Dr. Nupur Kapoor's Blog

Thyoplasty: Know you voice

Imagine getting up one fine morning with no voice. A term referred to in medical circles as ?Aphonia?. That?s exactly what happened to Tanya (name changed) one week ago due to paralysis of one of her vocal folds. In her case the diagnosis of ?idiopathic vocal fold palsy? has been made, which is another way [...]

Management of Voice Disorders

Medication is warranted in laryngitis and laryngopharyngeal reflux.Voice therapy is the first line of management for vocal fold nodules, early polyps, ventricular phonation, bowed vocal fold and vocal fold...

Pitch Change Laryngeal Surgery

Female to Male Pitch change Surgery

Laryngeal framework surgery can be performed to tighten or loosen the tension of the vocal folds akin to adjusting the tension on string instruments.

Puberphonia Voice Prior to Pitch Change Surgery: Video

Post Surgrey: Video

The vocal fold are loosened to drop pitch and create a more masculine voice, needed only occasionally in a condition called puberphonia. Puberphonia is a high pitched feminine voice found typically in males who are not ready to fully accept there puberty changes.

In direct contrast to this a surgery to increase vocal pitch may be performed in male to female gender change operations.

Male to Female Pitch change Surgery (Feminising Laryngeal Surgery)

Voice surgery is often indicated when a gender change operation from Male to Female is performed. This is a laryngeal frame work surgery aimed at stretching the vocal folds enabling a higher fundamental frequency of the voice.