Vocalization: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Vocalization

Chronic Laryngitis

Vocal abuse, smoking, laryngopharyngeal reflux, and allergies are some of the causes of chronic laryngitis. [symptoma.com]

Furthermore, laryngitis may contribute to further structural voice changes such vocal nodules or vocal polyps. [entwellbeing.com.au]

Vocal fatigue 3. Chronic throat irritation 4. Dry hacking cough Signs: 1. [specialist-ent.com]

Acute Laryngitis

In case of vocal abuse, submucosal haemorrhages may be seen in the vocal cords. Treatment 1. Vocal rest. This is the most important single factor. [earnosethroatclinic.blogspot.com]

The causes of chronic laryngitis can include: repeated episodes of acute laryngitis vocal misuse/overuse/abuse smoking poor hydration/vocal hygiene air pollutants allergies [entcolumbia.org]

Occasionally, a cough suppressant may be prescribed to limit additional damage to the vocal folds. [bbivar.com]

Polyps

Like nodules, vocal fold polyps are thought to be caused by trauma to the vocal folds. [entcolumbia.org]

Anything that makes it harder for the vocal folds to vibrate can cause a voice problem. Vocal fold nodules are growths that form on the vocal folds. [asha.org]

Vocal symptoms of polyps can vary greatly. [entcolumbia.org]

Upper Airway Cough Syndrome

Many of them may not be aware of the feeling of the mucus going down the back of their throat, but it will get onto their vocal cords and they will need to clear their throat [practicalreviews.com]

"Vocal cord dysfunction: an update". Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 106 (4): 267–274. doi:10.1016/j.anai.2010.09.004. [en.wikipedia.org]

The barking cough is caused by an inflamed windpipe and vocal cords. The swollen windpipe causes the vibration of your vocal cords to sound different. [healthline.com]

Congenital Laryngomalacia

Laryngomalacia, laryngeal cleft and congenital unilateral vocal cord palsy: A unique case treated endoscopically without intubation or tracheostomy. [ukm.pure.elsevier.com]

Some of the more common vocal cord disorders include laryngitis, vocal nodules, vocal polyps, and vocal cord paralysis. 34 vocal nodules AND vocal polyps Vocal nodules are [slideplayer.com]

Some of the more common vocal cord disorders include laryngitis, vocalcord disorders include laryngitis, vocal nodules, vocal polyps, and vocal cordnodules, vocal polyps, [slideshare.net]

Bilateral Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis

The intralaryngeal injection of Botox has been considered as a possible therapy for these airway symptoms of bilateral vocal fold paralysis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis present with varied vocal symptoms, ranging from mild to severe dysphonia. [bbivar.com]

An arytenoidectomy is recommended by a thyrotomy approach without lateralization of the vocal cord. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Laryngeal Lesion

Fig. 3: Vocal Cord Polyp Fig. 4: Vocal Cord After Removal of Polyp Fig. 5: Reinke’s Oedema Fig. 6: Vocal Cord After Surgery for Rienke’s Rienkes oedema or polypoid corditis [jemds.com]

VC, vocal cord. [ejo.eg.net]

[…] lies the vocal ligament and vocalis muscle. [accessmedicine.mhmedical.com]

Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Occlusion

Wallenberg Syndrome (PICA Syndrome or Lateral Medullary Infaction) return to: Unilateral Laryngeal Paralysis or Vocal Cord Paralysis; see: Tapia Syndrome paralysis of vagus [medicine.uiowa.edu]

[…] loss of sweating) Loss of pain and temperature in the ipsilateral face and contralateral body (lateral spinothalalmic tract) Ipsilateral weakness of the palate, pharynx and vocal [casemed.case.edu]

[…] sensation in the ipsilateral face and contralateral body below the chin; ipsilateral HORNER SYNDROME; ipsilateral ATAXIA; DYSARTHRIA; VERTIGO; nausea, hiccup; dysphagia; and VOCAL [fpnotebook.com]

Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure

Sometimes the person may cry out as the vocal cords contract and air is released from the lungs. The person may turn blue because he or she isn't breathing. [cigna.com]

Paresis

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: No accepted standard exists for the diagnosis of vocal fold paresis (VFP). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] lag were more likely to be associated with vocal fold paresis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

But only 23 out of 47 patients(48.9%) with clinically suspected vocal fold paresis on were confirmed as vocal fold paresis by laryngeal electromyography. [dspace.ewha.ac.kr]

Throat Carcinoma

“But with vocal cord involvement, it may be more difficult to preserve vocal function at the level demanded of professional singers or entertainers.” [yahoo.com]

(the area that includes the vocal cords) The subglottis (the area below the vocal cords) Laryngeal cancer staging can be complex, so ask your doctor to explain it to you [cancer.org]

Of these subjects, 468 had throat cancer and 163 had cancers of the vocal cord. [medicalnewstoday.com]

Psychogenic Cough

Fold Motion 435 Treating the Common Obstructor 141 10 Laryngomalacia 165 11 Vocal Fold Immobility 189 12 Subglottic Stenosis 205 13 Tracheomalacia and Tracheal Stenosis 231 [books.google.de]

The search terms used were "children" and "vocal tics" or "habit cough," or "psychogenic cough" or "chronic cough." [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Link The Relationship Between Chronic Cough and Paradoxical Vocal Fold Movement: A Review of the Literature. [fauquierent.net]

Thyroid Cyst with Hemorrhage

The picture on the left shows a larynx with a right true vocal cord paralysis from a laryngeal cancer. The right true vocal cord is shorter than the left. [waent.org]

Click here to view The vocal cord was found to be mobile and symmetrical bilaterally with a patent laryngeal inlet. There was vocal cord hematoma ( [Figure 3] ). [ejo.eg.net]

T - Staging of Glottic Cancer T1: Limited to vocal cords. Normal mobility. T1A: Limited to one vocal cord. T1B: Limited to both vocal cords. [spinwarp.ucsd.edu]

Substernal Goiter

Six patients (5%) had postoperative hoarseness, 1 had permanent vocal cord paralysis, and 19 (15%) had transient postoperative hypocalcemia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A tracheotomy was required in one patient with bilateral vocal cord paresis (1.7%). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fiberoptic endoscopy found vocal cord palsy in 3 patients. Cervical ultrasonography was the first-line diagnostic test. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Spasmodic Croup

[…] cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified J38.0 Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx J38.1 Polyp of vocal cord and larynx J38.2 Nodules of vocal cords J38.3 Other diseases [icd10data.com]

Our results show that stridor in this patient was due to dynamic inspiratory constriction of the vocal cords. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Laryngismus causes closure of the vocal folds and airflow obstruction during inspiration. Paroxysmal spasmodic muscular contraction of the vocal cords. [icd10data.com]

Laryngospasm

Movements affecting tension of the vocal cords Movements swinging the vocal cords open and closed Movements that close off and protect the larynx CHANGING TENSION OF THE VOCAL [airwayjedi.com]

The vocal cords, surrounding soft tissues and the air passage through the vocal cords were observed. [erj.ersjournals.com]

Stridor in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is typically due to arthritis of the cricoarytenoid joints leading to fixation of the vocal cords in a midline position. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Catatonia

Instruments Vocals, bass, guitar, drums. [en.wikipedia.org]

This time around, Renske took on full vocal duties (all clean vocals, of course) and Dan Swanö was recruited to man the drums for the recordings. [music.apple.com]

Resurrection Through Carnage (2002) - bass, songwriting, backing vocals, production, engineering & photography Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) - bass, songwriting, backing vocals [en.wikipedia.org]

Acute Laryngitis and/or Tracheitis

Structure and functioning of the human vocal tract during phonation make the physiological basis of singing. [vocteacher.mazaycom.ru]

[…] continually irritate the vocal cords. [mdproactive.com]

The vocal cords are the vibrating elastic bands inside the larynx that produce your voice. [myhealth.alberta.ca]

Pharyngeal Disease

The vocal folds, or "vocal cords," which contain the vocal ligaments, are musculomembranous shelves that appear inferior and medial to the vestibular folds. [dartmouth.edu]

Vocal cord paresis is caused by injury or pressure upon the laryngeal nerves. [healthhype.com]

Gastric acid can cause significant inflammation when it falls on the vocal cords. [aboutgerd.org]

Vocal Cord Nodule

Vocal Cord / Fold Development Vocal Cord Wounds Vocal Cord Surgery Vocal Cord Lesion Treatment [news-medical.net]

[…] use of vocal cords). [utswmedicine.org]

Small Vocal Cord Nodules Medium Vocal Cord Nodules Severe Vocal Cord Nodules Here is a cartoon diagram depicting the difference between vocal cord nodules and cysts/polyps [fauquierent.net]

Distal Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 5

[…] cord paralysis ; Harper–Young myopathy Infant onset with vocal cord paralysis DHMN7B 607641 DCTN1 2p13.1 Autosomal dominant Adult onset with vocal cord paralysis and facial [en.wikipedia.org]

Two of the cases also exhibited joint hypermobility, vocal cord paralysis and respiratory difficulties ( 2, 4 – 6 ). [spandidos-publications.com]

Hearing loss, vocal cord involvement, and facial paresis have been reported. [cmtausa.org]

Vocal Cord Dysfunction

Abstract Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is a nonorganic disorder of the larynx that involves unintentional paradoxical adduction of the vocal cords while breathing. [doi.org]

We present nine- and 11-year-old female siblings with vocal cord dysfunction, which is a dysfunction of the larynx involving unintentional paradoxical adduction of the vocal [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSION: The Pittsburgh Vocal Cord Dysfunction Index is proposed as a simple, valid, and easy-to-use tool for diagnosing vocal cord dysfunction. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Larynx Polyp

PubMed Search: Vocal cord polyp [title] Advertisement Page views in 2018: 16,273 Page views in 2019 to date: 1,600 Cite this page: Pernick N. Vocal cord polyp. [pathologyoutlines.com]

[…] elsewhere classified J38.0 Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx J38.1 Polyp of vocal cord and larynx J38.2 Nodules of vocal cords J38.3 Other diseases of vocal cords J38.4 [icd10data.com]

[…] paralysis of vocal cords or larynx, partial 478.34 Bilateral paralysis of vocal cords or larynx, complete 478.5 Other diseases of vocal cords 478.6 Edema of larynx 478.70 [healthprovidersdata.com]

Globus Pharyngeus

It is a biopsy associated with the hoarse voice, chronic sinusitis, gastro esophageal reflux diseases ( gerd ), and vocal cord polyp. [healthsurgical.com]

Vocal hygiene advice such as avoiding cigarette smoke, alcohol, and caffeine can help some patients. [bjgp.org]

Other causes may include; Voice damaging (over usage of the vocal cords) Smoking and bad habit lifestyle Lack of rest (promote stress, ergo causing an increase in muscle tension [healthsurgical.com]

Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma

Rare but worrisome presentations include hoarseness due to vocal cord paralysis and obstruction of the airway or esophagus. [orpha.net]

Laryngoscopy revealed right vocal fold paralysis, left vocal fold hypomobility, glottal incompetence during phonation, and hoarse-breathy voice quality with limited phonation [peertechz.com]

Laryngeal videostroboscopy revealed left vocal fold hypomobility and a small ectasia posteriorly. [peertechz.com]

Tracheal Stenosis

Bronchoscopy confirmed a circular fibrous tracheal web 2 cm below the vocal cords (Panel C, ring below the vocal cords, around the black opening). [nejm.org]

This stenosis is located 2–3 mm from the vocal cords. [web.archive.org]

High-resolution computed tomography of the trachea revealed a narrowing of the trachea 2.8 cm below the vocal cords (Panel B). [nejm.org]

Distal Hereditary Motor Neuropathy Type 1

[…] juvenile and adult onset, respectively; HMN type V (HMN5A, 600794 and HMN5B, 614751), characterized by upper limb involvement; HMN VII (HMN7A, 158580 and HMN7B, 607641), with vocal [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

1p36.2 KIF1B CMT2A2 (allelic to HMSN VI with optic atrophy) AD 1p36.2 MFN2 CMT2B AD 3q13–q22 RAB7 CMT2B1 (allelic to LGMD1B) AR 1q21.2 LMNA CMT2B2 AD 19q13 MED25 CMT2C (with vocal [mhmedical.com]

Croup

During phonation (saying "e"), the undersurface of the vocal cords are well visualized. [emedicine.com]

Coughing spasms are often due to sticky mucus caught in the vocal cords, so the warm fluids may actually help relax the vocal cords and loosen up that mucus. [healthcare.utah.edu]

During inspiration, the undersurface of the vocal cords is wide apart and not visualized. [emedicine.com]

Tracheoesophageal Fistula

Although most patients with vocal cord paresis eventually become asymptomatic, two-thirds do not regain vocal cord function. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Postoperative complications are common, with possible transient vocal cord dismotility, but in some cases persistent paralysis may require tracheostomy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

102 patients. [10] However, there was a high postrepair rate of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury (22%), which the investigators indicated probably not only warrants early vocal [emedicine.com]

Acute Subglottic Laryngitis

VOCAL CORD POLYPS 38. VOCAL NODULE [slideshare.net]

Subglottic stenosis can present as a life… … Wikipedia subglottic laryngitis — inflammation of the undersurface of the vocal cords. [translate.academic.ru]