Diagnosis
These pages list a variety of procedures, tools, and concepts that are important in the treatment of voice, swallowing, airway, and coughing disorders.
Procedures & Tools
These procedures, tools, and materials are used to help diagnose a variety of voice, swallowing, airway, and coughing disorders.
Auditory perceptual evaluation of voice
· Laryngeal electromyogram (LEMG)
· Transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE)
History of the present illness
· Laryngeal mirror examination
·· Indirect versus direct laryngoscopy
·· Stroboscopy
· “Motivated” laryngeal examination
Pulmonary function tests (PFTs)
Videoendoscopic swallowing study (VESS)
Videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS)
Vocal capability battery, aka voice evaluation
· Modeling
·· Siren
Voice Phenomenology
Voice phenomenology refers to the audible features of a person’s voice or a person’s related behavior that might be noticed by an examining clinician, either during the person’s spontaneous voice use, or in response to various voice elicitations, as when conducting the vocal capability battery.
Other Useful Terms
Various other concepts or terms relevant to diagnosis.
Methodologies
These different diagnostic models or methodologies affect which diagnostic procedures and tools are relied upon or, whether explicitly or in practice, viewed as optional.
Reductionistic or technology-driven diagnostic model
Other Miscellaneous Terms
These are other terms that pertain to the diagnosis of voice, swallowing, airway, and coughing disorders.
Types of Clinicians
These are the primary types of clinicians who focus on diagnosing and treating voice, swallowing, airway, and coughing disorders.