The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency at long-term of logopedic treatment in 92 patients (60 females and 32 males, 25-67 years old) with unilateral laryngeal nerves paralysis secondary to thyroidectomy. The study was conducted in a period of 4 years (from 2000 to 2004). 84 patients started logopedic treatment 2 months after the vocal fold paralysis and the other 8 after a period from 4 months to 2 years. The patients were submitted to logopedic treatment for 3 month (3 sessions for week); 12 patients continued with therapy for others 2 months. At the end of therapy 81 patient (88%) improved that they normalized their phonatory function; in fact these patients showed an hyper-adduction of normal vocal fold (with compensation of air leak) and a good tone of paralysed vocal fold with the aim of preventing its atrophy (through the action of cricothyroid muscle).
La terapia logopedica nelle paralisi delle corde vocali secondarie a chirurgia tiroidea.
BARILLARI, Umberto E.S.;COSTA, Giuseppe
2005
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency at long-term of logopedic treatment in 92 patients (60 females and 32 males, 25-67 years old) with unilateral laryngeal nerves paralysis secondary to thyroidectomy. The study was conducted in a period of 4 years (from 2000 to 2004). 84 patients started logopedic treatment 2 months after the vocal fold paralysis and the other 8 after a period from 4 months to 2 years. The patients were submitted to logopedic treatment for 3 month (3 sessions for week); 12 patients continued with therapy for others 2 months. At the end of therapy 81 patient (88%) improved that they normalized their phonatory function; in fact these patients showed an hyper-adduction of normal vocal fold (with compensation of air leak) and a good tone of paralysed vocal fold with the aim of preventing its atrophy (through the action of cricothyroid muscle).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
