Voice disorder as a symptom of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Czech version

Authors: Jana Krtičková ¹; Pavlína Hemerková ²; Jana Šatanková ¹; Jakub Dršata ¹; Viktor Chrobok ¹
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika otorinolaryngologie a chirurgie hlavy a krku, LF UK a FN Hradec Králové ¹; Neurologická klinika LF UK a FN Hradec Králové ²
Published in: Geriatrie a Gerontologie 2021, 10, č. 2: 101-105
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Overview

Voice disorders in elderly are relatively common, patients suffer from dysphonia due to physiologic aging or disease processes associated with aging, including serious neurological disease. Therefore, any changes in the voice should be taken into consideration and laryngologically examined. The aim of this article is to present a dysphonic patient with incomplete vocal cord paralysis, subsequent neurological examination showed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Keywords:

dysphonia – presbyphonia – vocal fold paralysis – motor neuron disease – Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – bulbar involvement

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