The AMSA® manosonic nebulizer for ENT disease among children in Poland.

Introduction: The AMSA® manosonic nebulizer uses acoustic vibration and a flow of air to create an aerosol from a solution or suspension of a drug. The aerosol created this way is claimed to have enhanced penetration and drug delivery. It is administered under short-term overpressure, meaning that the aerosol is able to penetrate into the middle ear through the Eustachian tube (ET).

Vocal fold electromyography in patients with endoscopic features of unilateral laryngeal paralysis.

<b><br>Introduction:</b> Electromyography (EMG) of the larynx provides information on the electrophysiological condition of laryngeal muscles and innervation. Integration of information obtained from the EMG exams with the clinical parameters as obtained by other methods for laryngeal assessment (endoscopy, perceptual and acoustic analysis, voice self-assessment) provides a multidimensional picture of dysphonia, which is of particular importance in patients with vocal fold (VF) mobility disorders accompanied by glottic insufficiency.</br> <b><br>Aim:</b> The aim of this study was to evaluate laryngeal EMG records acquired in subjects with unilateral vocal fold immobilization with signs of atrophy and glottic insufficiency.

Analysis of the relationship between emotion intensity and electrophysiology parameters during a voice examination of opera singers.

Objectives: Emotions and stress affect voice production. There are only a few reports in the literature on how changes in the autonomic nervous system affect voice production. The aim of this study was to examine emotions and measure stress reactions during a voice examination procedure, particularly changes in the muscles surrounding the larynx.

Electromyographic Evaluation of Vocal Folds in Patients With Laryngeal Paralysis Referred for Injection Laryngoplasty.

Background: According to the literature, almost 80% of the patients diagnosed with permanent unilateral laryngeal paralysis experience vocal disability. Laryngeal electromyography (LEMG) provides information on the characteristics and progression of the disease process, allowing for optimal treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate LEMG recordings in patients with unilateral vocal fold (VF) immobility referred for injection laryngoplasty (IL).

Validation of the Polish Version of Voice Handicap Index-10.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the VHI-10.

Methods: We enrolled 183 subjects-118 patients with voice disorders and 65 without voice disorders.

Results: All items were correlated with each other and were strongly correlated with the total score (rho ≥ 0.

Laryngeal sensory neuropathy caused by COVID-19: findings using laryngeal electromyography.

Purpose: Laryngeal sensory neuropathy (LSN) is caused by a disorder of the superior laryngeal nerve or the recurrent laryngeal nerve. A diagnosis of LSN should include laryngeal electromyography (LEMG) and laryngovideostroboscopy (LVS). The aim of this study was to characterize the physical and subjective symptoms of neuropathy in patients diagnosed with LSN following COVID-19.

Electrophysiological predictors of hyperfunctional dysphonia.

Background: The relation between the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and muscles of the vocal tract is of particular importance when considering the pathomechanism of a functional voice disorder.

Aims: The aim of this study was to record electrophysiological indicators from the ANS as well as the tone of the external laryngeal muscle and test whether together they could point to an enhanced risk of primary functional voice disorder.

Materials And Methods: The study material consisted of 81 people, 27 of whom were professional opera singers.

Polish Translation and Validation of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-30).

Traditional voice evaluations, including imaging techniques, auditory-perceptual ratings, and acoustic and aerodynamic analyses, fail to assess the global handicap that a patient experiences as a result of a voice disorder. The Voice Handicap Index (VHI) is currently one of the most widely used and psychometrically robust instruments for measuring voice disability. The aim of the study is to translate and validate a Polish version of the VHI.

Quality of Voice in Patients With Partial Deafness Before and After Cochlear Implantation.

Partial deafness is a condition characterised by normal hearing thresholds in low frequencies and increased hearing thresholds (nearly deafness) for high frequencies. Typical hearing aids are rather of a very limited use in this condition as they do not improve understanding of speech. Patients with partial deafness can be presently treated with cochlear implants, which had not been used before due to the risk of damage of hearing remains by electrode introduced into cochlea.

Laryngeal Electromyography in the Therapeutic Process of Patients with Vocal Fold Immobility or Dysmobility.

(1) Background: Laryngeal electromyography (LEMG) plays a key role in classifying the severity of nerve damage and determining the prognosis of the nerve recovery. LEMG is primarily a qualitative study, without a standardized approach to interpretation. The development of qualitative and quantitative analysis would situate LEMG in the gold standard of modern neurolaryngologic diagnostics.

Assessment of auditory processing in childhood dysphonia.

Introduction: Clinical experience shows that children with functional dysphonia often present disorders that are associated with abnormal auditory and emotional development. These children also struggle with voice therapy, perhaps because of difficulties with auditory control during speech. It has been hypothesized that difficulties in auditory processing in children may be an important factor in the pathogenesis of childhood dysphonia.

Electromyographic Assessment of the External Laryngeal Muscles of Opera Singers During Phonation and Non-Phonation Tasks.

Introduction: The surface EMG technique (sEMG) gives valuable assessment of vocal tract as well as diagnosis or outcome assessment in dysphonia. There are very few papers on the use of sEMG in vocal professionalists.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the electromyographic characteristics of selected external laryngeal and neck muscles in professional opera singers.

Injection laryngoplasty as an effective treatment method for glottal insufficiency in aged patients.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess outcomes of injection laryngoplasty (IL) for treating glottal insufficiency in elderly patients with presbyphonia or unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP).

Methods: A single-center retrospective study was performed. The study group consisted of 34 patients with glottal insufficiency aged between 60 and 82 years who had been treated with injection laryngoplasty.

Comparison of 24-month voice outcomes after injection laryngoplasty with calcium hydroxylapatite or hyaluronic acid in patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis.

Purpose: The objective was to evaluate the long-term voice outcomes in pa-tients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis treated with injection laryngoplasty using either cal-cium hydroxylapatite (CaHA) or hyaluronic acid (HA).

Methods: A single-centre retrospective study was performed. There were 75 patients with dysphonia due to unilateral vocal fold paralysis: injected with CaHA or injected with HA.

Auditory processing in normally hearing individuals with and without tinnitus: assessment with four psychoacoustic tests.

Purpose: In most cases, tinnitus co-exists with hearing loss, suggesting that poorer speech understanding is simply due to a lack of acoustic information reaching the central nervous system (CNS). However, it also happens that patients with tinnitus who have normal hearing also report problems with speech understanding, and it is possible to suppose that tinnitus is to blame for difficulties in perceptual processing of auditory information. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the auditory processing abilities of normally hearing subjects with and without tinnitus.

[Teachers' voice rehabilitation in sanatorium conditions].

Background: Voice diseases occupy the third place among all of the diagnosed occupational disorders in Poland. There still exists the necessity to implement effective and economical methods of the primary and secondary prevention of voice disorders in teachers. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of comprehensive voice rehabilitation in teachers, conducted within a health resort hospital.

The Effectiveness of Rehabilitation of Occupational Voice Disorders in a Health Resort Hospital Environment.

Background: The aim of this study was to present a rehabilitation program of occupational voice disorders for teachers, conducted in the form of health resort stays, and evaluate its effectiveness depending on job seniority.

Methods: The study included 420 teachers who participated in a complex vocal prophylactic and rehabilitation program carried out during a 24-day stay at a health resort hospital. Employment time varied from 4 to 45 years (mean 28.

Can preoperative results predict the need for future reintervention following injection laryngoplasty for unilateral vocal fold paralysis?

Purpose: The objective was to investigate whether a patient's preoperative test results can predict the need for future reoperation in unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP).

Methods: A single-centre retrospective study was performed. The study group consisted of 18 patients with UVFP who had been treated with injection laryngoplasty but who required further treatment and were augmentated again within 36 months.

Clinical and Electromyographic Assessment of Swallowing in Individuals with Functional Dysphonia Associated with Dysphagia Due to Muscle Tension or Atypical Swallowing.

Introduction: Over the past few years, attention has been paid to the coexistence of dysphonia with dysphagia, in the context of functional disorders. The aim of this work was to objectify logopaedic examination of dysphonic patients with coexisting swallowing difficulties by surface electromyography.

Methods: The material of the work included 58 patients with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD).

Diagnosis in Muscle Tension Dysphagia.

<b>Introduction:</b> Patient-reported outcome measures have been used within the otorhinolaryngologic disorders' field for many years to compare patient's perception of the severity of symptoms and the effectiveness of a therapeutic approach. Questionnaires that evaluate dysphagia are relatively complex instruments aimed mostly at patients with neurological or malignant diseases. The ICD-10 classification specifies only one broad term - dysphagia (R13).

Voice disorders in children starting school education.

<b>Introduction: </b>Voice disorders in children especially in the school-age period comprise a major and challenging medical, social and educational issue. There is a lack of epidemiological data regarding children's voice in Poland which limits the development of preventive and medical pediatric procedures in our country. <br><b>Objective:</b> The aim of study was to determine the prevalence of voice disorders in children starting school education in Mazovia.

Characteristics of swallowing disorders in patients with dysphonia.

Introduction: Coexistence of dysphagia with voice disorders is a topic rarely raised in the literature. Particular attention is paid to the aspect of dysfunction of laryngeal and pharyngeal muscles.

Aim: The aim of the study was to analyse cases of patients with dysphonia in relation to coexistence of swallowing disorder.

The application of 24-hour pharyngeal pH-monitoring and Reflux Finding Score and Reflux Symptom Index questionnaires in the diagnostics of laryngopharyngeal reflux.

Introduction: Twenty-four-hour oesophageal pH-monitoring is a gold standard in the diagnostics of gastroesophageal reflux (GERD); however, this examination does not always perform well in patients in whom laryngeal symptoms of reflux are observed.

Aim: To test the effectiveness of Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) and Reflux Finding Score (RFS) in confirming the occurrence of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR).

Material And Methods: Eighty-two patients with symptoms suggesting the occurrence of LPR were studied.