Treatment of Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion Disorder (PVFMD) With a Form of Respiratory Retraining Technique

Inclusion Criteria

• •Otherwise healthy according to available medical history or by patient and parent report on the health questionnaire
• •Patients with no history of asthma, or well-controlled asthma
• •A diagnosis of PVFMD by an otolaryngologist based on set criteria in-line with the National Jewish PVFMD diagnostics protocol (based on Hicks, 2008; Hoyte, 2013, Martin, 1987), to be confirmed by an additional otolaryngologist blinded to the initial diagnosis
• •A score of three or more on the dyspnea index (DI)