First case of surgically corrected puberphonia.
Puberphonia is predominantly a male condition which, normally affecting teenagers, may present in later life. It is defined as the failure to change from the high-pitched voice of the pre-adolescence to the lower pitched voice of adulthood. Patient previously reported have responded to voice therapy alone. We report the first surgically corrected case.
Department of Otolaryngology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK. hpau@globalnet.co.uk
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D000328:Adult; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone; D008297:Male; D013537:Sutures; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D014833:Voice Quality; D014834:Voice Training