title: Laryngeal hypersensitivity in the World Trade Center-exposed population: the role for respiratory retraining.
abstract: Upper airway symptoms among responders to the terrorist attack on 9/11 are progressive and multifactorial. For those symptoms that are laryngeal in origin, we are using a multidisciplinary approach that includes respiratory retraining and laryngeal desensitization through a speech pathologist trained in airway disorders. Our treatment paradigm and laryngeal hypersensitivity are discussed in this essay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1189, New York, NY 10029, USA. daniel.mccabe@mountsinai.org
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCabe
authors.forename: Kenneth W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Altman
mesh_terms: D060731:Emergency Responders; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D007826:Laryngismus / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012138:Respiratory Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013577:Syndrome