Enlarging the spectrum of cluster headache: Extracranial autonomic involvement revealed by voice analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with cluster headache (CH) are frequently burdened by misdiagnosis or diagnostic delay. The peculiar somatic and behavioral changes characterizing patients with CH are not useful to improve diagnostic accuracy. In our clinical experience, we noticed a typical voice quality with low and croaking tone in patients with CH. In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated, by digital voice analysis, whether it is possible to identify typical voice quality characterizing patients with CH compared with healthy controls (HCs). Furthermore, to investigate whether putative differences in voice characteristics could be underpinned by constitutional aspects or pathological processes of vocal cords, subjects underwent a videolaryngostroboscopy. Smoking habits and alcohol consumpti

SUBMITTER: Silvestro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9293350 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature