Underwent anterior cervical discectomy

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Hassan (he/him) is a 46-year-old auto mechanic who underwent anterior cervical discectomy 6 months ago. You saw him for a short course of voice therapy 3 months ago and noted no appreciable improvement in the quality and function of his voice. He self-discharged after three sessions. During a visit last week his otolaryngologist diagnosed him with EMG-confirmed right vocal fold paralysis. Vocal fold closure was incomplete with open phase 100% of the time. Hassan's surgeon asks you to perform a repeat voice evaluation. Which of the following perceptual findings and acoustic measures are you LEAST likely to find? Group of answer choices CAPE-V: Overall (severe) 80/100, Breathy (severe) 75/100; s/z ratio of 1.7 CAPE-V: Overall (severe) 80/100, Breathy (severe) 75/100; abnormal cepstral peak prominence CAPE-V: Overall (moderate) 50/100, Rough (severe) 90/100; average fundamental frequency of 330 Hz CAPE-V: Overall (severe) 75/100, Breathy (severe) 75/100; abnormal harmonic to noise or noise to harmonic ratio.

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