Voice strain

Muscle tension dysphonia, or voice strain caused by muscle tightness, can occur even when there is no damage to your vocal cords. Muscle tension dysphonia can make your voice sound strained or hoarse and can make it uncomfortable to talk.

Muscle tension dysphonia can happen when you’ve been sick and developed a vocal cord injury, such as laryngitis or swelling of the vocal cords. Because of that injury, you may start relying on other muscles in your throat to speak. Even when your vocal cords have healed after the illness is over, you can get stuck in a pattern of relying on these muscles.

EVALUATION : Detailed history , Videolaryngoscopy, Comprehensive Voice evaluation Management

Voice therapy helps you learn to relax your throat muscles, use your breath to power your voice efficiently, and use good oral resonance. The goal is to teach you to speak with minimal vocal effort.

Vocal tremor

Spasmodic dysphonia causes involuntary spasms of the vocal cords. It can make your voice sound hoarse, jerky, quivering, strangled, tight, or breathy, sometimes to the point where it is difficult to speak.

We offer a combination of proven treatments like Botox injections and voice therapy to alleviate and manage your symptoms.

Usually done under aneasthesia in operating room using advanced instruments under endoscopic guidance.

Vocal cord paralysis

Vocal cord paralysis can affect your voice, swallowing, and even breathing. Vocal cord paralysis can occur when the nerve responsible for your vocal cord movement is damaged, preventing one or both of your vocal cords from opening and closing properly.

CAUSES

This can be due to trauma, surgical injury, stroke, a virus, or a tumor. Depending on the extent and functional impact of the paralysis, you may have a breathy, weak, and/or soft voice, as well as changes in swallowing and breathing.

In rare cases where both vocal cords are paralyzed, you can have difficulty with breathing that requires immediate medical attention.

EVALUATION : Detailed history , Diagnostic videolaryngoscopy TREATMENT

Voice therapy

In some cases of vocal cord paralysis, voice quality can be improved with voice therapy alone. It is important to learn how to best use your entire vocal box. That means using breath effectively while relaxing your throat to achieve your best voice.

Vocal Cord Injection

Injectable fillers add bulk to vocal cords that have lost muscle tone or cannot close well. The filler is injected through a tiny needle into the area near one or both vocal cords. The injection helps the vocal cords close better, creating a stronger voice.

The results from the injection can last anywhere from two to three months to years, again depending on the type of material used. Sometimes repeat injections or another type of procedure are needed.

Thyroplasty

An implant (like a tiny shim) is placed through the outside of the voice box to reposition the paralyzed vocal cord and produce a stronger voice. This procedure requires a small incision in the neck and is performed in an operating room under anaesthesia.