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The effect of surgical treatment on voice quality in Reinke's edema: an evaluation with vocal performance questionnaire and acoustic voice analysis

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https://doi.org/10.2399/jmu.2013002003
Taşar, S., Kezban Gürbüz, M., Kaya, E., Özüdoğru, E., Güney, F., Çaklı, H., & İncesulu, A. (2013). The effect of surgical treatment on voice quality in Reinke’s edema: an evaluation with vocal performance questionnaire and acoustic voice analysis. ENT Updates, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.2399/jmu.2013002003
Volume 3 Issue 2 (2013)
Copyright (c) 2013 Soner Taşar, Melek Kezban Gürbüz, Ercan Kaya, Erkan Özüdoğru, Fatma Güney, Hamdi Çaklı, Armağan İncesulu
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Authors

  • Soner Taşar Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eskişehir Government Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Melek Kezban Gürbüz
    Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Ercan Kaya Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
  • Erkan Özüdoğru Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Fatma Güney Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Hamdi Çaklı Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Armağan İncesulu Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of surgical treatment of Reinke's edema on voice quality. The changes in voice quality caused by surgical treatment were evaluated by using voice performance questionnaire and acoustic voice analysis before and after surgery.

Methods: Vocal Performance Questionnaire and acoustic voice analyses with the help of Dr. Speech (Drs Tiger Inc., Seattle, WA, USA) software were performed preoperatively and at one month postoperatively in 21 patients with Reinke's edema who had received surgical therapy.

Results: Reinke's edema was bilateral in all patients. According to the results of vocal performance questionnaires and acoustic voice analyses, the voice quality of patients improved significantly after surgery. At the end of the six month follow-up, the recurrence was detected only in one (4.7%) patient.

Conclusion: In patients with Reinke's edema, the functional properties of vocal folds and the voice quality of patients can be successfully improved by surgical treatment.

Keywords:

Reinke’s edema surgical treatment voice quality questionnaire voice analyses