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VOICE DISORDERS
What is sound and how is it produced?
Sound is a type of energy that is perceived by the hearing organs of living things and formed as a result of vibrations. Sound production in humans; is caused by the air coming from our lungs vibrating our vocal cords.
What is a voice disorder?
It is the situation where the characteristics of the sound such as quality, pitch, and intensity are not suitable for the age, gender, cultural background, or geography of the individual and has differences.
Problems that can cause voice impairment:
Many factors such as nodules, polyps, and edemas that may occur in the vocal cords, laryngeal traumas, age-related muscle weakness, neurological conditions such as Parkinson's and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), nerve paralysis, anxiety, depression, and chronic stress cause voice disorders.
What are the symptoms of a voice disorder?
Many signs such as roughness, breathiness, and strain in voice, changes in pitch, intensity and resonance of the voice, aphonia, hoarseness, extra effort during the speech, tiredness in speech, alterations in voice quality during the day or the speech, wet voice can be observed.
Evaluation and treatment of voice disorders:
Speech and language therapists evaluate the individual. After a comprehensive evaluation, the most appropriate voice therapy technique for the individual and the current problem is selected and the therapy program is applied.
For clinical evaluation, intervention sessions, or more information, please apply to our Secretariat of the Department of Speech and Language Therapy.
Department Secretary: Yeliz ŞEN
Contact Number: 0312 216 26 24
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