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First case of surgically corrected puberphonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

H. Pau  and
G. E. Murty
H. Pau
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
G. E. Murty
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

DysphoniaPubertySurgical ProceduresOperative
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 115 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 60 - 61
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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