Table 3.
Diagnoses and Referral to Voice Therapy.
| Voice Therapy Recommended
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Total, n | n | % | |
| Vocal strain / excessive tension | 107 | 92 | 86 |
| Neurologic problem (voice only) / neurologic problem with voice and other symptoms | 7 | 6 | 86 |
| Irritable larynx | 26 | 22 | 85 |
| Vocal fold paralysis | 39 | 31 | 79 |
| Scarring | 9 | 7 | 78 |
| Bowing/atrophy | 16 | 12 | 75 |
| Probably benign bump / benign mass or lesion / mass or lesion / vocal process granuloma | 53 | 39 | 74 |
| Reflux | 88 | 57 | 65 |
| Allergy | 43 | 25 | 58 |
| Not sure | 30 | 15 | 50 |
| Infection of vocal fold / inflammatory process | 17 | 8 | 47 |
| Other | 13 | 6 | 46 |