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Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction: Handout and Treatment Guide

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Print Resource — US Letter — 7 pages

Population:

Adult

Discipline:

SLP

Diagnosis:

RespiratoryVoice

References:

Shay, E. O., Sayad, E., & Milstein, C. F. (2020). Exercise‐induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) in children and young adults: From referral to diagnosis. The Laryngoscope, 130(6), E400-E406.
Vos, D. J., & Milstein, C. F. (2024). Long-Term Outcomes of Respiratory Retraining Therapy for Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction. Journal of Voice.
Traister, R. S., Fajt, M. L., Landsittel, D., & Petrov, A. A. (2014). A novel scoring system to distinguish vocal cord dysfunction from asthma. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 2(1), 65-69.
Ye, J., Nouraie, M., Holguin, F., & Gillespie, A. I. (2017). The ability of patient-symptom questionnaires to differentiate PVFMD from asthma. Journal of Voice, 31(3), 382-e1.
Shaffer, M., Litts, J. K., Nauman, E., & Haines, J. (2018). Speech-language pathology as a primary treatment for exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction. Immunology and Allergy Clinics, 38(2), 293-302.

This material provides information on triggers, prevalence, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of inducible laryngeal obstruction, more specifically exercise or exertion induced. Furthermore, this material includes a clinical reference for the SLP on more specific information regarding treatment of this diagnosis in speech therapy.

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