Outcome of Voice Therapy in Treatment of Benign Laryngeal Lesions

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Abstract

Introduction: Benign laryngeal lesions, such as vocal nodules, polyps, cysts, and Reinke's edema, constitute some of the most common voice disorders and have a great impact on people's daily communication and quality of life. Voice therapy is considered First, line, non, surgical method of treatment, which aims to reduce phono traumatic behavior, improve vocal technique and achieve functional voice. Methods & Materials: A prospective observational study was carried out at the Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Specialized ENT Hospital of SAHIC, over the period from January 2025 to December 2025. The data were processed by means of SPSS version 26.0. Result: Voice therapy with a structure had a profound impact on the reduction of VHI scores in all types of lesions (p < 0.001). The greatest impact was seen in vocal nodules where the average VHI fell from 49.1 to 31.9. Laryngoscopic examination demonstrated that the lesions had fully or partly disappeared in 89.7% of the cases, and the nodules had the biggest rate of fully going away while Reinkes edema had a less good response. Conclusion: This study shows that a structured voice therapy is an effective and safe non, surgical treatment for benign laryngeal lesions. There was a substantial improvement in voice, related quality of life reflected by a significant decrease in the scores of Voice Handicap Index and majority of the patients also had positive laryngoscopic changes. Vocal nodules responded best to therapy, however Reinkes edema kept on displaying lesser but still significant improvements.