogle Scholar Author Notes Disclosure: Robin A. Samlan is the editor for SIG 3, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Correspondence to Robin A. Samlan: [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Mary J. Sandage Publisher Note: This article is part of the Forum: Case Studies in Pediatric Voice. Additional Resources FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Newly PublishedePub Ahead of IssuePages: 1-2 HistoryReceived: Sep 1, 2023Accepted: Sep 1, 2023 Published online: Nov 13, 2023 Get Permissions Add to your Mendeley library Metrics Topicsasha-topicsasha-sigsleader-topicsasha-article-typesCopyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationPDF downloadLoading ...