Table 2.

Voice clinic diagnoses

Diagnostic categories	Females (n = 111)	Males (n = 85)	Total (n=196)	% of total population
Muscle tension dysphonia	50	37	87	44.4%
Bowing/atrophy	7	25	32	16.3%
Motion abnormality (eg paresis, paralysis)	21	17	38	19.4%
Focal laryngeal neurological disorder (eg tremor, SD)	9	3	12	6.1%
Systemic neurological disorder (eg ALS, Parkinson)	2	4	6	3.1%
Vocal fold mass or lesion, likely benign	29	13	42	21.4%
Vocal fold mass or lesion, concerning	4	7	11	5.6%
Vocal fold mass or lesion, known malignancy	0	2	2	1.0%
Irritable larynx syndrome (including chronic cough, throat-clearing, globus not secondary to known trigger such as uncontrolled reflux)	15	9	24	12.2%
Vocal process granuloma	2	4	6	3.1%
Infectious laryngitis (eg fungal, bacterial laryngitis)	3	3	6	3.1%
Inflammatory process (eg sarcoidosis, amyloidosis)	5	2	7	3.6%
Reflux	9	9	18	9.2%
Other (including dysphagia, cervicalgia, sequelae of prior cancer care, etc.)	13	10	23	11.7%