| Vocal overdoers |
People who like to talk and typically suffer from swellings on the vocal folds, also commonly called vocal nodules or vocal polyps.
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| Vocal underdoers
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People who don’t talk much and typically suffer from thinning or atrophy of the vocal folds, also commonly called bowing or presbyphonia. A partial recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis can do the same thing.
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| Dystonia
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Spasmodic dysphonia belongs to a family of neurologic disorders called dystonias. Spasmodic dysphonia may sound like a choking off or a whispery voice. Also called SD or ADductor SD or ABductor SD. It is often associated with vocal tremor.
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| Vocal Hyperfunction
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This term covers several different types of disorders and includes muscle tension dysphonia (MTD).
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| Muscle tension dysphonia
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This term is often used interchangeably with Hyperfunction
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| Reflux
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Hoarseness caused by stomach acid reaching the voice box. Also called Esophageal reflux or GERD.
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| Lump in the throat
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The sensation of a lump in the throat. Also called globus or globus hystericus or cricopharyngeal spasm.
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| Laryngospasm
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The 30 seconds of cutting off of breathing where you feel like you are going to die. Breathing in sounds ghastly, but somehow you start getting air again.
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