Background and Objectives: Functional voice disorders usually occur as results of hyperkinetic movements of the vocal apparatus. The best treatment of these diseases is voice therapy. But the classical voice therapy has many difficulties
for
laryngologist to put in operation. The aims of this study were to investigate of the effects of group voice therapy that laryngologist can use to treat many patients in limited time. Materials and Methods: We performed group voice therapy
and
classical voice therapy on 129 patients, and compared the results according to age, sex, past history, symptoms, physical examination, patients subjective evaluation, perceptual evaluation of voice, and maximal phonation time. Results:
Patients'
subjective evaluation, perceptual evaluation, pathologic findings of larynx, maximal phonation time showed superior results in group voice therapy. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the group voice therapy is an effective
treatment method laryngologists can use for hyperfunctional voice disorders.
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