Year: 2000 Vol. 66 Ed. 3 - (9º)
Artigo de Revisão
Pages: 257 to 265
Voice Disorders in Children.
Author(s):
Marcos R. de Freitas*,
Luc L. M. Weckx**,
Paulo A. de L. Pontes***.
Keywords: chronic dysphonia, children, larynx
Abstract:
Voice disorders is not an uncommon symptom in children. The most of epidemiological studies relate prevalence between 6 and 9% of dysphonia and articulatory disturbances in childhood. The etiologies are very different, varying from alteration of the function of the fonoarticulatory organs, to disable lesions with life-threatening. The authors discuss the main causes of dysphonia among children and adolescents, emphasizing the more important aspects of its diagnostic and treatment.
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