[Use of instrumental vocal analysis in phoniatrics].

The growing need for quantitative evaluation of health care intervention along with the pitfalls of perceptual analysis is leading clinicans to utilise different instrumental vocal analysis methods including acoustic and aerodynamic methods. The fact that perceptual analysis is most often presented as the gold standard for vocal evaluation remains paradoxical. The authors present the use of aerodynamic measurements in particular oral airflow and subglottic pressure.