Published research on spasmodic dysphonia and related voice conditions has accelerated over the last few years
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Topics include:
Neurological Studies on Spasmodic Dysphonia
2019 – Atypical somatosensory-motor cortical response during vowel vocalization in spasmodic dysphonia
2018-Connectivity profiles of the insular network for speech control in healthy individuals and patients with spasmodic dysphonia
2018-Central Voice Production and Pathophysiology of Spasmodic Dysphonia
2018-Phenomenology, genetics, and CNS network abnormalities in laryngeal dystonia: A 30-year experience
2017-Phenotype- and Genotype-Specific Structural Alterations in Spasmodic Dysphonia
2017-Neural correlates of dystonic tremor: A multimodal study of voice tremor in spasmodic dysphonia
2017-Connectome-Wide Phenotypical and Genotypical Associations in Focal Dystonia
2017-Brain Activity in Patients With Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia Detected by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
2017-Central voice production and pathophysiology of spasmodic dysphonia
2017-Phenotype- and genotype-specific structural alterations in spasmodic dysphonia.
2017-Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Review. Part 1: Pathogenic Factors
2017-Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Review. Part 2: Characterization of Pathophysiology
2016-Cortical sensorimotor alterations classify clinical phenotype and putative genotype of spasmodic dysphonia.
2016-Brain structural changes in spasmodic dysphonia: A multimodal magnetic resonance imaging study.
2016-Cortical Silent Period Reveals Differences Between Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia and Muscle Tension Dysphonia
2015-Neural correlates of abnormal sensory discrimination in laryngeal dystonia
2014-Brain activity related to phonation in young patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia
2014-Shortened cortical silent period in adductor spasmodic dysphonia: Evidence for widespread cortical excitability
2013-Abnormal Striatal Dopaminergic Neurotransmission during Rest and Task Production in Spasmodic Dysphonia
2011-Spasmodic Dysphonia: a Laryngeal Control Disorder Specific to Speech
2010-Abnormal Activation of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex in Spasmodic Dysphonia: An fMRI Study
2009-Brainstem pathology in spasmodic dysphonia
2009-Research priorities in spasmodic dysphonia
2008-Focal white matter changes in spasmodic dysphonia: a combined diffusion tensor imaging and neuropathological study
2001-Cortical dysfunction of the supplementary motor area in a spasmodic dysphonia patient
1989-Spasmodic Dysphonia, Whether and Where
Spasmodic Dystonia Diagnosis and Other Considerations
2019-The extrinsic risk and its association with neural alterations in spasmodic dysphonia
2019-Defining differences in patient characteristics between spasmodic dysphonia and laryngeal tremor.
2019-Laboratory Evaluation of Spasmodic Dysphonia
2019-Reliability of High-speed Videoendoscopic Ratings of Essential Voice Tremor and Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2018-Consensus-Based Attributes for Identifying Patients With Spasmodic Dysphonia and Other Voice Disorders
2018-Voice deviation, dysphonia risk screening and quality of life in individuals with various laryngeal diagnoses
2018-Vibratory Onset of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia and Muscle Tension Dysphonia: A High-Speed Video Study
2018-Outcome Measurement in the Treatment of Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Systematic Review of the Literature
2018-Reliability and Validity of Speech Evaluation in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2017-Adductor focal laryngeal Dystonia: correlation between clinicians’ ratings and subjects’ perception of Dysphonia
2017-Phenomenology, genetics, and CNS network abnormalities in laryngeal dystonia: A 30‐year experience
2017-Speech–Language Pathology Evaluation and Management of Hyperkinetic Disorders Affecting Speech and Swallowing Function
2017-Voice-Related Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: A Systematic Review of Instrument Development and Validation
2016-Behavior Assessment Battery: A Pilot Study of the Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Correlates Surrounding Spasmodic Dysphonia
2016-Factors Associated With Patient-perceived Hoarseness in Spasmodic Dysphonia Patients
2016-Validation of the Cepstral Spectral Index of Dysphonia (CSID) as a Screening Tool for Voice Disorders: Development of Clinical Cutoff Scores
2016-A Measure of the Auditory-perceptual Quality of Strain from Electroglottographic Analysis of Continuous Dysphonic Speech: Application to Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2015-Diagnostic Delays in Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Call for Clinician Education
2014-Spasmodic dysphonia: let’s look at that again.
2014-Automated acoustic analysis of task dependency in adductor spasmodic dysphonia versus muscle tension dysphonia
2014-Influence of Consonant Voicing Characteristics on Sentence Production in Abductor Versus Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2011-Differential vibratory characteristics of adductor spasmodic dysphonia and muscle tension dysphonia on high-speed digital imaging.
2010-Differential diagnosis of muscle tension dysphonia and adductor spasmodic dysphonia using spectral moments of the long-term average spectrum.
2010-Current practices in the management of adductor spasmodic dysphonia
2009-Differentiating between adductor and abductor spasmodic dysphonia using airflow interruption
2009-Spasmodic dysphonia, perceptual and acoustic analysis: presenting new diagnostic tools
2007-Toward improved differential diagnosis of adductor spasmodic dysphonia and muscle tension dysphonia.
Botulinum Neurotoxin
2019-Unilateral vs bilateral botulinum toxin injections in adductor spasmodic dysphonia in a large cohort
2018-Quality of Life and Voice Changes After a Single Injection in Patients With ADSD Over Time
2018-OnabotulinumtoxinA for adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD): Functional results and the role of dosage
2018-Outcomes of Onabotulinum Toxin A Treatment for Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia and Laryngeal Tremor
2017-Chemodenervation of the Larynx
2017-Liquid-type Botulinum Toxin Type A in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Prospective Pilot Study
2017-Vocal Parameters and Self-Perception in Individuals With Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2017-Botulinum Toxin Dosing Trends in Spasmodic Dysphonia Over a 20-year Period
2017-Botulinum Toxin-A Dosing Trends for Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia at a Single Institution Over 10 Years
2017-Liquid-type Botulinum Toxin Type A in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Prospective Pilot Study
2017-Effect of Botulinum Toxin and Surgery among Spasmodic Dysphonia Patients
2017-Gender differences in onabotulinum toxin A dosing for adductor spasmodic dysphonia
2015-Factors influencing botulinum toxin dose instability in spasmodic dysphonia patients
2015-Factors Influencing Botulinum Toxin Dose Instability in Spasmodic Dysphonia Patients
2014-Differences in botulinum toxin dosing between patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia and essential voice tremor
2014-Spasmodic dysphonia: a seven-year audit of dose titration and demographics in the Indian population
2014-Relationship of laryngeal botulinum toxin dosage to patient age, vitality, and socioeconomic issues
2014-Treatment efficacy of electromyography versus fiberscopy-guided botulinum toxin injection in adductor spasmodic dysphonia patients: a prospective comparative study
2013-Considerations for initial dosing of botulinum toxin in treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia
2012-Surgery or botulinum toxin for adductor spasmodic dysphonia: a comparative study
2012-The treatment of laryngeal dystonia (spasmodic dysphonia) with botulinum toxin injections
2012-Tridimensional assessment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia pre- and post-treatment with Botulinum toxin
2012-A Comparison of the VHI, VHI-10, and V-RQOL for Measuring the Effect of Botox Therapy in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2011-Interarytenoid Muscle Botox Injection for Treatment of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia With Vocal Tremor
2010-Abductor paralysis after botox injection for adductor spasmodic dysphonia
2010-Assessing the effectiveness of botulinum toxin injections for adductor spasmodic dysphonia: clinician and patient perception
2007-The Psychosocial Consequences of BOTOX Injections for Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Qualitative Study of Patients’ Experiences
2007-Nonpharmacologic effects of botulinum toxin on the life quality of patients with spasmodic dysphonia.
2006-Alterations in CNS Activity Induced by Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Spasmodic Dysphonia
2006-Botulinum Toxin Injection and Airflow Stability in Spasmodic Dysphonia
2003-Botulinum toxin management of adductor spasmodic dysphonia after failed recurrent laryngeal nerve section
2003-Spasmodic dysphonia: clinical features and effects of botulinum toxin therapy in 169 patients—an Australian experience
2002-Unilateral Versus Bilateral Injections of Botulinum Toxin in Patients with Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2002-Acoustic Variations in Reading Produced by Speakers With Spasmodic Dysphonia Pre-Botox Injection and Within Early Stages of Post-Botox Injection
2002-Botox Treatment in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2001-Long-term Therapy for Spasmodic Dysphonia Acoustic and Aerodynamic Outcomes
Surgery — Selective Laryngeal Adductor Denervation-Reinnervation (SLAD-R)
2012- Selective laryngeal adductor denervation-reinnervation surgery for spasmodic dysphonia
2012-Functional reinnervation of vocal folds after selective laryngeal adductor denervation-reinnervation surgery for spasmodic dysphonia.
2012-Surgery or botulinum toxin for adductor spasmodic dysphonia: a comparative study.
2011-Laryngeal reinnervation for bilateral vocal fold paralysis.
2006-Treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia with selective laryngeal adductor denervation and reinnervation surgery.
2006-Long-term follow-up results of selective laryngeal adductor denervation-reinnervation surgery for adductor spasmodic dysphonia.
2005-Voice disorder. Surgical procedures
2004-Laryngeal reinnervation.
2003-Selective denervation: reinnervation for the control of adductor spasmodic dysphonia.
2002-Electrical stimulation of a denervated muscle promotes selective reinnervation by native over foreign motoneurons.
1999-Selective laryngeal adductor denervation-reinnervation: a new surgical treatment for adductorspasmodic dysphonia.
1981-Recurrent laryngeal nerve section in the treatment of spastic dysphonia.
1979-Recurrent layngeal nerve section for spasmodic dysphonia.
1976-Recurrent laryngeal nerve section for spastic dysphonia.
Surgery — Bilateral Vocal Fold Medialization
2019-Bilateral Vocal Fold Medialization: A Treatment for Abductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
Surgery — Thyroarytenoid Myoneurectomy/Myotomy
2018-Bilateral Posterior Cricoarytenoid Myoneurectomy for Abductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2015-The Comparison of Thyroarytenoid Muscle Myectomy and Type II Thyroplasty for Spasmodic Dysphonia
2014 – Vocal Outcome after Endoscopic Thyroarytenoid Myoneurectomy in Patient with Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2012-Endoscopic laser thyroarytenoid myoneurectomy in patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia: a pilot study on long-term outcome on voice quality
2010-Transoral laser ventricular fold resection and thyroarytenoid myoneurectomy for adductor spasmodic dysphonia: long-term outcome
2010-Selective lateral laser thyroarytenoid myotomy for adductor spasmodic dysphonia
2006-Impact in Vocal Quality in Partial Myectomy and Neurectomy Endoscopic of Thyroarytenoid Muscle in Patients with Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
Surgery — Type II Thyroplasty
2017-Long-term Evaluation of Type 2 Thyroplasty with Titanium Bridges for Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2016-Voice tuning with new instruments for type II thyroplasty in the treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia
2015-Type II thyroplasty changes cortical activation in patients with spasmodic dysphonia
2014-Long-term voice handicap index after type II thyroplasty using titanium bridges for adductor spasmodic dysphonia
2010-Effects of type II thyroplasty on adductor spasmodic dysphonia
2010-Surgical tips for type II thyroplasty for adductor spasmodic dysphonia: modified technique after reviewing unsatisfactory cases
2009-Long-term results of type II thyroplasty for adductor spasmodic dysphonia
2009-Outcomes of type II thyroplasty for adductor spasmodic dysphonia: analysis of revision and unsatisfactory cases
2003-To study voice quality before and after thyroplasty type 1 in patients with symptomatic unilateral vocal cord paralysis
2002-Analysis of voice and quantitative measurement of glottal gap after thyroplasty type I in the treatment of unilateral vocal paralysis
2001-Thyroplasty for adductor spasmodic dysphonia: further experiences
2000-Effects of thyroplasty type I on vocal fold vibration
1998-Laryngeal recovery following type I thyroplasty
Voice Therapy
2019-Patients’ Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Voice Therapy: A Pilot Study
2019-Objective Indices of Perceived Vocal Strain
2012-Combined Modality Treatment of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
1995-Combined-modality treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia with botulinum toxin and voice therapy
Other Topics Related to Spasmodic Dysphonia
2019-The Influence of Linguistic Demand on Symptom Expression in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2019-Acoustic and Perceptual Analyses of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia in Mandarin-speaking Chinese
2018-Socioeconomic Variables of Patients with Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Preliminary Study
2018-Pharyngeal Dystonia Mimicking Spasmodic Dysphonia
2018-Anxiety and depression in spasmodic dysphonia patients
2017-The Effect of Background Noise on Intelligibility of Dysphonic Speech
2017-Vocal Parameters and Self-Perception in Individuals With Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
2017-Adductor focal laryngeal Dystonia: correlation between clinicians’ ratings and subjects’ perception of Dysphonia
2017-Communication‐related affective, behavioral, and cognitive reactions in speakers with spasmodic dysphonia
2016-Behavior Assessment Battery: A Pilot Study of the Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Correlates Surrounding Spasmodic Dysphonia
2016-The Americans With Disabilities Act and Voice Disorders: Practical Guidelines for Voice Clinicians
2015-Impaired limb proprioception in adults with spasmodic dysphonia
2014-Workplace Productivity and Voice Disorders: A Cognitive Interviewing Study on Presenteeism in Individuals With Spasmodic Dysphonia
2014-Validation of a Telephone Screening Tool for Spasmodic Dysphonia and Vocal Fold Tremor
2013-Long-term Effect of Sodium Oxybate (Xyrem®) in Spasmodic Dysphonia with Vocal Tremor
2012-Co-Prevalence of Tremor with Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Case-Control Study
2011-Coprevalence of Anxiety and Depression With Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Case-Control Study
2011-A qualitative study of interference with communicative participation across communication disorders in adults.
2011-The Effect of Listener Experience and Anchors on Judgments of Dysphonia
2010-Treatment for spasmodic dysphonia: limitations of current approaches
2009-Developing the Communicative Participation Item Bank: Rasch Analysis Results From a Spasmodic Dysphonia Sample
2009-Risk Factors and Demographics in Patients With Spasmodic Dysphonia
2009-Treatment of spasmodic dysphonia with homeopathic medicine: a clinical case report
2008-Research Priorities in Spasmodic Dysphonia
2005-Chiropractic Care for a Patient with Spasmodic Dysphonia Associated with Cervical Spine Trauma
1997-Female predominance in spasmodic dysphonia
1991-Emotional considerations in spasmodic dysphonia: Psychometric quantification
Vocal Tremor Research
2019-Defining differences in patient characteristics between spasmodic dysphonia and laryngeal tremor.
2019-The Effect of Octanoic Acid on Essential Voice Tremor: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study.
2018-A prospective crossover trial of botulinum toxin chemodenervation versus injection augmentation for essential voice tremor.
2016-Laryngoscopy evaluation protocol for the differentiation of essential and dystonic voice tremor.
2016-Vocal Tremor: Novel Therapeutic Target for Deep Brain Stimulation
2016-Dystonia and Tremor: The Clinical Syndromes with Isolated Tremor.
2016-Comparative Effectiveness of Propranolol and Botulinum for the Treatment of Essential Voice Tremor
2016-Voice Tremor in Patients with Essential Tremor: Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation of Caudal Zona Incerta.
2015-Discriminating Simulated Vocal Tremor Source Using Amplitude Modulation Spectra
2015-The effects of physiological adjustments on the perceptual and acoustical characteristics of simulated laryngeal vocal tremor
2015-Isolated vocal tremor as a focal phenotype of essential tremor: a retrospective case review
2013-Defining dystonic tremor.
2012-Co-Prevalence of Tremor with Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Case-Control Study: Co-morbid tremor in Spasmodic Dysphonia
2010-Clinical characteristics of essential voice tremor: a study of 34 cases.
2009-Diagnosis and Management of Essential Tremor and Dystonic Tremor
2006-Development and validation of the vocal tremor scoring system.
2000-Botulinum toxin for essential tremor of the voice with multiple anatomical sites of tremor: a crossover design study of unilateral versus bilateral injection.
1966-Dysphonia due to tremor.
Muscle Tension Dysphonia Research
2019-Positive Effects of Manual Circumlaryngeal Therapy in the Treatment of Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD): Long Term Treatment Outcomes
2018-Effects of Voice Therapy on Muscle Tension Dysphonia: A Systematic Literature Review.
2017-Effects of a Voice Therapy Program for Patients with Muscle Tension Dysphonia.
2017-Combined Functional Voice Therapy in Singers With Muscle Tension Dysphonia in Singing.
2017-Validity and Reliability of Surface Electromyography in the Assessment of Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia.
2017-Vocal Function Exercises for Muscle Tension Dysphonia: Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation and Self-Assessment Rating.
2015-A randomized controlled trial of stretch-and-flow voice therapy for muscle tension dysphonia.
2014-Immediate effects of humming on computed electroglottographic parameters in patients with muscle tension dysphonia.
2014-Automated acoustic analysis of task dependency in adductor spasmodic dysphonia versus muscle tension dysphonia.
2014-The vocal aerodynamic change in female patients with muscular tension dysphonia after voice training.
2014-Perceptions of voice therapy from patients diagnosed with primary muscle tension dysphonia and benign mid-membranous vocal fold lesions.
2013-Collaboration and conquest: MTD as viewed by voice teacher (singing voice specialist) and speech-language pathologist.
2013-The assessment methods of laryngeal muscle activity in muscle tension dysphonia: a review.
2013-An examination of surface EMG for the assessment of muscle tension dysphonia.
2012-Reflections on clinical applications of yoga in voice therapy with MTD.
2012-Position of the hyoid and larynx in people with muscle tension dysphonia.
2012-Effectiveness of the computed analysis of electroglottographic signals in muscle tension dysphonia.
2011-Pathophysiology and treatment of muscle tension dysphonia: a review of the current knowledge.
2010-The treatment of muscle tension dysphonia: a comparison of two treatment techniques by means of an objective multiparameter approach.
2008-The relationship between muscle tension dysphonia type 1 and soft phonation index and the effectiveness of voice therapy
2005-Muscle tension dysphonia in children: Voice characteristics and outcome of voice therapy.
Vocal Fold Paralysis Research
2019-Vocal Fold Paresis: Incidence, and the Relationship between Voice Handicap Index and Laryngeal EMG Findings
2019-Morphometric Differences in the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve in Patients with Vocal Fold Paralysis.
2019-Transoral silastic medialization for unilateral vocal fold paralysis.
2019-Voice outcome indicators for unilateral vocal fold paralysis surgery: A survey among surgeons.
2019-Stroboscopic assessment of unilateral vocal fold paralysis: a systematic review.
2019-Vocal Fold Paresis.
2019-Cortical networks for speech motor control in unilateral vocal fold paralysis.
2019-Selective reinnervation using phrenic nerve and hypoglossal nerve for bilateral vocal foldparalysis.
2019-The impact of cricothyroid involvement on adductor recovery in unilateral vocal fold paralysis.
2019-Therapy of bilateral vocal fold paralysis: Real world data of an international multi-center registry.
2019-Cortical-Basal Ganglia-Cerebellar Networks in Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis: A Pilot Study.
2017-Longitudinal Voice Outcomes After Voice Therapy in Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis.
