The speech clinician's use of fiberoptics in indirect laryngoscopy.
This paper explores the use of fiberoptics in indirect laryngoscopy and encourages the speech pathologist to use this procedure in a diagnostic and therapeutic context. Routine use of this procedure by speech pathologists would broaden the role definition of the voice clinician as a skilled evaluator of vocal-fold pathologies.
D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control