title: [How to render an expert opinion on dysphonia].
abstract: In Germany, parameters for medicolegal evaluation of dysphonia have to be revised against the background of communication disorders getting more important in a modern communication society. In this work, up-to-date diagnostic tools are reviewed and evaluated for medicolegal purposes. Parametrization is -performed according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ICF. Following this schema, -dysphonia is graded as follows: 1) No dysphonia (no problem, percentile 0-4) impairment of the whole person 0%, 2) Slight, strain-induced dysphonia (slight problem, percentile 5-24) -impairment of the whole person 0-10%, 3) Moderate dysphonia (moderate problem, percentile 25-49) impairment of the whole person 20-30%, 4) Severe dysphonia (severe problem, percentile 50-95) impairment of the whole person 40-50%, 5) Complete loss of voice (extreme problem, percentile 96-100%) impairment of the whole person 50%.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Audiologie und Phoniatrie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nawka
authors.affiliation: Praxis für HNO-Heilkunde, Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie, Nürnberg.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rosanowski
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Audiologie und Phoniatrie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D055154:Dysphonia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans