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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2009 Mar;119(3):591–596. doi: 10.1002/lary.20122

TABLE III.

Summary of Results.

Medialization
Location
Sound
Quality
Intensity Ease of
Phonation
Efficiency Airway
Protection
Anterior + +++ +
Middle + +++ ++
Posterior ++++ ± ++ ++ +++

Each + represents ~10% increase, each − represents ~10% decrease, except for airway protection, where each + represents ~25% increase.