New Advances in the Management of Voice Disorders

Despite recurring symptoms in voice disorder patterns, experience and know-how of clinicians-the practical knowledge acquired over the years on various medical or therapeutic methods of providers-the extent of the voice disorder, prognosis, and effective as well as efficient treatments for the individual patient remain unaffected. In order to optimize medical-therapeutic action, it is necessary to be regularly informed about the selection of appropriate treatment options for voice disorders based on new research evidence from, for example, clinical trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses, in order to pursue better clinical reasoning and treatment success.

This Special Issue on voice disorders focuses on studies aiming to improve voice assessments and management from the perspective of otolaryngologists or speech-language pathologists. This includes, but is not limited to, studies investigating screening tools and methods for assessing voice production, such as visual analysis, auditory-perceptual judgment, aerodynamic analysis, acoustic analysis, and self-assessment. Furthermore, clinical interventions providing strong evidence in voice therapy, phonosurgery, and/or pharmacological therapy in voice disorders are of great interest. This issue provides an overview of new frontiers in voice disorders.