Absolute voice rest is commonly prescribed after vocal fold surgery, also known as phonomicrosurgery, for benign vocal fold lesions. This is thought to decrease scarring of vocal folds, which could result in increasing tissue stiffness and limitations in optimal vocal outcome. Unfortunately there is no standardized protocol as to how long patients should rest their voice after phonomicrosurgery. To date, there are no studies in the literature directly comparing the impact of short-term and long-term voice rest on vocal fold healing and voice outcome after phonomicrosurgery.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether 3 days versus 7 days of absolute voice rest will result in different voice outcomes in patients who have undergone phonomicrosurgery for benign vocal fold lesions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
17
absolute voice rest is the complete elimination of any vocalization (no sounds, speaking or whispering)
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Voice Handicap Index - 10
Time frame: 3 months post op
Voice Handicap Index - 10
Time frame: 1 month post op
Cepstral Peak Prominence (CPP)
Time frame: 1 month and 3 months post op
Average phonatory airflow in all voiced sentence
Time frame: 1 month and 3 months post op
video stroboscopy findings
Time frame: 1 month and 3 months post op
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