Table 2.
Task | Required for Spasmodic Dysphonia |
Hyperfunctional Voice |
---|---|---|
Repeating Adductor sentences (glottal stops and vowels) |
Adductor type: Breaks on vowels, 1 or more breaks per 3 sentences |
Equal voice symptoms on vowels and voiceless consonants |
Repeated Abductor sentences (/p/, /t/, /k/, /s/, /h/, /f/) |
Abductor type: prolonged voiceless consonants, 1 or more breaks per 3 sentences |
Equal voice symptoms on vowels and voiceless consonants |
Greater difficulty with one set of sentences |
One set is more difficult than another |
Both sets are equally affected, does not find one type of sentences more difficult |
Shout | Normal | Affected same as speech |
Strained choked voice | Less strain at a higher pitch | Consistent for all types of speech sounds and pitches |
Prolonged vowel | May have tremor on prolonged vowels, prolonged vowels are less affected than speech |
Prolonged vowels are similarly affected to speech, no tremor |
Counting from 1 to 10 | Breaks on vowels or prolonged voiceless consonants |
No voice breaks |