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Summary
The association of chronic dysphonia with gastroesophageal reflux has been reported
in the otalaryngologic literature; unfortunately, these reports are primarily anecdotal.
Because of the difficulty in documenting reflux, patients are often left without a
definitive diagnosis or therapy. The purpose of this paper is to report on an objective
method of documenting gastroesophageal reflux disease by using ambulatory esophageal
and hypopharyngeal pH monitoring. 70% of the subjects who underwent simultaneous dual-probe
pH monitoring evidenced reflux in the hypopharynx in both an upright and supine position.
All of the subjects had erythema of the arytenoid cartilages on indirect examination;
so this appears to be of clinical diagnostic significance.
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*Presented at the XVII Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, The Voice Foundation, New York, June 1988.
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© 1989 Raven Press, Ltd., New York. Published by Elsevier Inc.
