[Adaptation and validation to the Spanish of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-30) and its shortened version (VHI-10)].

Introduction: The Voice Handicap Index has been shown to be a valid instrument for assessing self-perceived handicap associated with dysphonia.

Objectives: To test the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the VHI-30 (Voice Handicap Index) and its shortened version VHI-10.

Subjects And Method: The original VHI-30 was translated into Spanish and was completed by 232 dysphonic patients and 38 non-dysphonic individuals.

[The diagnostic role of direct microlaryngoscopy].

Sulcus vocalis, vergetures, mucosal bridges, and cysts as intracordal lesions constitute a group of great diagnostic difficulty. We present 6 patients in whom microlaryngoscopy was the final diagnostic step in the evaluation of a lesion not recognized in the initial evaluation. The criteria selected were as follows: Severe GRABS.