Journal of Voice
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 195-208 , March 2009

Muscle Tension Dysphonia in Vietnamese Female Teachers

  • Duong Duy Nguyen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Thai Nguyen General Central Hospital, Thai Nguyen city, Vietnam
    • Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Duong Duy Nguyen, Department of Otolaryngology, Thai Nguyen General Central Hospital, Luong Ngoc Quyen Street, Thai Nguyen city, Vietnam.
    • ,
  • Dianna T. Kenny

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences and the Australian Centre for Research in Music Performance, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Ninh Duy Tran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Thai Nguyen Medical College, Thai Nguyen University, Thai Nguyen city, Vietnam
    • ,
  • Jonathan R. Livesey

      Affiliations

    • Voice Connection at the North Shore Medical Centre and the Voice Clinics at the St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia

,Accepted 6 September 2007.

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 Presented at the Voice Foundation's 36th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, May 29–June 3, 2007, The Westin Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

PII: S0892-1997(07)00122-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.09.003

Journal of Voice
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 195-208 , March 2009

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