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Suggest Treatment For Puberphonia

Hello Sir, I am a 15 year old boy and i have a high pitched and low voice like female. My friends and every one makes fun of my voice. I am suffering from this since few years, doctor said i am suffering from puberphonia . Can u please tell me the treatment for it. I would be really thankful to u.
Mon, 30 Jan 2017
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Hi,thank you for posting your query on health care magic.

The cause of Puberphonia is as follows:
During puberty in males the mass and length of the vocal fold increase and the pitch decrease. Few of the people although having the appropriate vocal fold mass and length after the puberty, but they are not able to switch to the new low pitch voice (male like).Mostly its reason can be usually long time habits from childhood, speaking into a high pitch voice. In this case only thin edges of vocal cords vibrates and also the whole length of the vocal cord does not vibrate.

Puberphonia can be very easily treated by speech therapy (vocal exercises) in most of the cases. Duration mostly can be about 1-2 week .Sometimes may take more time.

It would be advisable to consult a Speech therapist.

Hope this answers your question.Take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Puberphonia

Hi,thank you for posting your query on health care magic. The cause of Puberphonia is as follows: During puberty in males the mass and length of the vocal fold increase and the pitch decrease. Few of the people although having the appropriate vocal fold mass and length after the puberty, but they are not able to switch to the new low pitch voice (male like).Mostly its reason can be usually long time habits from childhood, speaking into a high pitch voice. In this case only thin edges of vocal cords vibrates and also the whole length of the vocal cord does not vibrate. Puberphonia can be very easily treated by speech therapy (vocal exercises) in most of the cases. Duration mostly can be about 1-2 week .Sometimes may take more time. It would be advisable to consult a Speech therapist. Hope this answers your question.Take care.