A SINGLE-CENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF TREMOR AFFECTING THE VOICE ON DEGLUTITION
Brief description of study
Tremor affects ~1% of the global population or nearly 80 million people. In spite of this staggering figure, both nomenclature and treatment approaches are inconsistent. Many patients present with tremor affecting the voice, either in isolation or in combination with tremor of the limbs. Isolated vocal tremor was historically considered a clinical variant of essential tremor (ET). Recently updated classification criteria, however, exclude isolated voice tremor from ET classification. This controversy provides an ideal platform for meaningful patient-oriented research with the potential to substantively address issues related to communication-related disability. In the current study, we seek to understand differences in the clinical phenotypes between these two patient populations and the impact of voice tremor on structures of the upper aerodigestive tract and deglutition. In addition, foundational efficacy data regarding pharmacological therapy for patients with voice tremor will be collected.
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