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.
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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