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Lead
University of Pittsburgh
With
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Age
21–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Full or part time teacher including college professor, daycare and preschool
21 years of age and older
Complaints of voice problems declared to be lasting continuously for one month or more
Any structural or functional change to the larynx that appears related to phonation,including bilateral or unilateral lesions (assuming normal overlying epithelium based on clinical examination), non-specific edema, or erythema that appear by clinical history related to phonation, or primary muscle tension dysphonia or other condition related to phonation without lesions
No concurrent ear, nose and/or throat diagnoses, e.g. acute allergies, except for chronic allergies, sinusitis, and laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPR)
No vocal fold hemorrhage
No known degenerative medical conditions (e.g., degenerative neuromuscular disease, malignant process undergoing treatment or with less than 5 years remission, uncontrolled systemic disease (e.g., auto immune disease, or hormonal condition)
Normal hearing to 30 dB at 1000Hz - 3000Hz in the better ear
The participant is able to start therapy within 6 weeks of the initial evaluation and can be scheduled for 8 sessions (two per visit) in a 6-week time period
Agreement by the participant to provide information regarding days missed from work during the previous year and the year following treatment
You may not be if
Known degenerative medical condition
Degenerative medical conditions that would exclude a participant from participation include, but are not limited to: degenerative neuromuscular disease, malignant process undergoing treatment or with less than 5 years remission, uncontrolled systemic disease (e.g. auto immune disease), or hormonal condition.
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