Dysphonia and bulimia: evaluation of vocal and laryngeal signs and symptoms

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia

Santos, Marco Aurélio Rocha¹  Ferreira, Cynthia Priscila¹  Cunha, Cristiane de Freitas¹  Gama, Ana Cristina Côrtes¹  Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil¹  Hospital Vera Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Brasil¹  Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte¹ 

关键词: Bulimia nervosa;    Voice disorders;    Larynx;    Voice;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-80342009000200007

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia

【 摘 要 】

PURPOSE: To describe vocal and laryngeal signs and symptoms in patients with bulimia.METHODS: A blind, descriptive, randomized, transversal study was carried out. Eleven female subjects with the diagnosis of purgative bulimia nervosa and ages ranging from 18 to 34 years underwent otorhinolaryngological and vocal evaluations.RESULTS: The most common vocal and laryngeal symptoms were throat clearing and globus faringeus, related by 10 subjects (90.9%). In the auditory-perceptive evaluation, the most common scores were characterized as light in all analyzed parameters. The accumulation of thick mucus over the larynx occurred in five patients (45.4%), followed by median-posterior triangular glottic chink and mucosal thickening at the interaytenoid region, in four patients (36.3%).CONCLUSION: The laryngeal and perceptual findings were less expressive than vocal and laryngeal complaints.

【 授权许可】

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