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#1 2009-10-22 22:53:31
- Freddie
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Unwanted distortion/rasp/fry
This started just over night last week. My voice has a unpleasant rasp to it which I cant get rid of. This occurs on belted high notes and gets worse as the note is sustained. Some vowels get more of this raspy quality than others. I experienced something like this back june this year. It happened just before I got a major cold that lasted for like 2 weeks. Now it has been there for a week and I begin to loose hope here..I went to an ENT today and my chords actually looked fine.
What the h**l is going on!? Ive heard that the voice can get off centered and create harmonics like this but how could that happen over night like this? Im not familiar with it at all...
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#2 2009-11-09 21:00:08
- StevenMFeinbergMD
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Re: Unwanted distortion/rasp/fry
Sounds like you need to have a laryngeal videostroboscopy. I'm assuming that this was not done, but if it was you may want to get a second opinion. Subtle vocal fold changes can be easily missed without proper focus of the stroboscopic exam, and definitely on laryngoscopy without stroboscopy.
Steven M. Feinberg M.D.
Board Certified, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Fellowship Trained Laryngologist
http://www.newportvoiceandswallow.com
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