Phoniatrics

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Phoniatrics is the medical research and treatment of organs involved with speech production. In general terms the speech organs means the mouth, throat (larynx), the vocal cords and lungs. Problems treated in phoniatrics include dysfunction of the vocal cords, cancer in the vocal cords or larynx, incapability to control the speech organs properly (speech disorders), and vocal loading related problems.[citation needed]cs:Foniatrie de:Phoniatrie es:Foniatría eu:Foniatria fr:Phoniatrie hr:Fonijatrija it:Foniatria nl:Foniatrie pl:Foniatria pt:Foniatria ru:Фониатрия