DYSPHONIA IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE: CAUSES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT
https://doi.org/10.15690/vsp.v12i5.811
Abstract
Causes of dysphonia in children and adolescents vary from genetic syndromes, congenital defects, diseases of various organs and systems and to non-observance of hygiene or voice overstrain. Complex examination can help to reveal such causes. Laryngeal endoscopy remains one of the most reliable methods of investigation, but non-invasive methods (acoustic voice analysis — AVA, electroglottography — EGG) are no less important. The more detailed specification of voice timbre disturbances (organic or functional, with psycho-emotional lability being the most common cause) can help choose the method of its correction. Complex homeopathic drugs are promising in treatment of dysphonia of various etiology in children. Aim: to assess reliability of non-invasive methods of voice examination (AVA and EGG) in treatment of functional dysphonia in children. Patients and methods: 100 patients with dysphonia aged from 3 to 15 years old were examined. All of them were performed laryngeal endoscopy, AVA and EGG. Results: both methods demonstrated reliable differences of characteristics, describing the quality of voice before and after the treatment. Conclusions: AVA and EGG reflect changes in voice quality during and after provided treatment (including complex homeopathic drugs) and can be used as unbiased criteria of treatment efficacy assessment.
About the Authors
E. Yu. Radtsig
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow
Russian Federation
Radzig Elena Yuryevna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Pediatrics
Russian Federation
Radzig Elena Yuryevna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Pediatrics
D. V. Degtyareva
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
N. V. Ermilova
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Radtsig E.Yu., Degtyareva D.V., Ermilova N.V. DYSPHONIA IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE: CAUSES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT. Current Pediatrics. 2013;12(5):123-127. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15690/vsp.v12i5.811
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