Geriatric Dysphonia: Etiological Analysis in a Rural Hospital in India

AbstractTo establish the prevalence of etiological factors for dysphonia in elderly individuals in rural India. Hundred adults aged  ≥ 65 years, who presented with dysphonia for ≥ 4 weeks and underwent detailed clinical evaluation including videolaryngoscopic assessment and other appropriate investigations/evaluation, were included in a retrospective cohort clinical study. Patients were classified into eight groups for further descriptive statistical analysis based on standard diagnostic criteria/guidelines i.e. benign vocal cord lesions, inflammatory disorders of the larynx, laryngeal and hypopharyngeal neoplasms, isolated vocal cord palsy/paresis, presbylaryngis, central neurological disorders affecting lar yngeal function, impaired pulmonary function and non specific dysph...

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