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The 'Silent Cough' Method for Vocal Hyperfunction
- Source :
- Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders. 38:119-125
- Publication Year :
- 1973
- Publisher :
- American Speech Language Hearing Association, 1973.
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Abstract
- Coughing and throat clearing are vocally abusive activities that can be directly related to laryngeal disease. Methods of therapy include advising the patient to avoid or eliminate these activities, although the authors have found that few patients benefit from such suggestions. The action of coughing and throat clearing has been examined by means of indirect laryngoscopy and high-speed cinematography, and the stages of the cough from complete constriction of the folds to violent abduction are reviewed. Although the cough reflex is a natural protective mechanism that at times must be activated because of obstruction of the air tract, continual coughing and throat clearing frequently have a significant nonessential component. The actions may be due to an overawareness of secretions in the larynx, the fruitless use of coughing or throat clearing to eliminate pain or discomfort, or unconscious habit. Methods to treat this type of cough or throat clearing are explored, with special emphasis on the “silent cough,” a technique the authors devised as a substitute for unnecessary coughing or throat clearing. Case reports are presented to illustrate this method in therapy.
- Subjects :
- Male
Larynx
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Laryngoscopy
Vocal Cords
Laryngeal Diseases
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Humans
Medicine
Intensive care medicine
Aged
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Middle Aged
Hyperfunction
respiratory tract diseases
Medical services
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cough
Otorhinolaryngology
Voice
Female
Throat clearing
business
Laryngeal disease
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21636184 and 00224677
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....362af56fe792a4b05f356de8aa960cab