Voice Quality Following Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis: A Randomized Comparison of Therapeutic Modalities

In this work, a study on the efficacy of different therapeutic modalities in patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) was carried out. The study included 20 patients with UVFP, divided into two groups. The objective of this work is to evaluate the voice quality in these patients and to compare the voice following surgery and voice therapy. Group I received voice therapy and group II underwent thyroplasty type I and type IV. The voice was assessed pretreatment and 1 and 3 months posttreatment.

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