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I was sometime ago at the foniatrist. They saw that my left vocal cord was partially paralyzed. I was sent to two  radiological exams (not yet taken). I can speak normally. Have anybody idea what this is about?

Posted on: September 02, 2008, 01:00:30 PM

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I have studied the issue a little bit. The paralysis can come when a tumor presses some nerve. Also it could be a non important finding. (Or in my case be sympton of my unknown neurological disease.)

Posted on: September 10, 2008, 06:27:47 AM

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I have been in one radilogical examinination now. (I do not know the results yet). In next week I will go to ultrasound.

I hope it nothing serious.

Best Wishes
Anna

What is a foniatrist?

Quote from: MeghanAndrews on September 10, 2008, 12:21:11 PM
What is a foniatrist?

That's a really good question! What IS a foniatrist???

Quote from: April221 on September 10, 2008, 02:24:12 PM

Quote from: MeghanAndrews on September 10, 2008, 12:21:11 PM
What is a foniatrist?

That's a really good question! What IS a foniatrist???

Just a wild guess, but a specialist of the pharynx/larynx?

Apparently according to Secretgirl it is something to do with a vocal cords surgeon.

I know a girl here who had a problem with vocal cord surgery, realy messed up her voice poor kid. Apparently though  Secretgirl does not have a speech impediment from the vocal cords problem, May God bless. The very fear of possibly messing up my nearly feminine voice to begin with was enough to keep me from going to a surgeon to have my vocal cords adjusted. I am a small person to start with and never realy had a deep male voice.

I just exercised my vocal cords and practised my voice to where I am happy to see it be. I even discovered I can scream very much like a teen age girl as well when my mate went down with the stairs here a couple of months ago, I stopped for a sec to contemplate on that, wow, I thought, I hadn't even practiced for that one. It took a little practice to learn the laughter though, and I love laughing so it certainly was a must on my list of to do things.

Cindy

I am having some issues with my voice as well and I don't know if they are mental or physical, I'd love to find out. I went to an ENT doctor like 4 weeks ago and he said I had a blood clot sitting on top of my vocal chords but that it would go away in time. He said that there doesn't appear to be any permanent damage in my throat or anything. Any ideas of where I could go where someone could listen to my voice, hear my try to go into falsetto, have me do different vocal exercises, look at my throat, inspect it and tell me if there's anything wrong with it?

Quote from: MeghanAndrews on September 10, 2008, 02:58:42 PM
I am having some issues with my voice as well and I don't know if they are mental or physical, I'd love to find out. I went to an ENT doctor like 4 weeks ago and he said I had a blood clot sitting on top of my vocal chords but that it would go away in time. He said that there doesn't appear to be any permanent damage in my throat or anything. Any ideas of where I could go where someone could listen to my voice, hear my try to go into falsetto, have me do different vocal exercises, look at my throat, inspect it and tell me if there's anything wrong with it?

Any otolaryngologist can examine your throat and tell you if there is any sort of a problem. If you'd like to have a speech therapist work with you to help you to develop your voice, I'd recommend a certified speech pathologist who has experience with TG clients. Unless you go to someone with experience, the approach that will be used will waste your money and you won't develop your voice as you could. I'm not saying that an inexperienced therapist can't help, I'm suggesting that any gains will take longer and may not help with the nuances of female speech such as articulation. You're not trying to learn to sing, and you aren't eliminating a speech defect. You are trying to develop a natural female voice that is true to you. You do not need to have a very high voice either. Some women have low voices, but the way that the voice is used is the give away for many TG. A high voice may not help at all, you need resonance as well as other things in order to truly speak well.

You can ask your therapist for a referral, otherwise ask at your local LGBT center. Please be careful. If your voice feels scratchy the next day, you're straining. A good therapist can work with you and help you to reach your potential without hurting yourself. It's worth the effort!

I do not know is the word used in English. It means doctor that has specialized to voice. And I am not going have a surgery in that area. It was just clinical check up before speech therapy where the problem came out.

Here is a video on female voice training which greatly helped me find my own female voice.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=s7qSJ19f_QU&feature=related (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=s7qSJ19f_QU&feature=related)

She has an entire series of female voice training on You Tube.

Cindy

Ultrasound was normal. No reason found.