First case of surgically corrected puberphonia

J Laryngol Otol. 2001 Jan;115(1):60-1. doi: 10.1258/0022215011906821.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cricoid Cartilage*
  • Humans
  • Hyoid Bone*
  • Male
  • Sutures*
  • Voice Disorders / surgery*
  • Voice Disorders / therapy
  • Voice Quality*
  • Voice Training