During a chest assessment, you note the patient's voice quality while auscultating the lung fields. The voice sound is intensified, the voice has a nasal quality, and the e's sound like a's. This is indicative of:
a. lung consolidation.
b. emphysema.
c. bronchial obstruction.
d. asthma.
A
Vocal resonance, as described, indicates lung consolidation. Sounds are transmitted more clearly through consolidation rather than air.
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