Intralesional Steroid Injection Versus Voice Therapy in Management of Vocal Nodules
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-02-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Vocal nodules represent 16 % of benign vocal fold lesions.They are caused by chronic voice
abuse or misuse and often occur in children and adult females. The resultant dysphonia leads
to personal, social and occupational problems.
The first line of treatment is voice rest and voice therapy. The Accent method is a holistic
technique for behavior readjustment voice therapy which targets various voice parameters as
loudness, pitch and timbre. However, voice rest and voice therapy are sometimes difficult to
be carried out in patients with voice-related occupations. So, complete resolution may not be
possible in all patients. When voice therapy is inefficient, resection is performed by
laryngeal microsurgery under general anesthesia. However, the role of surgery is much
restricted.