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Reinforced falsetto to increase the glottic closure in patients diagnosed with unilateral vocal fold paralysis: A preliminary study Estrategia de falsete reforzado para el aumento del cierre glótico en pacientes con parálisis de pliegue vocal unilateral: un estudio preliminar
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WoS WOS:001397047700006
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85215704279
DOI 10.5209/RLOG.92709
Año 2025
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Abstract



There is favourable evidence in speech therapy for the rehabilitation of vocal fold paralysis. Nonetheless, contemporaneous studies that apply reinforced falsetto were not found. The aim of this study is to determine the results of speech therapy using reinforced falsetto for complete glottic closure in patients diagnosed with unilateral vocal fold paralysis, who were treated at the Laboratory of Voice at the 'Universidad del Desarrollo' in Chile between 2015 and 2023. A descriptive, observational and retrospective study was performed on 10 adult participants. Before therapy, grade of dysphonia was severe in 90% of the participants, whilst moderate in the remaining 10%. Incomplete glottic closure was observed in 100% of the participants. After the therapy, grade of dysphonia was diagnosed as being mild in 60% of the cases, and normal in the remaining 40% of participants. All the participants recovered their glottic closure. Significant differences were observed pre-intervention and post-intervention in: fundamental frequency; sound intensity; harmonics; maximum phonation time; glottic closure; and dysphonia severity. In conclusion, the reinforced falsetto technique was favourable for the glottic closure in the sample of participants studied. Further, there was clinical improvement in all the analysed acoustic and laryngoscopic variables. Speech therapy using reinforced falsetto could therefore be useful for the rehabilitation of unilateral vocal fold paralysis. It is suggested that extra research is performed, including a representative sample, in order to generalise the results and make them applicable to the general population.

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Linguistics
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Speech And Hearing
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1 Marambio, Patricio Orellana - Universidad del Desarrollo - Chile
2 Lillo, Felipe Gonzalo Rosales - Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins - Chile
3 Monichi, Giovanna - Universidad del Desarrollo - Chile

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