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Clinical Trials/IRCT20231024059840N1
IRCT20231024059840N1Not yet recruitingUnknown

Comparing the effectiveness of resonant voice therapy and manual circumlaryngeal therapy on tension reduction in patients with primary muscle tension dysphonia

Tehran University of Medical Sciences0 sites30 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Unknown
Status
Not yet recruiting
Enrollment
30

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 years to 55 years (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • According to the joint opinion of a laryngologist and an experienced speech and language pathologist in the field of voice disorders, and based on the results of voice history, voice self-evaluation, larynx observation, auditory-perceptual evaluation of voice and palpation, the participants will receive a primary MTD diagnosis.
  • Be in the age range of 18 to 55 years
  • Have normal hearing
  • Do not have evidence of neurological diseases
  • Do not have a history of other voice disorders (such as weakness and paralysis of the vocal folds or laryngeal cancer).
  • do not have a history of surgery, radiation therapy, trauma and intubation in the larynx and neck, chronic pain in the neck area, burns of the head and neck, and any kind of scar in the front of the neck and around the larynx.
  • At least 14 days before the start of the study, do not have an active infection in the larynx and upper respiratory tract
  • At the time of the study and before that, they have not received any other voice therapy program
  • do not have a fat and short neck so that it is possible to perform a palpation

Exclusion Criteria

  • have not completed any of the assessment and treatment stages of the study
  • Their audio samples are unanalyzable for any reason
  • In the evaluation of the palpation of all the target structures, the score of muscle tension should be reported as zero

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