Voice Disorders: Definitions and Auditory/Visual Features for Medical Students

MTD (see)

No pathology, tension, elevated larynx

MTD (hear)

Strained, rough, fatigued

Functional Aphonia (see)

No pathology, incomplete closure

Functional Aphonia (hear)

Whisper/no voice

Nodules (see)

Bilateral calluses

Nodules (hear)

Hoarse, breathy, low pitch

Polyp (see)

Unilateral blister

Polyp (hear)

Hoarse, diplophonia, voice breaks

Contact Ulcer (see)

Posterior arytenoid lesion

Contact Ulcer (hear)

Hoarse + PAIN

Papilloma (see)

Wart-like HPV lesions

Papilloma (hear)

Hoarse, stridor

Laryngeal Web (see)

Tissue covering glottis

Laryngeal Web (hear)

High pitch, stridor

Leukoplakia (see)

White patches

Leukoplakia (hear)

Hoarseness

Adductor SD (see)

Spasms close folds

Adductor SD (hear)

Strained voice

Abductor SD (see)

Spasms open folds

Abductor SD (hear)

Breathy aphonic breaks