disorders, which enables them to detect and address abnormalities in laryngeal and respiratory function.4 In the voice-clinic setting, the treatment of chronic cough has become a significant part of the…
a broader constellation of symptoms, including neurogenic cough, throat clearing, dysphonia, and dysphagia.5 The suggestion that cough could be a manifestation of neuropathy or laryngeal hypersensitivity was first described as…
to determine if a patient’s swallowing and cough reflexes are appropriately intact to prevent a devastating aspiration event before oral feeding is resumed. Accurate assessment of individuals with aspiration due…
many subgroups (or phenotypes), including atopic asthma, neutrophilic asthma, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), obese asthma, the asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS), occupational asthma, aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD), exacerbation-prone asthma,…
cough. Subspecialty voice, airway, and swallowing centers (“voice centers”) composed of fellowship-trained laryngologists and cough- and voice-specialized speech-language pathologists often represent this “bottom of the funnel” subspecialty practice, with the…
Chronic cough remains a complex clinical entity, in that its symptomatology can vary widely and its underlying mechanisms are not well understood. As such, chronic cough presents special challenges for…
it pertains to diagnosis. In-depth discussion on treatment of cough is discussed in chapters to follow. In addition to framing the discussion for subsequent chapters on the various causes and…
GERD refers to a disease process caused by GER and manifested by symptoms and physical cellular tissue damage.6 These symptoms include postprandial heartburn, supine reflux, choking spells at night, regurgitation,…
Introduction to Stapes Surgery Many otologists would describe stapes surgery as among the most satisfying of all ear operations. The procedure is elegant, technically sophisticated, and most patients are highly…
It is more than a little ironic that most patients think of the ear in terms of the pinna, whereas many ear surgeons relegate pinna surgery to their facial plastic…
