Voice Review

What is considered the power for voicing?

• Lungs

• Vocal folds

• Vocal tract

During inhalation (select all that are correct)

• The diaphragm contracts

• VFs are abducted

• VFs are adducted

• Lung volume decreases

• Diaphragm flattens downward

False vocal folds are used for

• Vibrating to produce sound

• Vegetative maneuvers

• Grunting, coughing, lifting

Damage to the superior laryngeal nerve

• Likely happened during heart surgery

• Majorly affects adduction/

  abduction of the vocal folds

• Majorly affects pitch changes

Difficulty with the vocal fold adductors would indicate problems with which muscles: (select all)

• Cricothyroid

•      Thyroarytenoid

• Lateral cricoarytenoid

• Interarytenoid

• Posterior cricoarytenoid

Videostroboscopy (select all)

• Allows viewing of the vocal folds in real time

• Allows viewing of the vocal folds in perceived slow motion

• Utilizes a camera attached to an endoscope

• Is only completed via placing a scope in the nose

In an audio-perceptual examination, what might be some indicators of pathology?

• s/z ratio of 2.4

• maximum phonation time of 10 seconds  

• hoarse vocal quality

• a low VHI score

Jitter is a cycle-to-cycle variation in frequency and should be less than 1%

• True

• False

The mean fundamental frequency for an adult woman typically (select all)

• Is around 125 Hz

• Is around 225 Hz

• Lowers with age

• Increases with age

What is the most common paralysis that affects the voice?

• SLN

• RLN