Current dysphonia trends in patients over the age of 65: Is vocal atrophy becoming more prevalent?

The current trends in geriatric voice referrals including the number of patients over the age of 65 years seen per year, the common diagnostic patterns, and specifically the number of patients with vocal atrophy were assessed.

[1]  Edie R. Hapner,et al.  Prevalence of Perceived Dysphonia in a Geriatric Population , 2006, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

[2]  P. Hagen,et al.  Dysphonia in the Elderly: Diagnosis and Management of Age-Related Voice Changes , 1996, Southern medical journal.

[3]  Marshall E. Smith,et al.  Vocal Function Exercises for Presbylaryngis: A Multidimensional Assessment of Treatment Outcomes , 2010, The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology.

[4]  Edie R. Hapner,et al.  Voice therapy improves quality of life in age-related dysphonia: a case-control study. , 2008, Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation.

[5]  N. Tayama,et al.  Clinical analysis of presbylarynx--vocal fold atrophy in elderly individuals. , 2010, Auris, nasus, larynx.

[6]  N. Hogikyan,et al.  Validation of an instrument to measure voice-related quality of life (V-RQOL). , 1999, Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation.

[7]  R. Colton,et al.  Dysphonia in the aging: Physiology versus disease , 1992, The Laryngoscope.

[8]  P. Pontes,et al.  Glottic characteristics and voice complaint in the elderly. , 2005, Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation.

[9]  J. Stemple,et al.  Aerodynamic Changes as a Result of Vocal Function Exercises in Elderly Men , 2008, The Laryngoscope.

[10]  T. Mau,et al.  Factors associated with voice therapy outcomes in the treatment of presbyphonia , 2010, The Laryngoscope.

[11]  P. Ward,et al.  Aging of the Voice and Swallowing , 1989, Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

[12]  D. Hanson,et al.  Geriatric voice and laryngeal dysfunction. , 1990, Otolaryngologic clinics of North America.