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Plan for Diagnosis section of Vocal Fold Paresis article:
Elaborate on voice assessment techniques: indirect laryngoscopy, flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy, video stroboscopy, CXR, CT, MRI, barium swallow, EMG
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There are a variety of ways to diagnose vocal fold paralysis. Important indications of possible causes can be revealed in the patient's medical history, which may inform which diagnostic approach is taken.
Voice diagnostics are used to assess voice quality and vocal performance. Voice assessment is necessary to plan and estimate the success of a possible speech therapy.
An auditory-perceptual evaluation is conducted by a
In incompletely or only partially healed paralyses, stroboscopic larynx examinations yield a type of slow motion picture to assess tension and fine mobility of the vocal folds during vocalization.
Breathing tests (spirometry, body plethysmography) are used to measure the impairment of respiratory flow through the larynx, particularly in patients with bilateral vocal fold paralysis.
The treating physician must view all examination results combined