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

摘要语音治疗师要诊断声带无异常的功能性发声障碍，是相当困难的。过去，言语治疗师研究了各种功能性嗓音障碍的鉴别诊断方法，例如声学嗓音分析和空气动力学分析以及喉部检查。然而，在每一种测量方法中并没有达成共识。言语治疗师的评价必须以综合评价为基础。我们开发了一种新的诊断方法，在临床环境中容易进行，而不依赖于语言治疗师的临床经验。其中一个是功能性嗓音障碍患者的自我知觉量表，另一个是交替舌运动量表。

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.