Image Based Question – 66176

In a patient with hypertrophied structure which is marked by an arrow in the picture below, the voice abnormality that is seen is?

A. Rhinolalia clausa.

B. Rhinolalia aperta.

C. Hot potato voice.

D. Staccato voice.

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Ans:A. Rhinolalia Clausa.

The structure marked by an arrow in the image is Adenoids

HYPONASALITY or RHINOLALIA CLAUSA

Due to blockage of the nose or nasopharynx

• Common cold

• Nasal allergy

• Nasal polypi

• Nasal growth

• Adenoid Hypertrophy

• Nasopharyngeal mass

• Familial speech pattern

• Habitual

HYPERNASALITY or RHINOLALIA APERTA

Failure of nasopharynx to cut off from oropharynx or abnormal communication between oral and nasal cavities

• Velopharynge

• Large nasopharynx

• Cleft on soft palate

• Paralysis of soft palate

• Post-adenoidectomy

• Oro-nasal fistula

• Familial/habitual

Hot potato voice is seen in epiglottitis, peritonsillar abscess and peritonsillitis.

Staccato speech: abnormal speech in which the person pauses between words, breaking the rhythm of the phrase or sentence. The condition is sometimes observed in association with multiple sclerosis.