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It is apparent that voice disorders frequently labelled ‘functional’ are associated with laryngeal muscle misuse. This use of the word ‘functional’ is, however, intrinsically ambiguous, and so we propose an alternative term based on descriptive features of dysfunction: muscle misuse voice disorders. Patterns of misuse are traditionally classified by the glottic and supraglottic shapes or postures that are noted on indirect laryngoscopy. A typical example is use of the term dysphonia plica ventricularis, when hyperadduction of the false vocal cords is observed in the dysphonic patient. But there are several additional observable forms of misuse.
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Morrison, M., Rammage, L., Nichol, H., Pullan, B., May, P., Salkeld, L. (1994). Classification of muscle misuse voice disorders. In: The Management of Voice Disorders. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2903-7_2
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