(1) Using a special electromyographic hypodermic needle, we injected botulinum A toxin into one of the vocal folds of two patients with severe spasmodic dysphonia.
(2) Because of laboratory and clinical observation that recurrent nerve paralysis retracts the involved vocal cord from the midline, it was proposed that deliberate section of the recurrent nerve would improve the vocal quality of patients with spastic dysphonia.
(3) Two middle-aged subjects, a male and female, with spastic dysphonia (hoarseness, stammering) were treated with both frontalis and throat muscle electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback.
(4) Between 1968 and 1974 10 patients (4 men, 5 women, and 1 10-year-old girl) with spastic dysphonia were observed at the Phoniatric Department of the ENT clinic in Lucerne.
(5) Severe dysphonia or aphonia occurred in about one fifth of patients.
(6) Videostroboscopy, acoustic analysis, computerized voice analysis and over all electrophysiological analysis allow for the study of the different muscles involved in this dysphonia.
(7) 18% of all men and 48% of all females) complain about a permanent dysphonia related to the intubation.
(8) The contrasting vocal characteristics of the two patients are compatible with the viewpoint that there may be two types of spastic dysphonia.
(9) Clinical observation and EMG data demonstrated that spastic dysphonia is not a "spastic" disease.
(10) Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a low-incidence voice disorder of unknown origin.
(11) Bilateral TA denervation represents a hopeful new long-term approach to spasmodic dysphonia treatment.
(12) Her dysphonia, difficulty with swallowing, aspiration of secretions, and diminished cough reflex were improved with intracordal polytef injection for the remainder of her life.
(13) The view emerging is that spasmodic dysphonia is a manifestation of disordered motor control involving systems of neurons rather than single anatomical sites.
(14) Relief of symptoms was noted in most patients with OMD and limb dystonia, and all with lingual dystonia, dystonic adductor spastic dysphonia, and those with hemifacial spasm.
(15) Pneumomediastinum should be included in the differential diagnosis of dysphonia.
(16) A 13 year old boy, developed bilateral facial weakness, dysphonia and dysphagia acutely after a febrile illness.
(17) Detailed preoperative laryngostroboscopic examination is a prerequisite for phonosurgical correction of organic dysphonia.
(18) After treatment, dysphonia had improved in all of these fifteen patients, and aspiration had disappeared in thirteen patients.
(19) Laser-assisted myomectomy may be a feasible alternative to current methods to treat spasmodic dysphonia.
(20) We report an unusual case of dysphonia secondary to Eagle's syndrome.
Dysphoria
Definition:
(n.) Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bereaved individuals were significantly more likely to report heightened dysphoria, dissatisfaction, and somatic disturbances typical of depression, even when variations in age, sex, number of years married, and educational and occupational status were taken into account.
(2) The smoking-specific item "craving" reflected this pattern, though in attenuated form, suggesting that the observed exacerbation of withdrawal symptomatology was not simply due to generalized dysphoria, as queried in both instruments.
(3) The two measures showed high concordance in identification of early drug dysphoria.
(4) Results revealed that higher burnout scores were significantly correlated with a number of standard and special MMPI scales measuring low self-esteem, feelings of inadequacy, dysphoria and obsessive worry, passivity, social anxiety, and withdrawal from others.
(5) The issue at stake for children such as ours appears to be firmly rooted in a gender identity not congruent with their natal sex: a condition called gender dysphoria.
(6) Buprenorphine, an antagonist opioid of slow onset but long duration of action, produces morphine agonist effects at lower doses, and as the dose is increased, antagonist effects with minimal or no dysphoria.
(7) It might be that the introduction of natal hormones [those you are born with] at puberty has an impact on the trajectory of gender dysphoria.” Even though the idea of experiencing any “natural” puberty might horrify the Kings and the Wilsons, by inhibiting it completely Tom and Julia might be denied the chance to explore fully who they are.
(8) Ten patients with female gender dysphoria were treated with exogenous androgen (testosterone [T] enanthate USP) and underwent sex reassignment surgery.
(9) The lawsuit says prison officials have failed to provide adequate treatment for Diamond’s gender dysphoria, a condition that causes a person to experience extreme distress because of a disconnect between their birth sex and gender identity.
(10) However, the majority of factors assessed, including a history of rapid cycling and high levels of dysphoria, were not associated with response to valproate.
(11) Interscale correlations suggested several dimensions of mood and affect: anxiety-depression (psychological dysphoria, motor activation, and somatic symptoms), retardation-affective blunting, thought disturbance, and hostility-suspiciousness.
(12) Their behavior is anomalous because it is so self-destructive and concurrently often produces a dysphoria that exacerbates the experiential state that is said to be its cause.
(13) The effects of discordant lifestyle and identity, homosexual identity formation, dysphoria and internalized homophobia on sexual functioning are three examples of these factors of specific relevance to being homosexual in this culture.
(14) They point to the importance in these conditions of the interaction between dysphoria and the cause to which it is attributed by the patient.
(15) The authors revealed a considerable activation of catecholamine metabolism in patients with acute psychotic states during dysphoria and in periods close to attacks against the background of typical, for the studied group, depression of the sympathoadrenalin system.
(16) Lack of mood elevation and occasional dysphoria may contribute to a lower level of patient acceptance, but all of these analgesics are significantly safer than the pure agonists.
(17) Neuroleptics, such as haloperidol, have been found to produce dysphoria, anxiety and akathisia in humans.
(18) The authors review the classification of transsexualism and gender dysphoria with respect to a series of 148 patients followed up for 10 years by a multidisciplinary group of endocrinologists, surgeons and psychiatrists; transsexualism is a major problem of self-identity and not a sexual derivation.
(19) A further purpose is to clarify the probable causal influence of chemotherapy and the social consequences concerning dysphoria.
(20) Criteria for projecting postoperative outcome are outlined which can be utilized to direct gender dysphoria patients to alternate treatments.