Clinical trials: Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Voice Disorders, Vocal Fold Polyp
Project 4: Ambulatory Biofeedback and Voice Therapy for Patients With Vocal Hyperfunction
Vocal hyperfunction (VH) is the most commonly treated class of voice disorders by speech-language pathologists and voice therapy is the primary curative treatment.
- Conditions
- Voice Disorders, Vocal Fold Polyp, Vocal Nodules in Adults, Muscle Tension Dysphonia
- Trial name
- NCT05970562
- Testing
- Ambulatory Voice Monitoring with Biofeedback (AVM-B), Conversation Training Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Voice Therapy Per the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System
The goal of this study is to evaluate if using evidence-based, standard ingredient and target codes from the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System - Voice Therapy (RTSS-Voice) in standard of care voice therapy…
- Trial name
- RTSS-Voice (NCT06152627)
- Testing
- Standard of care voice therapy with novice clinician RTSS-Voice documentation, Standard of care voice therapy with expert clinician RTSS-Voice documentation
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Laryngeal Dystonia, Unaffected Relatives of Laryngeal Dystonia Patients
Imaging Genetics of Laryngeal Dystonia
The contribution of genetic risk factors to the development of focal dystonias is evident. However, understanding of how variations in the causative gene expression lead to variations in brain abnormalities in different…
- Conditions
- Laryngeal Dystonia, Unaffected Relatives of Laryngeal Dystonia Patients, Voice Tremor, Muscle Tension Dysphonia
- Trial name
- NCT03042975
- Testing
- MRI, Blood draw
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 410 people
- Sponsor
- Kristina Simonyan
Dysphonia, Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD)
Deconstructing Voice Therapy: Towards Enhanced Communication Outcomes
This research study aims to evaluate the effect of treatment delivery method on voice outcomes over 12 months in people with a primary complaint of a voice problem, diagnosed with either non-phonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction…
- Trial name
- NCT07176988
- Testing
- Hierarchical method, Non Hierarchical method
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Dysphonia, Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Translaryngeal Vibration for Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders
Contemporary treatments for hyperfunctional voice disorders such as muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) are effective but typically do not restore voice handicap or voice function to normal thresholds.
- Trial name
- NCT07145086
- Testing
- Voice therapy with vibration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Christian University
Muscle Tension Dysphonia
The Effects of Respiratory Training on Voice
Primary muscle tension dysphonia is a voice disorder that involves excessive and poorly coordinated muscle activity affecting multiple subsystems that are involved in speech production, in the absence of structural or neurologic…
- Trial name
- NCT04710862
- Testing
- Breathing training without a device, Breathing training with a device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Syracuse University
Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Complete Vocal Technique Voice Therapy for Muscle Tension Dysphonia (CVT4MTD)
This proof-of-concept study is designed to evaluate whether a pedagogic technique used to help performers, known as the Complete Vocal Technique (CVT), can be used to help patients with a type of voice disorder known as Muscle…
- Trial name
- CVT4MTD (NCT05365126)
- Testing
- Complete Vocal Technique Voice Therapy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Voice Change, Suboccipital Muscles Tension
Correlation Between Voice Pitch Changes and Tension of Suboccipital Muscles In Normal Subjects
this study for investigation of correlation between voice pitch and tension of suboccipital muscles
- Trial name
- NCT07008859
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Voice Disorders, Muscle Tension Dysphonia
RCT Face-to-face Group Voice Therapy vs Telepractice Group Voice Therapy for Muscle Tension Dysphonia
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare face-to-face group voice therapy to telepractice group voice therapy for muscle tension dysphonia (MTD).
- Conditions
- Voice Disorders, Muscle Tension Dysphonia, Aphonia
- Trial name
- NCT06524193
- Testing
- Telepractice group voice therapy, Face-to-face group voice therapy
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Vocal Fold Nodules, Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Preliminary Study 2 to Test the Effects of Ambulatory Voice Biofeedback
Patients with vocal hyperfunction will undergo standard of care voice therapy with ambulatory voice monitoring before therapy and after the first 3 voice therapy sessions.
- Trial name
- NCT03416868
- Testing
- Ambulatory voice biofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Functional Voice Disorder, Psychogenic Voice Disorder
Autonomic Dysfunction in Functional Dysphonia
The first objective of this research project is to compare the occurrence and frequency of symptoms and/or disorders related to autonomic dysfunction in patients with functional dysphonia with gender- and age-matched vocally…
- Conditions
- Functional Voice Disorder, Psychogenic Voice Disorder, Muscle Tension Dysphonia
- Trial name
- NCT06100601
- Testing
- ANS regulation therapy, conventional voice therapy (CVT), ANS regulation therapy + CVT
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Muscle Tension Dysphonia, Vocal Fold Palsy
Evaluating the Feasibility of Acapella® Choice as a Dysphonia Treatment
A feasibility study to identify the immediate effect on the voices of patients with voice disorders (muscle tension dysphonia, vocal fold palsy or presbylaryngis) produced by exercising with Acapella Choice as a form of…
- Conditions
- Muscle Tension Dysphonia, Vocal Fold Palsy, Vocal Cord Paralysis, Presbylarynx
- Trial name
- NCT04764604
- Testing
- Acapella Choice, Tube-in-water
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Voice Disorders, Muscle Tension Dysphonia
A Study to Evaluate Effects of Gargle Phonation in Voice
The purpose of this study is to assess subjects with muscle tension dysphonia for perceived effort and acoustic effects of gargle phonation compared to baseline and a sham water swallow.
- Conditions
- Voice Disorders, Muscle Tension Dysphonia, Speech Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT04766658
- Testing
- Gargle Phonation, Water swallow
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Telemedicine Versus Traditional Treatment of Muscle Tension Dysphonia
The purpose of this research is to determine whether treatment of voice disorders can be provided just as effectively using telemedicine as it can using on-site, traditional therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT01419444
- Testing
- Airflow Exercises for Voicing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Treating Laryngeal Hyperfunction With Flow Phonation
The purposes of the proposed study are: a) to determine whether Flow Phonation can decrease Laryngeal Resistance (Rlaw) in patients with Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD); and b)establish the relationship between changes in measures…
- Trial name
- NCT01988207
- Testing
- Vocal Hygiene Training, Flow Phonation Exercises
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Central Arkansas