Status:
UNKNOWN
The Function of Cricothyroid Muscle and Its Impaction on Mandarin Lexical Tones in Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis
Lead Sponsor:
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Conditions:
Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis
Eligibility:
All Genders
20+ years
Brief Summary
Mandarin Chinese phonemically distinguishes four tones, with Tone 1 having high-level pitch, Tone 2 high-rising pitch, Tone 3 low-dipping pitch, and Tone 4 high-falling pitch The same segmental contex...
Detailed Description
Purposes: 1. Searching for a standard task to measure CT function by Q-LEMG. 2. Correlate the data among Q-LEMG activity of CT muscle, lexical tone in Mandarin and vocal cord position and its impactio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with acute unilateral vocal palsy
- Patients with clear conscious and stable mental status
Exclusion
- Patients with wounds on the neck or with bleeding disorder or serious cardiopulmonary dysfunction
- Patients who cannot sit for longer than 30 minutes or received other vocal cord treatments before the selection
- Pregnant and breastfeeding women
- Patients with communication disorder
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2013
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02184377
Start Date
August 1 2013
End Date
December 1 2015
Last Update
July 9 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Linkuo, Taiwan