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Functional dysphonia and the hyperventilation syndrome
Author(s) -
Greene Margaret C. L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682828409029841
Subject(s) - hyperventilation , hyperventilation syndrome , psychology , breathing , relaxation (psychology) , speech therapy , audiology , adaptation (eye) , physical therapy , medicine , psychiatry , neuroscience
The hyperventilation syndrome and its clinical symptoms are presented. A project aimed at discovering whether hyperventilators were to be found among patients diagnosed as suffering from functional dysphonia and attending a speech therapy clinic is described. The existence of hyperventilators among this non‐random sample of patients was verified. Case histories illustrate the clinical symptoms which identify the hyperventilator. Adaptation of relaxation and breathing therapy to the special needs of such patients is discussed.