Guest guest Posted September 9, 2002 Report Share Posted September 9, 2002 pepsican79 wrote: > I underwent total thyroidectomy (and bilateral lymph nodes > dissection) in Jan this yaer, and due to the magnitude of the op, one > side of my voice nerves is sacrificed, and the other is re-generating. > > My voice has recovered a little bit, though it's still weak and soft > (and extremely hoarse). Anyone has similar experience.. and know how > much of the vocals can i recover? Jack - I'm afraid I can't answer your question, but I do know that your vocal cords can continue recovering and strengthening for up to or over a year. Do you know for a fact that your nerves were irrevocably damaged? It is very unusual among members of this list to have permanent vocal damage. I don't know if this is of any interest, or applicable to your situation, but Tina recently wrote about her thyroplasty; you can read about it here .... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/19918 . " Some patients suffer from paralysis of one of their vocal cords which can leave them hoarse or at risk for aspiration. A common treatment for this disorder, called thyroplasty, involves pushing the paralyzed vocal cord closer toward the normal vocal cord using a silicone elastomer implant. " (from http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/PatientInfo/voi_hoarseness.html ) Good luck, and please let us know how your voice progresses. - NYC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2002 Report Share Posted September 9, 2002 I am the 1/10th of 1% with permanent vocal cord paralysis. At the time, I was teaching 8th grade English to behavior disordered boys. I had to wait 6 mos before anything was done since the nerves were expected to regenerate, They didn\'t Both the superior and recurrent rt nerves are permanently paralyzed. I had a thyroplasty which restored a functional voice (although not my voice). I am a little hoarse and breathy, but I went to a voice/swallow hospital clinic and worked with a voice specialist to lern to improve the output. I found by raising the pitch by a tone, the quality was much improved. I can even carry a tune again. I will have further surgery shortlynand don\'t know how this will be affected. Judy/Atlanta tt1991 papca thyroid regrown suspected pap surgery scheduled pepsican79 wrote: > I underwent total thyroidectomy (and bilateral lymph nodes > dissection) in Jan this yaer, and due to the magnitude of the op, one > side of my voice nerves is sacrificed, and the other is re-generating. > > My voice has recovered a little bit, though it\'s still weak and soft > (and extremely hoarse). Anyone has similar experience.. and know how > much of the vocals can i recover? Jack - I\'m afraid I can\'t answer your question, but I do know that your vocal cords can continue recovering and strengthening for up to or over a year. Do you know for a fact that your nerves were irrevocably damaged? It is very unusual among members of this list to have permanent vocal damage. I don\'t know if this is of any interest, or applicable to your situation, but Tina recently wrote about her thyroplasty; you can read about it here .... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/19918 . \ " Some patients suffer from paralysis of one of their vocal cords which can leave them hoarse or at risk for aspiration. A common treatment for this disorder, called thyroplasty, involves pushing the paralyzed vocal cord closer toward the normal vocal cord using a silicone elastomer implant.\ " (from http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/PatientInfo/voi_hoarseness.html ) Good luck, and please let us know how your voice progresses. - NYC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2002 Report Share Posted September 9, 2002 I am the 1/10th of 1% with permanent vocal cord paralysis. At the time, I was teaching 8th grade English to behavior disordered boys. I had to wait 6 mos before anything was done since the nerves were expected to regenerate, They didn\'t Both the superior and recurrent rt nerves are permanently paralyzed. I had a thyroplasty which restored a functional voice (although not my voice). I am a little hoarse and breathy, but I went to a voice/swallow hospital clinic and worked with a voice specialist to lern to improve the output. I found by raising the pitch by a tone, the quality was much improved. I can even carry a tune again. I will have further surgery shortlynand don\'t know how this will be affected. Judy/Atlanta tt1991 papca thyroid regrown suspected pap surgery scheduled pepsican79 wrote: > I underwent total thyroidectomy (and bilateral lymph nodes > dissection) in Jan this yaer, and due to the magnitude of the op, one > side of my voice nerves is sacrificed, and the other is re-generating. > > My voice has recovered a little bit, though it\'s still weak and soft > (and extremely hoarse). Anyone has similar experience.. and know how > much of the vocals can i recover? Jack - I\'m afraid I can\'t answer your question, but I do know that your vocal cords can continue recovering and strengthening for up to or over a year. Do you know for a fact that your nerves were irrevocably damaged? It is very unusual among members of this list to have permanent vocal damage. I don\'t know if this is of any interest, or applicable to your situation, but Tina recently wrote about her thyroplasty; you can read about it here .... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/19918 . \ " Some patients suffer from paralysis of one of their vocal cords which can leave them hoarse or at risk for aspiration. A common treatment for this disorder, called thyroplasty, involves pushing the paralyzed vocal cord closer toward the normal vocal cord using a silicone elastomer implant.\ " (from http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/PatientInfo/voi_hoarseness.html ) Good luck, and please let us know how your voice progresses. - NYC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2002 Report Share Posted September 9, 2002 I am the 1/10th of 1% with permanent vocal cord paralysis. At the time, I was teaching 8th grade English to behavior disordered boys. I had to wait 6 mos before anything was done since the nerves were expected to regenerate, They didn\'t Both the superior and recurrent rt nerves are permanently paralyzed. I had a thyroplasty which restored a functional voice (although not my voice). I am a little hoarse and breathy, but I went to a voice/swallow hospital clinic and worked with a voice specialist to lern to improve the output. I found by raising the pitch by a tone, the quality was much improved. I can even carry a tune again. I will have further surgery shortlynand don\'t know how this will be affected. Judy/Atlanta tt1991 papca thyroid regrown suspected pap surgery scheduled pepsican79 wrote: > I underwent total thyroidectomy (and bilateral lymph nodes > dissection) in Jan this yaer, and due to the magnitude of the op, one > side of my voice nerves is sacrificed, and the other is re-generating. > > My voice has recovered a little bit, though it\'s still weak and soft > (and extremely hoarse). Anyone has similar experience.. and know how > much of the vocals can i recover? Jack - I\'m afraid I can\'t answer your question, but I do know that your vocal cords can continue recovering and strengthening for up to or over a year. Do you know for a fact that your nerves were irrevocably damaged? It is very unusual among members of this list to have permanent vocal damage. I don\'t know if this is of any interest, or applicable to your situation, but Tina recently wrote about her thyroplasty; you can read about it here .... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/19918 . \ " Some patients suffer from paralysis of one of their vocal cords which can leave them hoarse or at risk for aspiration. A common treatment for this disorder, called thyroplasty, involves pushing the paralyzed vocal cord closer toward the normal vocal cord using a silicone elastomer implant.\ " (from http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/PatientInfo/voi_hoarseness.html ) Good luck, and please let us know how your voice progresses. - NYC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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