Multiple Occipital, Parietal, Temporal, and Frontal Foramina: A Variant of Enlarged Parietal Foramina in an Infant

Year 2014, Volume: 31 Issue: 4, 245 - 248, 01.10.2014

Erdem Yılmaz Melih Pekcan Aylin Yetim Oğuz Bülent Erol Ensar Yekeler

Abstract

Background: In our experience Allergic Rhinitis (AR) patients suffer
from voice problems more than health subjects.
Aims: To investigate the acoustic analysis of voice, stroscopic findings
of larynx and Voice Handicap Index scores in allergic rhinitis
patients compared with healthy controls.
Study Design: Case-control study.
Methods: Thirty adult patients diagnosed with perennial allergic rhinitis
were compared with 30 age- and sex-matched healthy controls
without allergy. All assessments were performed in the speech physiology
laboratory and the testing sequence was as follows: 1. Voice
Handicap Index (VHI) questionnaire, 2. Laryngovideostroboscopy,
3. Acoustic analyses Background: In our experience Allergic Rhinitis (AR) patients suffer
from voice problems more than health subjects.
Aims: To investigate the acoustic analysis of voice, stroscopic findings
of larynx and Voice Handicap Index scores in allergic rhinitis
patients compared with healthy controls.
Study Design: Case-control study.
Methods: Thirty adult patients diagnosed with perennial allergic rhinitis
were compared with 30 age- and sex-matched healthy controls
without allergy. All assessments were performed in the speech physiology
laboratory and the testing sequence was as follows: 1. Voice
Handicap Index (VHI) questionnaire, 2. Laryngovideostroboscopy,
3. Acoustic analyses

Keywords

Computed tomography, occipital foramina, parietal foramina

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