Dysphonia: causes

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Dysphonia: causes. Parkinson's disease (PD), Multiple system atrophy (MSA), Spasmodic dysphonia, Vocal tremor. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Neurological causes

  • Parkinson's disease (PD)
  • Multiple system atrophy (MSA)
  • Spasmodic dysphonia
  • Vocal tremor
  • Vocal cord paralysis
  • Stroke
  • Myasthenia gravis (MG)
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Motor neurone disease (MND)
  • Hereditary whispering dystonia (DYT4)

Occupational causes

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Laryngeal causes

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Head and neck causes

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Medical causes

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Drug-induced

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References

  1. Schwartz SR, Cohen SM, Dailey SH, et al. Clinical practice guideline: hoarseness (dysphonia). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2009; 141(3 Suppl 2):S1-S31.
  2. Ludlow CL. Spasmodic dysphonia: a laryngeal control disorder specific to speech. J Neurosci 2011; 31:793-797.
  3. Munin MC, Heman-Ackah YD, Rosen CA, et al. Consensus statement: using laryngeal electromyography for the diagnosis and treatment of vocal cord paralysis. Muscle Nerve 2016; 53:850-855.
  4. Parker N. Hereditary whispering dysphonia. JNNP 1985; 48:218-224.
  5. Hersheson J, Mencacci NE, Davis M, et al. Mutations in the autoregulatory domain of β-tubulin 4a cause hereditary dystonia. Ann Neurol 2013; 73:546-553.
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