A new diagnostic tool for functional voice disorder by Speech-Language Hearing Therapist

在声带无异常的情况下，语言治疗师很难诊断出功能性嗓音障碍。过去，语言治疗师研究了功能性嗓音障碍的各种鉴别诊断方法，如声学嗓音分析、空气动力学分析和喉部检查。然而，在每一项测量中都不存在共识。语言治疗师已经对其进行了综合评价。我们开发了一种新的诊断方法，无需依赖语言治疗师的临床经验，即可在临床环境中轻松操作。其中一种是功能性嗓音障碍患者的自我知觉量表，另一种是交替舌音运动。

It is so difficult for speech therapist to diagnose functional voice disorder with no abnormality in the vocal cords. The various methods of differential diagnosis for functional voice disorder have been studied by speech therapist in the past, for example, acoustic voice analysis and aerodynamic analysis and laryngeal inspection. However, no consensuses exist among each measurement. Speech therapist has had to be based on the comprehensive evaluation. We have developed a new diagnostic method performed easily in clinical settings without relying on clinical experience of speech therapist. One of them is a self-perceptual scale for patients with functional voice disorder; another is alternativetongue movement.