- Title
- The effect of a vocal loading test on cough and phonation in patients with chronic cough
- Creator
- Vertigan, Anne E.; Kapela, Sarah M.; Franke, Ingolf; Gibson, Peter G.
- Relation
- Journal of Voice Vol. 31, Issue 6, p. 763-772
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2017.03.020
- Publisher
- Mosby
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Objective/Hypothesis: Talking is a significant trigger for cough in patients with chronic cough; however, the stimulus required to trigger cough has not been quantified. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a vocal loading task on phonation and cough behavior in patients with chronic cough and identify change following therapy. Study Design: This is a prospective observational study. Methods: This study involved 33 patients with chronic cough. Participants were assessed with the lingWAVES Vocal Loading Test protocol before and after intervention for chronic cough. Results: At baseline, almost 40% of patients had impaired vocal function and were unable to complete the vocal loading test. This improved following therapy, with 94% of patients being able to complete the test at follow-up. There was difficulty maintaining phonation, with 60% of the task unvoiced at baseline. This improved following therapy. The vocal loading test triggered coughing in 58% of patients; however, this improved following intervention. Acoustic measures during the vocal loading test did not change following therapy. Conclusion: Phonation is an important trigger for cough. Patients with chronic cough demonstrated impaired performance on tests of vocal loading. Most parameters improved following therapy.
- Subject
- vocal loading; dysphonia; voice assessment; chronic cough; speech pathology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1383889
- Identifier
- uon:32000
- Identifier
- ISSN:0892-1997
- Language
- eng
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