EFFICACY OF THE ACCENT METHOD OF VOICE THERAPY ON ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS, IN HYPERFUNCTIONAL DYSPHONIC PATIENTS

Abstract

Background: The accent method (AM) of voice therapy is one of the holistic approaches for behavior readjustment technique (BRAT). Anatomic physiologic explanation for the accent method is the rhythmic pairing of timing with respiration and phonation which may promote motor learning of new phonatory behaviors that will enhance the Bernoulli's effect to restore the glottic wave. Hyperfunctional voice disorder is a non-physiological increase in tone of the vocal folds on phonation.